Entry requirementsEntry requirements Familiarity with Linux (equivalent to the Linux Introductory course) plus background experience of web page authoring in HTML.
Course descriptionGeneral information
PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. If you are new to PHP and want to get some idea of how it works, try this course. Ever wondered how popular PHP is as a web programming language? You can see from the Netcraft Survey that PHP is the most popular. Its syntax draws upon, Java, and Perl, and is easy to learn. PHP runs on many different platforms and can be used as a standalone executable or as a module under a variety of web servers (including Apache of course). This one-day training course covers everything you need to start producing dynamic Web pages using PHP.
Course content
GETTING STARTED WITH PHP
* What do I need?
* Introduction: What is PHP? What is a PHP File?
* PHP variables & built in variables
* Using IF PHP functions
* PHP variables again - looking at scope PHP Looping
* USING PHP
* Mixing HTML and PHP
* PHP Arrays
* Dates in PHP
* PHP with HTML Forms
* The FuseBox method
* Using PHP Include files
* Putting it altogether for Web design
* Tips and tricks Data Validation