PHP Essential Training

Description

In this course, you will :

• Understand the fundamentals of PHP. Kevin Skoglund discusses how to embed PHP code into an HTML page as well as the fundamental PHP data types such as strings and arrays.
• covers PHP's various control structures, how to work with built-in PHP functions, and how to define your own custom functions

Syllabus :

1. PHP Overview

• What is PHP?
• Text editor for Mac
• Text editor for Windows

 

2. First Steps

• Embed PHP code on a page
• Output dynamic text
• The operational trail
• Insert code comments

 

3. Explore Data Types

• Variables
• Strings
• String functions
• Numbers, part 1: Integers
• Numbers, part 2: Floating points
• Arrays
• Associative arrays
• Array functions
• Booleans
• NULL and empty
• Type juggling and casting
• Constants

 

4. Control Structures: Logical Expressions

• If statements
• Else and elseif statements
• Logical operators
• Switch statements

 

5. Control Structures: Loops

• While loops
• For loops
• Foreach loops
• Continue
• Break
• Understanding array pointers

 

6. User-Defined Functions

• Define functions
• Function arguments
• Return values from a function
• Multiple return values
• Scope and global variables
• Set default argument values

 

7. Debug

• Warnings and errors
• Common problems
• Debug and troubleshoot

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