PHP Tutorial

Sources:

• http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=145
• http://hades.phparch.com/socrates/course/index.php/ajax
• http://apex.vtc.com/php.php
• http://apex.vtc.com/php-basic.php
• http://apex.vtc.com/php-project.php
• http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp
• http://www.netcominfo.com/courses/9030/Zend_PHP_5_Certification_Boot_Camp_training.html
• http://www.php.net/manual/en/langref.php
• http://pear.php.net/
• http://pecl.php.net/
• http://www.phpquebec.org/
• http://www.php.net/
• Diving Into PHP: Video Series

Table of contents

1. Introduction
   • welcome
   • what is PHP?
   • data flow
2. Getting Started
   • software you need
   • installing on windows
   • installing on mac
   • site configuration
   • Dreamweaver sites
   • PHP editors
   • php.ini and phpinfo
   • server-side code
   • about the projects
   • Coding Convetions
3. Scripting Basics
   • embedding PHP
   • short tags and style
   • basic language syntax
   • declaring and assigning variables
   • echo and print
   • variables
   • integers
   • strings
   • booleans
   • set, unset, null, and empty
   • constants
   • operators
4. Flow Control and Looping
   • if-else conditions
   • the switch statement
   • for loops
   • while loops
   • break and continue
   • beware of infinite loops
5. Arrays Five Cool PHP Array Functions
   • creating and using arrays
   • manipulating arrays
   • iteration loops
   • built-in PHP arrays
   • multidimensional arrays
   • flipping, reversing, and shuffling
6. Working with Strings
   • strings in PHP
   • printing and output
   • combining strings
   • string and character indexes
   • string functions
   • string lengths
   • comparing strings
   • find and replace
   • substrings
   • string case functions
   • cleaning up strings
7. More About Strings
   • escaping strings
   • parsing strings
   • formatting strings
   • regular expressions, pt 1
   • regular expressions, pt 2
8. Working with Forms
   • working with web forms
   • processing get and post
   • server variables
   • checkboxes and radio buttons
   • selection lists
   • hidden fields
   • form field validations
   • magic_quotes_gpc
9. Functions
   • what are functions?
   • working with functions, pt 1
   • working with functions, pt 2
   • call-by value and reference
   • variable parameter lists
   • variable scope
   • global variables
   • include and require statements
10. Object Oriented Programming
    • Magic Methods
11. Working with Databases
    • MySQL and our samples
    • connecting to data
    • retrieving data
    • data error handling
    • manipulating data, pt 1
    • manipulating data, pt 2
    • HTML grids
    • search forms
    • additional database software
12. Web Site Interactivity
    • page redirection
    • email and PHP
    • an email form
    • user registration, pt 1
    • user registration, pt 2
    • user registration, pt 3
    • dynamic web pages
13. Session State
    • controlling session variables
    • PHP sessions
    • session functions
    • a session example
    • a login system
    • working with cookies
14. Debugging Scripts
    • syntax errors
    • browser rendering issues
    • timeouts
    • numeric issues
15. Wrap-up
    • conclusion