PHP Fundamentals I

What Will You Learn in PHP Fundamentals I?

PHP Fundamentals I provides an overview of the PHP language, main concepts, and best practices, so you can:

• Understand the syntax and structural elements of PHP.
• Know how to correctly apply the various control-flow structures.
• Understand PHP data types, type-juggling, and operator precedence.
• Organize code into reusable functions.
• Accomplish tasks using PHP's built-in file system and array functions.
• Understand essential elements of HTTP such as cookies and sessions.
• Understand the basics of validating input and escaping output.
• Build forms to collect information from a user.
• Interact with a database using PHP's MySQL functions.

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Audience

This course is designed for non-programmers, and beginners with less than 6 to 12 months of software-development experience, who want to learn the basics of the PHP language. This includes web designers who want to use PHP to build commercial websites.  

Prerequisites

You need a basic knowledge of HTML. No programming experience is required.

Class Format

This online class provides nine instructor-led lectures. Each session is 2-hours long. You will be given a participant course guide to help you follow along with the lectures and exercises.

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