PHP Hypertext Preprocessor

Training Provided by NACE EDUCATION PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor is a open source server side scripting language. PHP can be used to create all types of dynamic web interfaces. By learning this course student will gain knowledge of creating a dynamic web page. 100% hands-on training delivered by qualified & experienced faculties. Prerequisites: Basic Knowledge of C, HTML. On Course Completion the Candidate will be : With PHP you can do almost anything. Really. You can connect to any thing that you would want to on the command line, create interactive pages, PDF files, and images, and connect to database, LDAP, and email servers. Job Possibilities : Web Designers / Web Programmers PHP Developer Software Engineer LAMP Developer Software Support Engineer PHP Web Hacker Developer Open Source Developer Forms Developer /Application Developers Duration :: 40 Hrs Introduction to PHP * History of PHP * Comparison with dynamic content alternatives (Perl, CGI, ASP, JSP, Servlets , CGI, etc) * PHP tools and set up (web browser/ server, editor, libraries, etc) * Create a basic PHP Script * Taking user input * Self Referring Forms * Selecting alternatives * Use PHP to generate HTTP headers * Pass PHP variables via the URL * Debugging Tips Taking User Input from Forms via PHP * Creating forms with PHP * Security Protection from Cross Site Scripting * Using the form GET method * Using the form POST method * Obtaining data from forms through variables * Using hidden fields * Secure Web Forms * Calling pages from themselves using forms * Quoting HTML entities in user input Variables and Expressions in PHP * Identifiers * Data Types (integers, floats, strings and booleans) * Text constants, interpolation, here documents * Creating Variables * Variable assignment * Variable Scope * User-defined Constants * HTTP environment variables * Magic Constants * Variable References PHP Operators * Arithmetic Operators * Logical Operators * Relational Operators * The Identity Operator * Bitwise Operators * Other Operators * Assignment Operators * Operator Precedence and Associativity Conditional Tests and Events in PHP * True and False * If * Comparing Strings and Numbers * else and elseif * The switch / case statement * The ? : Operator * Comparing for equality or identity PHP Flow Control * Loops * while * do ... while * for * break and continue * exit PHP Configuration * The php. ini file * Module Vs CGI Usage * register_globals * Commonly set configurations * PHP 4. 1 and above * PHP4 compatibility in PHP5 * A glance at upcoming PHP6 PHP Functions * Purpose of functions * Built-in functions * Declaring functions * Functions Arguments * Arguments - Call by Reference * Default Arguments * Return * Returning References * Variable Scope (global vs local) * Static variables * Recursion * include and require * Variable function calls Storing Data in Arrays using PHP * What are arrays? * How and when to use arrays * Indexing arrays, numeric and hashes * Initialising arrays * Using foreach * Add/ remove info from arrays * One-dimensional arrays * Multi-dimensional arrays * Array operators * Array related functions String Manipulation in PHP * substring and ] operators * Case conversion, trimming * Formatting output data * Regular expressions Sessions and Cookies in PHP * What is a session? * Dependencies on the php. ini file * Understanding PHP session variables * Create a PHP session variable * Register and modify PHP session variables * Putting PHP session IDs in pages * Good Practise with sessions and PHP * Cookie properties * Setting a cookie in PHP * Retrieving PHP cookies * Expiring/ Deleting PHP cookies * Drawbacks to cookies * Using cookies well * Cookie Security Issues File and Directory Access Using PHP * Opening files, local and remote * Reading and writing files * Handling file permissions * Handling file ownership * File locking * Opening and reading directories * File uploads from the browser/ user Other I/ O Issues in PHP * Getting IP addresses from visitors * Getting referring URLs from visitors * Environment variables * Showing different content to different browsers (IE, Netscape, Mozilla, Opera, etc) * Handling HTTP and MIME headers Handling Email with PHP * Sending email * Unix and NT setup * mail function Object Orientation in PHP * Object basics * Classes in PHP * PHP4 - constructors * PHP5 - constructors and destructors * Inheritance * Accessing instance data and functions * __sleep and __wakeup * Class constants * PHP5 OO Additions * Objects: Assignments and References Introduction MySql * Overview of MySql tools and capabilities * Review of relational database concepts * Database design tips * Creating database and users * Users and Privileges * Setting up a user for the web * Creating tables * Mysql Identifiers * Column Data Types * Inserting, Retrieving, Updating and Deleting data in the Database. Accessing Mysql from PHP * PHP's database APIs * Error-handling strategies * Connection/ disconnection, log in/ log out * Escaping strings in SQL statements * Including common access functions * Doing simple SQL queries via PHP * Building HTML tables using SQL Queries * Show access to: MySql, Oracle & MS-SQL * Using PEAR DB

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