Certified PHP Developer

TABLE OF CONTENT

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Basics

• Need for PHP
• PHP Evolution
• PHP Usage
• PHP Comments
• PHP Script Life cycle

Variable and constants

• Variables
• Constants
• Data Types
• Special Characters

Operators

• Arithmetic
• Assignment
• Comparison
• Concatenation
• Logical Operators
• Bitwise Operators
• Unary Operators

Conditionals

• If-else
• Switch
• Ternary Operator

Loop constructs

• While
• For
• For each
• Do while
• Continue
• Break

Strings

• Basics
• Single quoted
• Double quoted
• Heredoc
• Nowdoc

Arrays

• Basics
• Specifying Array
• Accessing array elements
• Creating/modifying Array
• Reading array values
• Removing array values
• Array Traversal
• Useful PHP Array functions

Functions

• Basics
• User-defined functions
• Function arguments
• Returning values
• Variable Functions
• Built-in Functions
• Anonymous Functions

Classes

• Basics
• Class Property
• Class Constants
• Constructor and Destructor
• Class Visibility
• Object Inheritance
• Class Abstraction
• Object Interfaces
• Traits
• Overloading
• Object Iteration
• Object Cloning
• Objects and references

File Handling

• Basics
• Creating a file
• Opening a File
• Reading from a file
• Writing to a file
• Appending a file
• Closing a file
• Deleting a file
• Useful Functions

Database

• Basics
• Database Connection
• Table Creation
• Inserting Data
• Database Updation
• Deleting Records
• Searching Records
• Other Table Operations
• MySQL Error Handling

Cookies management

• Cookies
• setcookie
• setrawcookie
• Cookie Setting or Removal
• Accessing Cookies
• Expiring Cookies

Session

• Basics
• Session Internals
• Session Creation
• Deleting Sessions and Variables
• Custom Session Handlers
• Session Upload Progress
• Sessions and security
• Sessions Functions

Forms

• Basics
• Create a Basic Form
• Input control or “control”
• Receiving Form Data
• Variables From External Sources
• Image Submission

Miscellaneous

• Security
• Optimization
• Installation
• Error Handling

COURSE OUTLINE

Basics

• Explaining the need and evolution of PHP
• Illustrating the various assignment, arithmetic, comparison and string operators
• Describing the usage of Comments and the Script Life cycle in PHP

Variable and constants

• Detailing the basics of variable, constants, various data types and special characters in PHP

Operators

• Describing the various arithmetic, assignment, comparison, concatenation, logical, bitwise and unary operators for conducting different operations on operands

Conditionals

• Elucidating conditionals (if-else, switch and ternary operator) used in PHP for condition checking in PHP

Loop constructs

• Describing the different loop constructs (while, for, for each and do while) of PHP
• Understanding loop exiting keyword of continue and break

Strings

• Explaining strings and their functions for manipulation in PHP
• Understanding Single and Double quoted strings
• Describing the usage of Heredoc and Nowdoc in PHP

Arrays

• Explaining array creation,reading, adding or deleting array elements and their functions
• Describing the usage of associative arrays in PHP

Functions

• Illustrating the basics of parameter and return values in functions
• Detailing the concept of value and reference passing of parameter
• Explaining the implementation of variable and anonymous functions
• Describing various string, mathematical, date and time functions of PHP

Classes

• Procedure of definition and usage of classes in PHP
• Describing the usage of constructor and destructor in classes
• Illustrating class constants, object interfaces, inheritance and abstraction
• Explaining the concept of extending classes and visibility settings
• Detailing traits and overloading
• Describing object basics and references with their operations like iteration, cloning

File Handling

• Describing the basics of file handling with detailing the various file operations like creating, opening, reading, writing, appending, closing and deleting a file
• Explaining various useful file and directory functions

Database

• Explaining the database basics of table and query of database
• Describing connecting and closing of database connection in PHP
• Illustrating the steps to search, insert, update and delete data in a table
• Detailing querying, sorting and grouping of records
• Emphasizing the error handling mechanism in MySQL

Cookies management

• Describing the creation, usage and deletion of cookies in PHP with usage of setcookie and setrawcookie

Session

• Explaining steps for starting an session, creation, accessing and usage of variables and destroying session variables
• Illustrating the implementation of custom session handlers and managing session upload progress
• Describing security as applicable to sessions and various sessions functions

Forms

• Illustrating forms and their usage for data collection
• Describing the various controls in an HTML form and steps to create a HTML form
• Detailing the process to accept variables from external sources in PHP and image submissions

Miscellaneous

• Explaining the applicability and implementation of security, optimization and error handling in PHP
• Describing the steps of installation of PHP and it's requirements