Introduction of Web & PHP

♦  What is PHP?

♦  The history of PHP

♦  Why choose PHP?

♦  Installation overview

First Steps

♦  Embedding PHP code on a page

♦  Outputting dynamic text

♦  The operational trail

♦  Inserting code comments

Exploring Data Types

♦  Variables

♦  Strings

♦  String functions

♦  Numbers part one: Integers

♦  Numbers part two: Floating points

♦  Arrays

♦  Associative arrays

♦  Array functions

♦  Booleans

♦  NULL and empty

♦  Type juggling and casting

♦  Constants

Control Structures: Logical Expressions

♦  If statements

♦  Else and elseif statements

♦  Logical operators

♦  Switch statements

Control Structures: Loops

♦  While loops

♦  For loops

♦  Foreach loops

♦  Continue

♦  Break

♦  Understanding array pointers

User-Defined Functions

♦  Defining functions

♦  Function arguments

♦  Returning values from a function

♦  Multiple return values

♦  Scope and global variables

♦  Setting default argument values

Debugging

♦  Common problems

♦  Warnings and errors

♦  Debugging and troubleshooting

Building Web Pages with PHP

♦  Links and URLs

♦  Using GET values

♦  Encoding GET values

♦  Encoding for HTML

♦  Including and requiring files

♦  Modifying headers

♦  Page redirection

♦  Output buffering

Working with Forms and Form Data

♦  Building forms

♦  Detecting form submissions

♦  Single-page form processing

♦  Validating form values

♦  Problems with validation logic

♦  Displaying validation errors

♦  Custom validation functions

♦  Single-page form with validations

Working with Cookies and Sessions

♦  Working with cookies

♦  Setting cookie values

♦  Reading cookie values

♦  Unsetting cookie values

♦  Working with sessions

MySQL Basics

♦  MySQL introduction

♦  Creating a database

♦  Creating a database table

♦  CRUD in MySQL

♦  Populating a MySQL database

♦  Relational database tables

♦  Populating the relational table

Using PHP to Access MySQL

♦  Database APIs in PHP

♦  Connecting to MySQL with PHP

♦  Retrieving data from MySQL

♦  Working with retrieved data

♦  Creating records with PHP

♦  Updating and deleting records with PHP

♦  SQL injection

♦  Escaping strings for MySQL

♦  Introducing prepared statements

Building a Content Management System (CMS)

♦  Blueprinting the application

♦  Building the CMS database

♦  Establishing your work area

♦  Creating and styling the first page

♦  Making page assets reusable

♦  Connecting the application to the database

Using Site Navigation to Choose Content

♦  Adding pages to the navigation subjects

♦  Refactoring the navigation

♦  Selecting pages from the navigation

♦  Highlighting the current page

♦  Moving the navigation to a function

Application CRUD

♦  Finding a subject in the database

♦  Refactoring the page selection

♦  Creating a new subject form

♦  Processing form values and adding subjects

♦  Passing data in the session

♦  Validating form values

♦  Creating an edit subject form

♦  Using single-page submission

♦  Deleting a subject

♦  Cleaning up

♦  Assignment: Pages CRUD

♦  Assignment results: Pages CRUD

Building the Public Area

♦  The public appearance

♦  Using a context for conditional code

♦  Adding a default subject behavior

♦  The public content area

♦  Protecting page visibility

Regulating Page Access

♦  User authentication overview

♦  Admin CRUD

♦  Encrypting passwords

♦  Salting passwords

♦  Adding password encryption to CMS

♦  New PHP password functions

♦  Creating a login system

♦  Checking for authorization

♦  Creating a logout page

Advanced PHP Techniques

♦  Using variable variables

♦  Applying more array functions

♦  Building dates and times: Epoch/Unix

♦  Formatting dates and times: Strings and SQL

♦  Setting server and request variables

♦  Establishing the global and static variable scope

♦  Making a reference assignment

♦  Using references as function arguments

♦  Using references as function return values

Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

♦  Introducing the concept and basics of OOP

♦  Defining classes

♦  Defining class methods

♦  Instantiating a class

♦  Referencing an instance

♦  Defining class properties

OOP in Practice

♦  Understanding class inheritance

♦  Setting access modifiers

♦  Using setters and getters

♦  Working with the static modifier

♦  Reviewing the scope resolution operator

♦  Referencing the Parent class

♦  Using constructors and destructors

♦  Cloning objects

♦  Comparing objects

Working with Files and Directories

♦  File system basics

♦  Understanding file permissions

♦  Setting file permissions

♦  PHP permissions

♦  Accessing files

♦  Writing to files

♦  Deleting files

♦  Moving the file pointer

♦  Reading files

♦  Examining file details

♦  Working with directories

♦  Viewing directory content

Sending Emails

♦  Configuring PHP for the email

♦  Sending an email with mail()

♦  Using headers

♦  Reviewing SMTP