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wl750-ver1.0
Introduction to PHP (2 days)
Description
This courseware training guide book will start by introducing students to the fundamentals of the PHP language and how to set PHP up on a server and continue through most of the common server-side functionality incorporated in modern Web sites. The course uses a MySQL database, and there is a demonstration of how to use PHP to work with other databases as well.
Suggested Prerequisites• Advanced HTML: Introduction to Forms & Scripting
Next Courses• Introduction to JavaScript for New Programmers
• Introduction to XML
ObjectivesBy the end of the class students will be able to:
• Set up PHP and a MySQL database
• Understand and write syntactically correct PHP
• Create pages that respond to form submissions
• Maintain state with cookies and sessions
• Automatically generate emails
• Read and write files on the server
• Connect to a database
• Search for and display records from a database
• Insert, modify and delete records from a database through Web forms
• Validate user input with regular expressions
• Create modular, reusable code by writing user-defined functions
Course OutlineHypertext Preprocessor (PHP): A Web Server-Side Technology • Client-Side vs. Server-Side Web Technologies • The Web's Client-Server Relationship • Which Web Servers Support PHP?
Writing PHP Pages • PHP Code In An HTML Context • PHP Statements • Enclosing Scripting Code within your PHP Pages • Strings in PHP • Developing PHPs in This Class • An Example: “Hello World” • Conditional Constructs with “if” • Comparison Operators in PHP • The Logical AND (&&) and OR (||) • Exercise 1: Adding a Greeting and Date and Time Stamps to a Page
Processing Data from Online Forms • The <FORM> Tag and Its Attributes • Scalar Variables in PHP • Demonstration: Displaying a Customized Greeting • Combining the Form and Its Processing Code In One PHP File • Exercise 2: Personalizing the Homepage for WLDC
Working with Cookies • Setting a Cookie • Retrieving a Cookie • Example: Setting, Retrieving, and Expiring a Cookie • Exercise 3: Enhance the WLDC Home Page With Cookies
Maintaining State with Sessions • Sessions • Storing and Retrieving Session Values • Example: Using the Session Object to Track a Shopping Cart • Exercise 4: Building a Shopping Cart for WLDC
Email with PHP • Sending E mail PHP • Exercise 5: Implementing CDONTS E-mail at WLDC
Writing To A Text File • Example: Writing to a Tab-Delimited File • Example: Reading from a tab-delimited text file • Exercise 6: Storing Registrations in a Tab-Delimited Text File
Loop Structures • For Loops • Foreach Loops • While Loops
Database Integration with PHP • The Databases Used in this Class • Issuing Database Commands with SQL • Example: Selecting and Viewing Data From guestbook.mdb • Connecting and Issuing Commands to the Database • Displaying Database Results • Exercise 7: Building a Search Engine Interface
Working with Meta Information from a Database • Object-Oriented PHP • Exercise 8: Enhancing the Search Form • Exercise 9: Enhance the Registration Form to Insert a New Client • Development Strategy Session: Building an Interface for Updating Client Records • Exercise 10: Building an Interface for Updating Client Records
User-Defined Functions in PHP • Functions • Exercise 11: Using Functions to Validate Form Submissions
Regular Expressions • Character Types and Ranges • Quantity Indicators • Location Indicators • Regular Expressions in PHP • Exercise 12: Validating Form Data with Regular Expressions
Drilling Down and the Query String • Building the Query String into a Link • Generating Drill Down Links Dynamically • Exercise 13: Drilling Down Client Data
Installing PHP • Installing MySQL
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