Author
David Powers
Released
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
Duration
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(xylophone music) - [Voiceover] Hi, I'm David Powers and welcome to PHP for Web Designers. I've been using PHP, the most popular server-side language, to add dynamic features to websites for more than a dozen years, and I want to show you how PHP can make your websites more efficient. You don't need a programming background. I'll start by showing you various techniques through simple exercise files, with only a few lines of code. Then we'll take those same techniques and apply them to a website for a fictitious flower design company.
You'll move the site's navigation menu and footer to external files so they can be updated in just one place rather than every page. You'll also see how to process an online form, and display the results. The final project links the site to a database and shows how to display a series of related products in one page, and link to individual product details on another. There's also a chapter dedicated to helping you understand PHP error messages and fix whatever caused them.
Working with PHP requires a different approach from design but I won't bombard you with dense programming theory and jargon. I started using PHP to reduce a lot of the tedious repetition required by static HTML, and I want to share that knowledge with you. So join me in exploring PHP for Web Designers.
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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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