- 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 (HTML forms)
- Self Referring Forms
- Selecting alternatives
- Use PHP to generate HTTP headers
- Pass PHP variables via the URL
- Debugging Tips
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| 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 (HTTPS and SSL)
- Calling pages from themselves using forms
- Quoting HTML entities in user input
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| Variables and Expressions in PHP |
- Identifiers
- Data Types (integers, floats, strings and booleans)
- Type juggling
- Text constants, interpolation (strings, arrays, objects), here documents
- Creating Variables
- Variable assignment
- Variable Scope
- Namespaces
- User-defined Constants
- HTTP environment variables
- Magic Constants
- Variable References
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| PHP Operators |
- Arithmetic Operators
- Logical Operators
- Relational (Comparison) Operators
- The Identity Operator
- Bitwise Operators
- Error Suppression Operator
- Execution Operators
- Other Operators
- Assignment Operators
- Operator Precedence and Associativity
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| PHP Configuration |
- The php.ini file
- Module Vs CGI Usage
- Register_globals
- Control of error logging
- Control of resource limits
- Commonly set configurations
- PHP 4.1 and above
- PHP4 compatibility in PHP5
- A glance at upcoming PHP6
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| PHP Functions |
- Purpose of functions
- Built-in functions
- Declaring functions
- Functions Arguments
- Default Arguments
- Arguments - Call by Reference
- Return
- Returning References
- Variable Scope (global vs local)
- Static variables
- Recursion
- include and require
- Variable function calls
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| 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 elements from arrays
- One-dimensional arrays
- Multi-dimensional arrays
- References to array elements
- Arrays in forms
- Array operators
- Array related functions
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| Handling Databases with 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
- Avoiding SQL Injection attackst
- Show access to: MySql, MySqli, Oracle & MS-SQL
- Using PEAR DB
- Using PHP Data Objects - PDO
- Smart Programming
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| 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
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| File and Directory Access Using PHP |
- Opening files, local and remote
- Reading and writing files
- PHP portability on different Operating Systems
- Handling file permissions
- Handling file ownership
- File locking
- Opening and reading directories
- File uploads from the browser/user
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| 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
- Try throw catch Exception handling
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| PEAR, PECL and Smarty |
- PECL quick tour
- APC - Alternative PHP Cache
- Xdebug - debugging and profiling
- PEAR installation and quick tour
- PEAR Config
- PEAR Log
- PEAR Auth
- PEAR HTML_Quickform
- Smarty Templates
- Smarty and HTML_Quickform
- Smarty and Quickform help with security
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| Graphics in PHP |
- Graphics basics, referencing a PHP scrip in an IMG tag
- Image MIME type
- Basic examples, line/box drawing
- Creation from an existing image
- Image copying and resizing
- Drawing text on images
- True Type fonts
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