Index of PHP 5.5 Programming training course
Section
Section Name
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
Twenty Three
Using XML with PHP
521
- Introduction
522
- Reading XML files with PHP with DOM
523
- Reading XML with getElementsByTagName()
531
- Looping with getElementsByTagName()
533
- Writing XML files with PHP
542
- Writing XML files with PHP Arrays
547
- Writing XML files with PHP from MySQL
553
- Exercise Thirteen
558
