…When developing with PHP, it's essential to display error messages.…Unfortunately, by default, MAMP on a Mac turns off the display of errors.…You can check this in the start screen of MAMP by clicking PHP Info and then…searching with Command+F, for display_errors.…And there it is, display_errors is turned off.…The simple way to fix…this is to use a configuration file for the Apache web server called dot htaccess.…
And there's a copy of the file in the exercises files folder.…So let's go to the exercises files, and in the Mac only folder HT access is there.…The problem is you can't see it by default in the Mac finder.…Because the Mac finder hides files normally…that begin with a dot or a period.…There's also a file in there called config.php.…And that is there to help you read the configuration once it has been changed.…So what we need to do is to use a Text editor, and a very good text editor is…called Text Wrangler that you can obtain free of charge from Barebones.com.…
If we go to Applications, and then scroll down to Text Wrangler.…
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12/9/2013Note: This course was recorded with Adobe Dreamweaver, but you can use the code editor of your choice to follow along.
- How to use PHP in a webpage
- Storing and displaying text and numbers in variables
- Using functions
- Adding comments to your PHP scripts
- Moving common page elements to include files
- Displaying different content on a page
- Working with multiple values in arrays and loops
- Getting form input sent by the POST method
- Using PHP sessions to preserve data
- Storing data in session variables
- Connecting to and querying a database
- Handling errors
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 30s
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Using the exercise files5m 13s
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1. Introduction to PHP
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How to use PHP in a web page6m 43s
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2. Using Server-Side Includes for Common Page Elements
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3. Using Conditions to Change Page Output
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How PHP makes decisions3m 30s
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4. Working with Multiple Values in Arrays and Loops
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Labeling array elements7m 21s
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5. Getting User Input from a Form
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Calculating the order total6m 34s
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6. Displaying Content from a Database
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Loading data into MySQL5m 37s
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Connecting to the database7m 47s
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Querying the database6m 15s
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Linking to a details page2m 40s
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7. Handling Errors
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Dealing with PHP errors4m 15s
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Tracking down parse errors4m 32s
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Conclusion
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What's next?2m 26s
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