Index of PHP 7.3 and MySQL 8 Programming training course
PHP 7.3
Section
Section Name
Page
One
PHP Introduction
1
- PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
2
- Some of its main uses
4
Two
PHP Structure
5
- Basic Structure of PHP
6
- PHP Version etc
15
- Use of Echo
17
- Concatenating Echo
19
- Use of Echo with Escape Characters
21
- Use of Echo with Calculations
27
- Echo versus Print
30
- Use of Echo with HTML
32
- Commenting code in PHP
34
Three
Defining PHP Variables
37
- Introduction
38
- Defining PHP Variables
39
- Naming PHP Variables
40
- Declaring PHP Variables
43
- Flexibility of Datatypes
45
- Casting Datatypes
46
- Using gettype() with PHP Variables
50
- Using var_dump() with PHP Variables
52
- Using settype() with PHP Variables
53
- Using unset() with PHP Variables
55
- Using Heredoc
56
- Using Newdoc
58
- Using Define for Constants in PHP
59
Four
Manipulating Variables in PHP
61
- Introduction
62
- Mathematics
63
- Incrementing Values
67
- Prefix and Postfix
69
- Concatenation
72
- Exercise One
76
Five
Using PHP built in String Functions
81
- Introduction
82
- Miscellaneous String Functions
84
- Changing Case of Strings
89
- Substringing Strings
90
- Searching Strings
92
- Trimming Strings
98
- Nesting Functions
99
Six
Using PHP built in Number Functions
100
- Introduction
101
- Number Rounding
102
- Exercise Two
106
Seven
Introduction to PHP Arrays
109
- Introduction
110
- Numeric Arrays
112
- Populating Numeric Arrays
113
- Populating Numeric Arrays with range()
116
- Populating Numeric Arrays with array_pad()
119
- Populating Associative Arrays
121
- Using count() or sizeof()
127
- Using var_dump()
128
- Using print_r()
130
- Manually traversing Arrays
131
- Converting Arrays
133
- Using implode() and explode()
134
- Using unset()
136
- Multi-Dimensional Arrays
137
- Using var_dump() on multi-dimension arrays
140
- Using count() on multi-dimension arrays
143
- Three dimensional arrays
144
- Accessing Three Dimensional Arrays
146
- Alternative declaration of Arrays
147
- Exercise Three
148
Eight
Using Array Functions
154
- Introduction
155
- Using array_sum() / array_product()
156
- Sorting Arrays
157
- assort() and arsort()
163
- ksort() and krsort()
164
- array_multisort()
165
- array_reverse()
169
- array_flip()
170
- array_fill() and array_fill_keys()
172
- array_combine()
176
- array_intersect()
177
- array_diff()
178
- array_merge()
179
- array_unique()
180
- Exercise Four
181
Nine
Conditional PHP Statements
185
- Conditional tests
186
- Comparison Operators
187
- If statement structure
189
- Grouping processes in an 'If' statement
191
- Alternative processing
193
- Multiple 'If' statements
194
- Testing different datatypes
198
- Testing Strings
200
- Testing Booleans
204
- Testing for nulls
206
- Alternative Colon syntax
207
- Multiple Condition tests (and)
209
- Multiple Condition tests (or)
210
- Multiple Condition tests (xor)
211
- Nested If Conditions
212
- Ternary Operator
213
- Using PHP built in Functions for testing
216
- Exercise Five
218
Ten
Using Switch in Condition Testing
221
- Introduction
222
- The Switch Syntax
223
- Using Break with Switch
225
- Using Default with Switch
227
- Using Switch with Colon Syntax
228
- Advanced Switch Testing
229
- Mixing If Conditions with Switch
232
- Exercise Six
234
Eleven
Looping through values in PHP
236
- Introduction
237
- Foreach processing of Arrays
238
- Foreach processing with Colon syntax
242
- Multidimensional Arrays with Foreach
243
- While Loops
245
- While Loops with Colon Syntax
247
- Using Break to exit Loops
248
- Do .. While Loops
249
- Do .. While and While Loops with Arrays
251
- For Loops
252
- For Loops with Colon Syntax
254
- For Loops with empty expressions
255
- For Loops with more than one variable
257
- For Loops with Arrays
258
- Advanced Breaking of Loops
260
- Using Continue with Loops
267
- Exercise Seven
270
Twelve
Using Dates within PHP
274
- Introduction
275
- Creating String of Dates
276
- Converting Strings to Dates using strtotime()
277
- Limitation of using strtotime()
284
- Using Format Masks with date()
285
- Comparing Dates
287
- Adding to Dates
288
- Using mktime()
289
- Using getdate()
290
- Other Date Functions
291
- Exercise Eight
292
Thirteen
Regular Expressions using PCRE
294
- Introduction
295
- Testing for 'Contains' within a String
297
- Starts or Ends using Line Anchors
298
- Starts and Ends using Line Anchors (or)
300
- Using the Dot (Any Character)
301
- Using {Intervals}
303
- Using Character Lists []
305
- Using Character Lists to exclude matches
308
- Using Escape Sequences
309
- Using the Question Mark (Optional)
311
- Using the Plus sign (Mandatory)
313
- Using the Star sign (Optional)
314
- Backreferencing
315
- POSIX
317
- Using preg_replace()
319
- Using preg_replace() with arrays
321
- Using preg_filter()
323
- Using preg_replace_callback()
324
- Using preg_match()
325
- Preg_match() with PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE
326
- Using preg_match_all()
327
- Using preg_grep()
329
- Using preg_last_error()
331
- Using preg_quote()
332
- Using preg_split()
333
- Using preg_split() with arrays
335
- Exercise Nine
336
Fourteen
PHP Functions
339
- Introduction
340
- Rudimentary Functions
341
- Function Positioning
343
- Passing Parameters to Functions
344
- Passing Multiple Parameters to Functions
346
- Defaulting Parameters in Functions
347
- Returning Values
348
- Returning Values in an Array
350
- The scope of Variables
351
- Global Variables
353
- Passing Arguments by Reference
354
- Dynamic Function Calls
355
- Calling Functions from other Functions
358
- Calling PHP Functions in other files
359
- Structure of the PHP file
360
- Calling the PHP file
361
- Calling the PHP file using include()
362
- Passing Parameters to another PHP file
365
- Exercise Ten
366
Fifteen
PHP Cookies
369
- Introduction
370
- Creating Cookies in PHP with setcookie()
371
- Setting the expiry date for Cookies
373
- Setting the path for Cookies
375
- Setting the domain/security for Cookies
376
- Reading Cookies with $_COOKIE
377
- Using Arrays with Cookies
379
Sixteen
PHP Sessions
380
- Introduction
381
- Creating Sessions
382
- Testing Sessions
383
- Using Arrays with Sessions
384
- Deleting Sessions
385
Seventeen
PHP Form Processor
386
- Introduction
387
- Anatomy of a HTML form
389
- Reading input using $_POST/$_GET
392
- Reading input using $_POST
393
- Reading input using $_GET
394
- $_GET versus $_POST
395
- Using $_REQUEST
396
- Using $_SERVER
397
- Preventing Invalid HTML in Forms
401
- Emailing in PHP
402
- Emailing HTML in PHP
404
- Emailing with attachments in PHP
406
- Exercise Eleven
407
Eighteen
PHP Errors
410
- Introduction
411
- Typical Errors
412
- Suppressing Errors
414
- $php_errormsg
417
- Using die to end the processing
419
- Using exit to end the processing
420
- Using isset() $php_errormsg
421
- Alternative way to use $php_errormsg
422
- Using error_reporting()
423
- Using error_reporting() report levels
426
- Custom error handling
428
- Raising Errors using trigger_error()
432
- Using error_log
434
- Using a centralised error handler
437
Nineteen
Exceptions
439
- Introduction
440
- Exception Syntax
441
- The 'try'
442
- The 'throw'
443
- The 'catch'
444
- Standard Exceptions
445
- Developer Defined Exceptions
448
- Processing the Exceptions
449
- Exception Methods
450
- set_exception_handler()
452
- Re-throwing Exceptions
454
- Finally
455
- Exercise Twelve
457
Twenty
PHP File I/O
459
- Introduction
460
- Using fopen()
461
- Access Modes
462
- Using fgets()
464
- Using fgetc()
467
- Using file()
468
- Using file_get_contents()
469
- Using fopen() with URLs
471
- Using fputs() / fwrite()
472
- Using file_put_contents()
474
- Working with Comma Separated Files (CSV)
477
- Using fgetcsv()
479
- Using fputcsv()
481
- Working with Binary Files
483
- Checking the Size of Bytes written
486
- Operating System Functions
487
- Using exec()
489
Twenty One
Creating HTML with PHP
491
- Introduction
492
- Why use PHP
493
- HTML example
494
- PHP simulating the HTML example
496
- Using PHP to create dynamic HTML
500
- Using htmlspecialchars()
507
Twenty Two
PHP Object Orientated Programming
508
- Introduction
509
- Terminology
510
- Instances
511
- Extending Classes
513
- Using '$this'
515
- Private and Public Methods
517
- Creating new Classes
518
- Referencing via Variables
520
- Exercise Thirteen
521
MySQL 8
Section
Section Name
Page
One
Introduction to MySQL
2
- What is SQL used for ?
3
- Why use MySQL with PHP ?
4
- Definition of a Database
5
- Using MySQL with PHP
6
Two
Simple MySQL Queries in PHP
8
- Introduction
9
- Show Tables
10
- Show Columns
14
- Describe
17
- Selecting Data from a Table
18
- Counting records in a Table
21
- Selecting Data from a Table
23
- Selecting Columns from a Table
24
- Selecting Literals from a Table
25
- Selecting Literals from Dual
26
- Exercise One
27
- Manipulation with Functions
29
- Concatenating Columns
33
- Performing Calculations
34
- Using Variables
35
- Using mysqli_fetch_array()
37
- Using Aliases
38
- Ordering Data
41
- Ordering more than One Column
43
- Manipulating Dates using date_add()
44
- Displaying Dates using date_format()
46
- Exercise Two
48
Three
MySQL Errors
56
- Determining Errors in the SQL
57
- Using mysqli_errno() and mysqli_error()
58
Four
Limiting Data Selected with a Where Clause
59
- Limiting Data
60
- Different types of MySQL Where Clauses
62
- Using Table Aliases
73
- Combining Where Clauses
75
- Different types of MySQL Where Clauses
76
- Handling Nulls in Where Clauses
77
- Using Functions in Where Clauses
78
- Using PHP Variables in Where Clauses
80
- Exercise Three
81
Five
Aggregating Values
85
- Introduction
86
- Using Group By
88
- Using Having with Group By
90
- Using With Rollup to Total Grouping
91
- Using Distinct()
92
- Exercise Four
93
Six
Regular Expressions
96
- Introduction
97
- Testing for 'Contains' within a String
98
- Starts or Ends using Line Anchors
99
- Starts and Ends using Line Anchors (or)
100
- Using the Dot (Any Character)
101
- Using {Intervals}
102
- Using Character Lists []
104
- Using Character Lists to exclude matches
107
- POSIX
108
- Using the Question Mark (Optional)
110
- Using the Plus sign (Mandatory)
112
- Using the Star sign (Optional)
113
- Exercise Five
114
Seven
Joining Tables in a MySQL Statement
116
- Introduction
117
- Linking Tables in an SQL Statement
118
- Theta style of SQL
123
- ANSI style of SQL
124
- Problems with Data matching
125
- Problems with Joining Tables in SQL
126
- Ansi SQL Standards (Natural Joins)
127
- Ansi SQL Standards (Cross Joins)
128
- Ansi SQL Standards (Joins/Using)
129
- Ansi SQL Standards (On)
130
- Ansi SQL Standards (Multiple On)
131
- Ansi SQL Standards (Left Outer Joins)
132
- Ansi SQL Standards (Right Outer Joins)
133
- Merging Tables
134
- Using Union to Merge Tables
135
- Using Union All to Merge Tables
136
- Using Intersect to Merge Tables
137
- Using Minus to Merge Tables
138
- Knowledge Check
139
- Knowledge Check - Union
140
- Union Syntax in MySQL
141
- Knowledge Check - Union All
142
- Union All Syntax in MySQL
143
- Knowledge Check - Intersect
144
- Intersect Syntax in MySQL
145
- Knowledge Check - Minus
146
- Minus Syntax in MySQL
147
- Using the Merge Syntax in MySQL
148
- Exercise Six
149
Eight
Advanced MySQL Query Techniques
154
- Using Limit
155
- Using If()
157
- Using Ifnull()
158
- Using Nullif
159
- Using Case Function
160
- Using Sub-queries
164
- Using Set to create variables
167
- Populating a Variable from a Query
168
- Exercise Seven
170
Nine
MySQL Datatypes
173
- Introduction
174
- Numeric Datatypes (Integer)
175
- Numeric Datatypes (Decimal)
176
- String Text Datatypes
177
- String Blob Datatypes
178
- String List Datatypes
179
- Date Datatypes
180
Ten
Creating Database Objects
181
- Creating Tables
182
- Mandatory Columns
183
- Creation Syntax for Tables
184
- Column Creation
187
- AUTO_INCREMENT
189
- Last_insert_id
190
- Drop Table Syntax
191
- Temporary Tables
192
- Creating Indexes
194
- Primary Key Creation
197
- Unique Key Creation
200
- Foreign Key Creation
203
- On Delete / On Update
205
- Cascade
208
- Set Null
209
- NO ACTION
210
- RESTRICT
211
- SET DEFAULT
212
- Creating Views
213
- Renaming Views
216
- Dropping Views
217
- Exercise Eight
218
Eleven
Altering Elements
220
- Altering Tables
221
Twelve
Inserting and Altering Data
224
- Rules
225
- Syntax for Populating Tables
226
- Inserting using the Set syntax
232
- Multiple Inserts
233
- On Duplicate Key Update
234
- Using Replace for Inserting Records
235
- General Comments
238
- Updating Records Rules
239
- Updating Data
240
- Deleting Data
243
- Inserting Large Objects
245
- Views
247
Thirteen
Prepared Statements
251
- Introduction
252
- Preparing the Statement
253
- Removing Prepared Statements
254
- Using Parameters
255
- Using mysqli_prepare()
257
- Using mysqli_stmt_bind_param()
258
Fourteen
Committing Records
259
- DDL and DML
260
- mysqli_commit() and mysqli_rollback()
262
- What happens if disconnected ?
264
- Exercise Nine
265
Fifteen
Importing and Exporting in MySQL
271
- Outfile
272
- Problems with Outfile
276
- Using Dumpfile
278
- Selecting into Variables
279
- Importing Data using Infile
280
- Ignoring Lines using Infile
282
- Using the Set command with Infile
283
- Using the Lines option with Infile
286
- Loading comma separated files
287
- Loading XML file
289
- Loading XML file using Ignore
291
- Loading XML file naming Columns
292
- Loading XML file using Set
293
Sixteen
Using XML with PHP
294
- Introduction
295
- Reading XML files with PHP with DOM
296
- Reading XML with getElementsByTagName()
304
- Looping with getElementsByTagName()
306
- Writing XML files with PHP
315
- Writing XML files with PHP Arrays
320
- Writing XML files with PHP from MySQL
326
- Exercise Thirteen
331
