…Now that we've seen how to find and…extract a substring from a longer string, we can…return to order.php in the Hansel and Petal…site, and organize the form data into new arrays.…First we need to create three empty arrays for color, quantity, and image.…We only want those arrays if the form has been…submitted, so we'll put them inside this if block here.…I'm not going to delete this code here on lines three, four,…and five, because we'll use that later for some testing.…So our new arrays, first one will be color, and I'm…going to use the array keyword to create the empty array.…
This will work on all servers, of course if you are using PHP 5.4…or later on your server you can use the shorthand version, this will…work everywhere. So, that's why I'm using the keyword, and…then the last one wil be image.…Next we need to go through the post array and we'll use a foreach loop to handle it…looking at each key and each value so foreach all one word.…And the array is $_POST, all in caps.…
And the keyword AS, and then we'll have a…
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- 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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