LEARN PHP

Getting Started with PHP Programming

   • Introduction and Installation of PHP
   • Check If PHP is Enabled On Your Server with This Script
   • Create Your First Simple PHP Script Using the .php Extension
   • Using Code Comments in Your PHP Scripts
   • Where to Place PHP Code Blocks
   • print Vs. echo
   • Mingle HTML and CSS Into Your PHP Output

Variables, Data Types, and Expressions in PHP

   • Global Variables
   • Creating Variables in PHP
   • Constants and Magic Constants in PHP
   • Data Types and PHP Automatic Data Typing
   • Changing Data Types
   • Understanding Expressions in PHP

Operators in PHP

   • The Assignment Operator
   • Arithmetic Operators in PHP
   • Comparison Operators in PHP
   • Incremental and Decremental Operators
   • Logical Operators
   • Concatenation Assignment Operators
   • The ?(ternary) Operator

Control Structures and Conditional Logic in PHP

   • if... else... else if Statements
   • switch... case... break Statements
   • while and do-while Loop
   • for Loop
   • continue Statement

Working With Strings and Numbers

   • Define String :-: Define Number
   • Validate Email Addresses With PHP preg_match() and a Regex
   • String Function Reference List
   • Math Functions Reference List

Working with Files, Folders, and Directories

   • Including and Requiring Files
   • Communicate Between Two Servers Using PHP Includes
   • File Paths and Directory Script Navigation
   • Check if File Exists
   • Creating and Deleting Files Through Code in PHP
   • Opening, Writing, Appending, Closing, and Reading Files in PHP
   • Creating Directories and Removing Directories (folders)
   • Opening and Dynamically Reading Directory (folder) Contents

Function Creation and Use

   • What Is a Function?
   • Function Arguments
   • Returning Values From Your Custom PHP Functions
   • Function Variable Scope in PHP

Working with Arrays in PHP

   • What is an Array?
   • Creating Your First Simple Array in PHP
   • Creating Associative Arrays in PHP
   • Creating Multidimensional Arrays in PHP
   • Looping or Iterating Over Array Data in PHP
   • Array Functions Reference list

Classes and Object Oriented Programming in PHP

   • What Are Objects and Classes?
   • Class and Object Code Structure Explained
   • PHP OOP Tutorial 1: Convert MySQL Timestamp to Ago Format

Examples and Common Tasks In PHP

   • Cache Busting Files (always show updates to files on your site)


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