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PHP 8 course at a glance

Pages
533No of slides in the Manual
Exercises
13Total No of Exercises
Sections
22No of main topics, see index below
Public
NoPublic course in the UK and Ireland
On-Site
YesWe can come to your venue
Level
11 - Beginners
2 - Intermediate
3 - Advanced
Days
3Week days but we can put on weekend courses
Duration:
Minimum skill level required:
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Sections:
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Pre-Requisite course(s):
Suggested further course(s):
Price guide:
3 days
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PHP 8 Programming training course
Content highlights
(Three days packed full of information)

Creating and sorting PHP Arrays
If statements within PHP
Regular Expressions (REGEX) in PHP
sing PHP to create dynamic HTML
How to use Match in PHP

PHP 8 Programming training course
Exercise highlights
(Loads of fun trying out the new techniques)

Looping through values in PHP arrays
Writing to Operating System files in PHP
Using HTML to collect information for PHP processing

Index of PHP 8 Programming training course

PHP 8
 
 

Section
Section Name
Page

One
PHP Introduction
2

 
- PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
3

 
- 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
100

 
- Nesting Functions
101

Six
Using PHP built in Number Functions
102

 
- Introduction
103

 
- Number Rounding
104

 
- Exercise Two
108

Seven
Introduction to PHP Arrays
111

 
- Introduction
112

 
- Numeric Arrays
114

 
- Populating Numeric Arrays
115

 
- Populating Numeric Arrays with range()
118

 
- Populating Numeric Arrays with array_pad()
120

 
- Populating Associative Arrays
123

 
- Using count() or sizeof()
129

 
- Using var_dump()
130

 
- Using print_r()
132

 
- Manually traversing Arrays
133

 
- Converting Arrays
135

 
- Using implode() and explode()
136

 
- Using unset()
138

 
- Multi-Dimensional Arrays
139

 
- Using var_dump() on multi-dimension arrays
142

 
- Using count() on multi-dimension arrays
145

 
- Three dimensional arrays
146

 
- Accessing Three Dimensional Arrays
148

 
- Alternative declaration of Arrays
149

 
- Exercise Three
150

Eight
Using Array Functions
156

 
- Introduction
157

 
- Using array_sum() / array_product()
158

 
- Sorting Arrays
159

 
- assort() and arsort()
165

 
- ksort() and krsort()
166

 
- array_multisort()
167

 
- array_reverse()
171

 
- array_flip()
172

 
- array_fill() and array_fill_keys()
173

 
- array_combine()
178

 
- array_intersect()
179

 
- array_diff()
180

 
- array_merge()
181

 
- array_unique()
182

 
- Exercise Four
183

Nine
Conditional PHP Statements
187

 
- Conditional tests
188

 
- Comparison Operators
189

 
- If statement structure
191

 
- Grouping processes in an 'If' statement
193

 
- Alternative processing
195

 
- Multiple 'If' statements
196

 
- Testing different datatypes
200

 
- Testing Strings
202

 
- Testing Booleans
206

 
- Testing for nulls
208

 
- Alternative Colon syntax
209

 
- Multiple Condition tests (and)
211

 
- Multiple Condition tests (or)
212

 
- Multiple Condition tests (xor)
213

 
- Nested If Conditions
214

 
- Ternary Operator
215

 
- Using PHP built in Functions for testing
218

 
- Exercise Five
220

Ten
Alternative Condition Testing
223

 
- Introduction to Switch
224

 
- Switch Syntax
225

 
- Using Break with Switch
227

 
- Using Default with Switch
229

 
- Using Switch with Colon Syntax
230

 
- Advanced Switch Testing
231

 
- Mixing If Conditions with Switch
234

 
- Introduction to Match
236

 
- Match Syntax
237

 
- Using Default with Match
239

 
- Advanced Match Testing
240

 
- Match with Functions
241

 
- Exercise Six
242

Eleven
Looping through values in PHP
244

 
- Introduction
245

 
- Foreach processing of Arrays
246

 
- Foreach processing with Colon syntax
250

 
- Multidimensional Arrays with Foreach
251

 
- While Loops
253

 
- While Loops with Colon Syntax
255

 
- Using Break to exit Loops
256

 
- Do .. While Loops
257

 
- Do .. While and While Loops with Arrays
259

 
- For Loops
260

 
- For Loops with Colon Syntax
262

 
- For Loops with empty expressions
263

 
- For Loops with more than one variable
265

 
- For Loops with Arrays
266

 
- Advanced Breaking of Loops
268

 
- Using Continue with Loops
275

 
- Exercise Seven
278

Twelve
Using Dates within PHP
282

 
- Introduction
283

 
- Creating String of Dates
284

 
- Converting Strings to Dates using strtotime()
285

 
- Limitation of using strtotime()
292

 
- Using Format Masks with date()
293

 
- Comparing Dates
295

 
- Adding to Dates
296

 
- Using mktime()
297

 
- Using getdate()
298

 
- Other Date Functions
299

 
- Exercise Eight
300

Thirteen
Regular Expressions using PCRE
302

 
- Introduction
303

 
- Testing for 'Contains' within a String
305

 
- Starts or Ends using Line Anchors
306

 
- Starts and Ends using Line Anchors (or)
308

 
- Using the Dot (Any Character)
309

 
- Using {Intervals}
311

 
- Using Character Lists []
313

 
- Using Character Lists to exclude matches
316

 
- Using Escape Sequences
317

 
- Using the Question Mark (Optional)
319

 
- Using the Plus sign (Mandatory)
321

 
- Using the Star sign (Optional)
322

 
- Backreferencing
323

 
- POSIX
325

 
- Using preg_replace()
327

 
- Using preg_replace() with arrays
329

 
- Using preg_filter()
331

 
- Using preg_replace_callback()
332

 
- Using preg_match()
333

 
- Preg_match() with PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE
334

 
- Using preg_match_all()
335

 
- Using preg_grep()
337

 
- Using preg_last_error()
339

 
- Using preg_quote()
340

 
- Using preg_split()
341

 
- Using preg_split() with arrays
343

 
- Exercise Nine
344

Fourteen
PHP Functions
347

 
- Introduction
348

 
- Rudimentary Functions
349

 
- Function Positioning
351

 
- Passing Parameters to Functions
352

 
- Passing Multiple Parameters to Functions
354

 
- Defaulting Parameters in Functions
355

 
- Returning Values
356

 
- Returning Values in an Array
358

 
- The scope of Variables
359

 
- Global Variables
361

 
- Passing Arguments by Reference
362

 
- Dynamic Function Calls
363

 
- Calling Functions from other Functions
366

 
- Calling PHP Functions in other files
367

 
- Structure of the PHP file
368

 
- Calling the PHP file
369

 
- Calling the PHP file using include()
370

 
- Passing Parameters to another PHP file
373

 
- Exercise Ten
374

Fifteen
PHP Cookies
377

 
- Introduction
378

 
- Creating Cookies in PHP with setcookie()
379

 
- Setting the expiry date for Cookies
381

 
- Setting the path for Cookies
383

 
- Setting the domain/security for Cookies
384

 
- Reading Cookies with $_COOKIE
385

 
- Using Arrays with Cookies
387

Sixteen
PHP Sessions
388

 
- Introduction
389

 
- Creating Sessions
390

 
- Testing Sessions
391

 
- Using Arrays with Sessions
392

 
- Deleting Sessions
393

Seventeen
PHP Form Processor
394

 
- Introduction
395

 
- Anatomy of a HTML form
397

 
- Reading input using $_POST/$_GET
400

 
- Reading input using $_POST
401

 
- Reading input using $_GET
402

 
- $_GET versus $_POST
403

 
- Using $_REQUEST
404

 
- Using $_SERVER
405

 
- Preventing Invalid HTML in Forms
409

 
- Emailing in PHP
410

 
- Emailing HTML in PHP
412

 
- Emailing with attachments in PHP
414

 
- Exercise Eleven
415

Eighteen
PHP Errors
418

 
- Introduction
419

 
- Typical Errors
420

 
- Suppressing Errors
422

 
- $php_errormsg
425

 
- Using die to end the processing
427

 
- Using exit to end the processing
428

 
- Using isset() $php_errormsg
429

 
- Alternative way to use $php_errormsg
430

 
- Using error_reporting()
431

 
- Using error_reporting() report levels
434

 
- Custom error handling
436

 
- Raising Errors using trigger_error()
440

 
- Using error_log
442

 
- Using a centralised error handler
445

Nineteen
Exceptions
447

 
- Introduction
448

 
- Exception Syntax
449

 
- The 'try'
450

 
- The 'throw'
451

 
- The 'catch'
452

 
- Standard Exceptions
453

 
- Developer Defined Exceptions
456

 
- Processing the Exceptions
457

 
- Exception Methods
458

 
- set_exception_handler()
460

 
- Re-throwing Exceptions
462

 
- Finally
463

 
- Exercise Twelve
465

Twenty
PHP File I/O
467

 
- Introduction
468

 
- Using fopen()
469

 
- Access Modes
470

 
- Using fgets()
472

 
- Using fgetc()
475

 
- Using file()
476

 
- Using file_get_contents()
477

 
- Using fopen() with URLs
479

 
- Using fputs() / fwrite()
480

 
- Using file_put_contents()
482

 
- Working with Comma Separated Files (CSV)
485

 
- Using fgetcsv()
487

 
- Using fputcsv()
489

 
- Working with Binary Files
494

 
- Checking the Size of Bytes written
486

 
- Operating System Functions
495

 
- Using exec()
497

Twenty One
Creating HTML with PHP
499

 
- Introduction
500

 
- Why use PHP
501

 
- HTML example
502

 
- PHP simulating the HTML example
504

 
- Using PHP_EOL
508

 
- Using PHP to create dynamic HTML
509

 
- Using htmlspecialchars()
516

Twenty Two
PHP Object Orientated Programming
517

 
- Introduction
518

 
- Terminology
519

 
- Instances
520

 
- Extending Classes
522

 
- Using '$this'
524

 
- Private and Public Methods
526

 
- Creating new Classes
527

 
- Referencing via Variables
529

 
- Exercise Thirteen
530


Sections of PHP 8 training course

1
PHP Introduction

2
PHP Structure

3
Defining PHP Variables

4
Manipulating Variables in PHP

5
Using PHP built in String Functions

6
Using PHP built in Number Functions

7
Introduction to PHP Arrays

8
Using Array Functions

9
Conditional PHP Statements

10
Advanced Condition Testing

11
Looping through values in PHP

12
Using Dates within PHP

13
Regular Expressions using PCRE

14
PHP Functions

15
PHP Cookies

16
PHP Sessions

17
PHP Form Processor

18
PHP Errors

19
Exceptions

20
PHP File I/O

21
Creating HTML with PHP

22
PHP Object Orientated Programming

Synopsis for PHP 8 Programming training course

When you set about designing a new PHP course you first need to identify the key components of the software language that are fundamental to the Delegate gaining a solid foundation to the techniques.

Realistically, in a

three day PHP training course

we do need to concentrate on those mainstream areas of the syntax, therefore there are a few bits that are left out but they are generally those that are peculiar to very select working environments and therefore not 'mainstream', these areas though will be easier to identify and work with once Delegates have attended the PHP course.

Each course web-page has three main components, the index of the course, an example of the course notes and an example of the exercises that occur frequently within the course. These are found within the "Course PDFs" tab.

This isn’t the first PHP course we have made available, we have used and do use PHP extensively throughout our work with Databases and indeed this very website. For over a decade both in production of our own website and also supporting our clients with theirs we have used PHP to interrogate Databases and render optimum web-pages. Although PHP has been around since the early-1990s, devised by Rasmus Lerdorf for his own personal use, quite a man ...

The father of PHP

PHP is an ideal front end for interfacing with Oracle and MySQL style Databases, this course however is simply PHP, we have five day courses similar to this one which includes communicating with Oracle, MySQL and indeed MariaDB Databases, this may be of interest to you and your Delegates. Speak to the Seer Computing Customer Service people, they will be able to advise which course is most suitable for you.

All of our courses are available as a one to one or an on-site training course, some however are also available as a public course scheduled at certain times of the year throughout the UK and Ireland.

Public training courses are ideal

if you have only one or two delegates needing training, there will always be a venue within an hour's travelling from your place of work and they are held in city centre conference centres where parking is provided. We also provide lunch and refreshments throughout the day(s).

One to one training courses

are for people who cannot wait for the scheduled course near them, we can arrange a course at a convenient hotel near to your home and there you will have the attention of our Consultant 99% of the time! Realistically, they will check their emails occasionally while the exercises are taking place! We generally perform these one to one courses near a pub or hostelry where lunch will be provided. You can of course come to our offices in Swansea and that will give you the opportunity to explore the Gower in the evenings, we also have some of the best curry houses in the UK and Ireland.

Rhossilli Bay, on the Gower

On-Site training courses

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