PHP Specialist (2017 Edition)

This completes it.

PHP is the stepping stone to your first professional development gigs

PHP is the most popular back end language on the web.

Companies like Facebook and Tumblr use PHP as their primary back end coding language. It's in universal demands, and, as a new developer you're expected to know you're way around the front end and the back end. That's where PHP comes in.

There was a time when a web developer could get away with knowing just HTML and some Javascript, but now as employers are looking for more value, you have to know more. PHP lets you access an entire world of backend databases, like mySQL which is introduced in this course.

FACT: With PHP knowledge you'll be able to complete more advanced projects and be more employable.

People ask all the time: What's the best past to becoming a professional developer?

People going in to web development need two types of technical knowledge. First, they need to know how to manipulate content in a browser. That's where HTML5 and Javascript come in. But they also need to be able to interact with backend systems like eCommerce systems, databases and content management systems.

With PHP, developers:

Create systems by which data can be stored and retrieved in a database

Interact with eCommerce systems facilitating sales, credit card processing and shipping all over the world

Create complex content and customer management systems customized for industry use.

Create plugins and customizations for the most the most popular content management systems in the world, Wordpress, Drupal and Joomla (all of which are written in PHP!)

New developers who want to add PHP to their tool aresneal

Web Designers who want to start writing code

Teachers and students

Current developers who need to learn PHP

Successful students in this course have a working knowledge of HTML

Successful students in this course can work with web browsers to navigate the internet

This course works on Mac or PC or even Linux with a few modifications

Set up a PHP Web Server

Integrate PHP with HTML code

Call PHP Pages from HTML

Use the echo() and print() functions

Integrate HTML with echo() and print() functions

Declare and use constants

Declare and initialize PHP variables

Understand the type of values held in PHP variables

Use arithmetic operators to perform math functions

Use comparison operators to make logical comparisons

Understand basic if statments

Create complex if statements which facilitate multiple outcomes

Use the PHP switch statement

Work with while loops.

Identify when a do while loop is appropriate and use it

Code a for loop

Create simple arrays

Use a for...each statement to loop through an array

Create associative arrays

Understand and use multidimensional arrays

Identify and use the superglobal arrays included in PHP

Use string functions to manipulate strings

Convert strings to arrays and vice-versa

Use hashes and encryption to enhance application security

Write simple functions

Write functions that take arguments and return a value

Read and write text files to the server

Read, write and parse CSV files

Set, read and delete cookies

Create sessions

Pass session variables between PHP pages

Expire sessions as required

Send plain text and HTML emails using PHP

Use a database to create a complete CRUD app

Store data in the database

Retrieve data from the database

Modify and delete database data