1. Introduction

  • The Origin of PHP
  • PHP is better than Its alternatives
  • Interfaces to External systems
  • How PHP works with the Web Server
  • Hardware and Software requirements
  • What a PHP script looks like
  • Saving data for later
  • Receiving user input
  • Repeating code
2. Introduction to SQL

  • Connecting to the MYSQL
  • Selecting a database
  • Finding out about errors
  • Adding data to a table
  • Acquiring the value
  • Finding the number of rows
  • Inserting data
  • Entering and updating data
  • Executing multiple queries
3.Basic PHP Development

  • How PHP scripts work
  • Basic PHP syntax
  • PHP data types
  • Displaying type information
  • Testing for a specific data type
  • Changing type with Set type
  • Operators
  • Variable manipulation
  • Dynamic variables
  • String in PHP
4.Cookies

  • The anatomy of a cookie
  • Setting a cookie with PHP
  • Deleting a cookie
  • Creating session cookie
  • Working with the query string
  • Creating query string
5.Session

  • What is session
  • Starting a session
  • Working with session variables
  • Destroying session
  • Passing session Ids
  • Encoding and decoding session variables
6.Control Structures

  • The if statement
  • Using the else clause with if statement
  • The switch statement
  • Using the? Operator
  • the while statement
  • the do while statement
  • The for statement
  • Breaking out of loops
  • Nesting loops
  • Summary
7.Disk Access, I/O,Math and Mail

  • HTTP connections
  • Writing to the browser
  • Getting input from forms
  • Output buffering
  • Session handling
  • Regular expression
  • Common math
  • Random numbers
  • File upload
  • File download
  • Environment variables
  • E-mail in PHP
8.Functions

  • What a function
  • Defining a function
  • Returning value from function
  • User-defined functions
  • Dynamic function calls
  • Variable scope
  • Accessing variable with the global statement
  • Function calls with the static statement
  • Setting default values for arguments
  • Passing arguments to a function by value
  • Passing arguments to a function by reference
  • Testing for function existence Arrays

  • Single-Dimensional Arrays
  • Multidimensional Arrays
  • Casting Arrays
  • Associative arrays
  • Accessing arrays
  • Getting the size of an array
  • Looping through an array
  • Looping through an associative array
  • Examining arrays
  • Joining arrays
  • Sorting arrays
  • Sorting an associative array
9.Working with the File System

  • Creating and deleting a file
  • Reading and writing text files
  • Working with directories in PHP
  • Checking for existence of file
  • Determining file size
  • Opening a file for writing, reading, or appending
  • Writing Data to the file
  • Reading characters
  • Practical application of cake PHP framework
10.Working with Forms

  • Forms
  • Super global variables
  • The server array
  • A script to acquire user input
  • Importing user input
  • Accessing user input
  • Combine HTML and PHP code
  • Using hidden fields
  • Redirecting the user
  • File upload and scripts
11.AJAX

  • Introduction to AJAX
  • Introduction to XML Http Request Object
  • Method and Properties of XML Http Request
  • Application of AJAX in web application

12.Classes and Objects

  • Objects oriented programming
  • Define a class
  • An Object
  • Creating an object
  • Object properties
  • Object methods
  • Object constructors and destructors
  • Class constants
  • Class inheritance
  • Abstract classes and methods
  • Object serialization
  • Checking for class and method existence
  • Exceptions
  • Summary