Course: PHP Fundamentals

This course is designed to give you the foundation for becoming a productive PHP developer in a LAMP environment. You'll learn the syntax of PHP and the simplicities of form processing, including functions, arrays, classes, operators, database integration, and more.

Course: Table of Contents

Introduction

Introduction
Intended Audience
History of PHP
What's Possible?
Sample Programs
Running PHP Scripts in Netbeans
Reserved Keywords
Course Outline

General Types

Overview
Basics - Comments, CaseSesitivity
Type - Integer (Demo)
Type - Decimal/Floating Point (Demo)
Type - Boolean (Demo)
Type - Constant (Demo)
Determine Variable Types (Demo)
Summary

Functions

Overview
What Is a Function?
Creating a Function (Demo)
Calling a Function (Demo)
Passing Parameters (Demo)
Default Parameters (Demo)
Returning Values (Demo)
Variable Functions (Demo)
Variable Scope (Demo)
Global Variables (Demo)
Summary

Strings

Overview
Single Quoted Strings (Demo)
Double Quoted Strings (Demo)
Here Document (Demo)
print() (Demo)
Changing Case (Demo)
strlen() (Demo)
strpos() (Demo)
str_replace() (Demo)
substr() (Demo)
str_split() (Demo)
Summary

Arrays

Overview
About Arrays
Indexed Arrays (Demo)
Associative Arrays (Demo)
array_key_exists() (Demo)
in_array() (Demo)
array_push() (Demo)
array_pop() (Demo)
unset() (Demo)
Sorting Arrays (Demo)
count() (Demo)
Foreach Loop (Demo)
Multi-dimensional Array (Demo)
Summary

Classes & Objects

Overview
Creating a Simple Class (Demo)
Creating an Object (Demo)
Creating Properties (Demo)
Accessing Properties (Demo)
Creating Constants (Demo)
Accessing Constants (Demo)
Creating Methods (Demo)
$this (Demo)
Accessing Methods (Demo)
Constructors (Demo)
Initial Parameter Passing (Demo)
Inheritance (Demo)
Protected Properties (Demo)
Private Properties (Demo)
Static Properties & Methods (Demo)
Scope Resolution Operator :: (Demo)
Include File (Demo)
Require File (Demo)
Summary

Operators & Control Structures

Overview
Arithmetic Operators (Demo)
Incrementing/Decrementing Operators (Demo)
Assignment Operators (Demo)
String Operator (Demo)
Comparison Operators (Demo)
Spaceship Operator (Demo)
Logical Operators (Demo)
If Statement (Demo)
Else If (Demo)
Switch Statement (Demo)
Ternary Operator (Demo)
Null Coalesce Operator (Demo)
While Loop (Demo)
For Loop (Demo)
Alternate Syntax for Control Structures (Demo)
Summary

Databases

Overview
Possible Databases
PDO vs. MySQli
Setting up MySQL in Linux (Demo)
Setting up MySQL on Windows (Demo)
Creating a Database and Table with phpMyAdmin (Demo)
Connecting to Database (Demo)
Close Database Connection (Demo)
Executing a Query - Delete, Update, Insert (Demo)
Grabbing Inserted Id (Demo)
Select Data From Database (Demo)
Prepared Statement Example
PDO Example
Summary

Web Programming

Overview
Setup Web Site Location - Linux (Demo)
Setup Web Site Location - Windows (Demo)
Web Site Structure and Layout (Demo)
Shorten Syntax with HTML (Demo)
$_GET (Demo)
$_POST (Demo)
Form Validation (Demo)
session_start() (Demo)
$_SESSION (Demo)
session_destroy() (Demo)
Summary