Basic PHP Training

SkillsFuture Course - Basic PHP Training

PHP is a popular, reliable programming language at the foundation of many data-driven CMS websites such as Wordpress, Joomla and Magento. This basic PHP  course will help beginners to learn the basics of PHP such as data types, variables, logical expressions, loops, and functions. The course also cover getting data from URL, form and cookies.

Topics include:

• What is PHP?
• Installing and configuring PHP on Mac and Window
• Exploring data types
• Controlling code with logical expressions and loops
• Using PHP's built-in functions
• Writing custom functions
• Building dynamic web pages
• Working with forms and form data

Module 1 Get Ready

• Install Apache, PHP on Mac and PC
• Install Sublime Text
• Embed PHP in HTML
• PHP and HTML Comment

Module 2: Data Types

• Variables
• String and String Functions
• Integer and Float
• Array and Associative Array
• Boolean
• Null and Empty
• Type Juggling and Casting
• Constant

Module 3 Control Structures

• If - else - elseif
• Operators
• Switch - Case
• While loop
• For loop
• Foreach loop
• Continue - Break
• Array pointers

Module 4: Function

• Function
• Function argument
• Return value
• Function scope
• Errors and Debugging

Module 5 Getting Data from URL and Form

• $_GET and get data from URL
• URL and HTML encode
• Include
• HTTP and PHP header
• Page redirection
• $_POST and get data from FORM
• Create a simple form and validatoin
• $_COOKIE and get data from Cookies

Jibrail has 10 years experience of software and web systems development and management combining both business needs and leading edge technologies to deliver solutions. Among some of his prominent systems he had worked on were Java stock trading system used by UOBKayHian, iocbc and KimEng. Also, he had written a forex accumulator module for Citibank for frontoffice bank staff.

He was also been involved in multiple PHP, Coldfusion, .NET solutions. He was involved in Vivocity Carpark Redemption System, written Moodle modules for private schools in Australia and created PHP based products. MDWPMerchant is a product written in php and was featured in several Moodle conferences. Another product developed and currently sold in Singapore market is a WIFI solution for cafe and restaurants. A prominent customer of this WIFI product is Culina at Dempsey.

Currently running an IT company delivering solutions, he is involved in management, training and consultancy on a day-to-day basis. The consultancy services covers infrastructure from software, networking, security and hardware aspects."

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