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This document outlines a 3-day course on PHP and MySQL introduction. The course will cover setting up a test environment for PHP and MySQL, the basics of PHP including variables, operators, and control structures. It will also cover integrating PHP with MySQL, including connecting to a database, querying with SQL, and building a basic web application to add, modify and list database entries. Security validation of entries will also be discussed.

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This document outlines a 3-day course on PHP and MySQL introduction. The course will cover setting up a test environment for PHP and MySQL, the basics of PHP including variables, operators, and control structures. It will also cover integrating PHP with MySQL, including connecting to a database, querying with SQL, and building a basic web application to add, modify and list database entries. Security validation of entries will also be discussed.

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PHP and MYSQL Introduction Course Outline

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tel 011 782 4297
fax 086 511 3343
109 3rd street, linden, 2195
po box 44007, linden, 2104

e-mail: [email protected]
website: www.imsd.co.za

PHP and MYSQL Introduction Course Outline


Introduction
■■ Why use PHP and MySQL?
■■ The PHP programming environment
■■ Overview of SQL

Setting up a Test Bed


■■ Decisions about a testing environment
Duration: 3 Days ■■ WAMP/MAMP
■■ Installing Apache, PHP and MySQL on your computer
■■ Testing on a remote Server
Course Overview and
■■ Deciding on Development tools
Objectives ■■ Using PHPMyAdmin
PHP is a widely used
programming language which
works on the principal of server Overview of PHP
side scripting to produce ■■ Setting up a PHP page
dynamic Web pages. It can be ■■ The phpinfo() function
easily integrated with HTML and ■■ Learning basic syntax
SQL to produce these dynamic ■■ Echoing HTML output to the browser
web pages, and is often used to ■■ The importance of comments
process the contents of a Web ■■ Using single and double quotes
page form as it is more secure and
reliable than JavaScript. Variables in PHP
■■ Using loose typed variables
You will learn how PHP can be ■■ Assigning variables
combined with MySQL to create ■■ Overview of numeric, string and other types
a very powerful online database ■■ Assigning a variable to itself
engine. This free online PHP
programming course will be Logical operators
of great interest to IT and Web ■■ Arithmetic operators
development professionals who ■■ Logical operators
would like to learn more about ■■ Comparisons
using PHP and MySQL to integrate ■■ Operator precedence
database functions into Websites,
and to learners who would like to
learn more about the functionality Numbers in PHP
of PHP and MySQL. ■■ Making calculations
■■ Using built-in numeric functions
■■ Incrementing and decrementing
Pre Requisites:
Practical working knowledge of
Mac OS X Strings in PHP
■■ Concatenating strings
■■ Trimming strings
■■ Removing slashes and other harmful characters
■■ String functions

Control structures in PHP


■■ The If statement

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tel 011 782 4297
fax 086 511 3343
109 3rd street, linden, 2195
po box 44007, linden, 2104

e-mail: [email protected]
website: www.imsd.co.za

■■ FOR loops
■■ While loops
■■ The Switch

Transferring information between PHP pages


■■ GET and POST
■■ Different form field types
■■ Self-referencing forms
■■ Form handlers

Database fundamentals
■■ Structuring a database
■■ Using tables
■■ Table relationships
■■ Common data types

Creating a database
■■ Using PHPmyAdmin
■■ Adding a table
■■ Populating a table with types and data
■■ Browsing a table

Getting PHP to connect to MySQL


■■ Using the mysql_connect() function
■■ Using the mysql_select_db() function
■■ Testing a connection
■■ Writing a sample error trap

Querying MySQL using PHP


■■ Writing SQL queries
■■ Using Select, Insert, Update and Delete
■■ Querying MySQL and returning results
■■ Interpreting the returned array

Building a Web Application


■■ Creating pages to:
■■ Add entries
■■ Modify entries
■■ List entries
■■ Filter entries

Security features
■■ Validating entries

*Please note that we offer free electronic support to clients on content


covered on our courses.

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