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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby on Rails Essential Training (2007) | Beginner | 10h 43m | 01/2007 | {8} | |
| Ruby on Rails Beyond the Basics (2007) | Intermediate | 11h 36m | 10/2007 | {8} | |
| PHP with MySQL Beyond the Basics | Intermediate | 10h 27m | 03/2009 | {8} | |
| Ruby Essential Training | Beginner | 6h 54m | 10/2009 | {8} | |
| Ruby on Rails 3 Essential Training | Beginner | 12h 9m | 10/2010 | {8} | |
| Unix for Mac OS X Users | Beginner | 6h 35m | 04/2011 | {8} | |
| Using Regular Expressions | Intermediate | 5h 36m | 11/2011 | {8} | |
| Git Essential Training | Beginner | 6h 26m | 08/2012 | {8} | |
| PHP with MySQL Essential Training | Beginner | 14h 24m | 06/2013 | {8} | |
PHP is a popular, reliable programming language at the foundation of many smart, data-driven websites. This comprehensive course from Kevin Skoglund helps developers learn the basics of PHP (including variables, logical expressions, loops, and functions), understand how to connect PHP to a MySQL database, and gain experience developing a complete web application with site navigation, form validation, and a password-protected admin area. Kevin also covers the basic CRUD routines for updating a database, debugging techniques, and usable user interfaces. Along the way, he provides practical advice, offers examples of best practices, and demonstrates refactoring techniques to improve existing code.
Topics include:
- What is PHP?
- Installing and configuring PHP and MySQL
- Exploring data types
- Controlling code with logical expressions and loops
- Using PHP's built-in functions
- Writing custom functions
- Building dynamic webpages
- Working with forms and form data
- Using cookies and sessions to store data
- Connecting to MySQL with PHP
- Creating and editing database records
- Building a content management system
- Adding user authentication
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