PHP Data Types

• Variables
• Strings
• String functions
• Numbers part one: Integers
• Numbers part two: Floating points

    PHP If Else.. ElseIf

• If statements
• Else and elseif statements
• Logical operators
• Switch statements

    PHP Loops

• While loops
• For loops
• Foreach loops
• Continue
• Break
• Understanding array pointers

    PHP Array

• One dimensional Array
• Two dimensional arrays
• Associative arrays
• Array functions

    PHP String

• Substr
• Explode
• Implode

    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 small website using PHP

• Links and URLs
• Using GET values
• Encoding GET values
• Encoding for HTML
• Including and requiring files
• Modifying headers
• Page redirection
• Output buffering

    PHP 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

• 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

    Project – CMS (Content Management System)

• Layout of a website
• 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

    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

    PHP 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

    PHP Emails

• Configuring PHP for email
• Sending email with mail()
• Using headers
• Reviewing SMTP
• Using PHPMailer