PHP Specialist (2017 Edition)

Earn a professional credential while learning back-end coding with PHP and mySQL

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What You Will Learn!

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

Description

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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!)