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PHP 101 Training in Chicago-IL, United States

Learn to create PHP Scripts, redirects, forms with PHP, use variable and expressions in PHP and basic PHP operators.

  • 40 hours of Instructor-led training
  • Beginner level
  • Interactive hands-on sessions
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Key Features

40 hours of Instructor-led training sessions
Interactive hands-on learning
Learn the fundamental concepts of PHP programming language
Understand all about functions, conditional tests, events and flow control in PHP
Learn to write PHP scripts including its operators and variables
Our PHP trainers will guide students in future implementation of the technology

Description

PHP is trending! Right from being the driving force behind the likes of Facebook to powering numerous e-commerce websites, PHP is popular for its simplicity, efficiency, security, and flexibility.  Familiarising yourself with PHP will help you perform a number of functions right from building web content to sending and receiving cookies.

Zeolearn brings you comprehensive PHP 101 courses that are designed to give you maximum learning benefit. You will learn all about elementary PHP such as its tools, creating PHP Scripts, generating redirects, creating forms with PHP, using variable and expressions in PHP and basic PHP operators.  Through a series of carefully spaced out modules you will also learn about handling databases with PHP, string manipulation and sessions and cookies in PHP. 

Here’s what you will learn!

  • An introduction to PHP variables and operators and how to write PHP scripts
  • Creating forms with PHP, basic security features and taking user inputs
  • All about functions, conditional tests, events and flow control in PHP
  •  How to handle databases and connect to MySQL database from PHP
  • How to use sessions and cookies and keep track of visitors to the website

Is this course right for you?

If you want to pursue a career in web development or want to learn PHP & MySQL with a MVC framework then this is the right course for you. 

Prerequisites:

  • Basic HTML knowledge
  • Basic understanding of computer programming language
  • Knowledge of databases, especially RDBMS

Curriculum

  • History of PHP
  • Comparison with dynamic content alternatives (Perl, CGI, ASP, JSP, Servlets , CGI, etc)
  • PHP tools and set up (web browser/server, editor, libraries, etc)
  • Create a basic PHP Script
  • Opening and Closing tags
  • PHP as a command line or batch language
  • Taking user input (HTML forms)
  • Self Referring Forms
  • Selecting alternatives
  • Use PHP to generate HTTP headers
  • Generating HTTP redirects
  • Pass PHP variables via the URL
  • Debugging Tips
  • Where to find PHP documentation
  • Creating forms with PHP
  • Security Protection from Cross Site Scripting
  • Using the form GET method
  • Using the form POST method
  • Obtaining data from forms through variables$_REQUEST,$_POSTor$_GET?
  • Using hidden fields
  • Secure Web Forms (HTTPS and SSL)
  • Calling pages from themselves using forms
  • Quoting HTML entities in user input
  • Identifiers
  • Data Types (integers, floats, strings and booleans)
  • Type juggling
  • Text constants, interpolation (strings, arrays, objects, functions), here & now documents
  • Creating Variables
  • Variable assignment
  • Variable Scope
  • Namespaces
  • User-defined Constants
  • String constants,variable interpolation into strings
  • Array, Object&Function interpolation
  • HTTP environment variables
  • Magic Constants GLOBALS array
  • Variable References
  • Arithmetic Operators
  • Logical Operators
  • Relational (Comparison) Operators
  • The Identity Operator
  • The Assignment Operators
  • Increment & Decrement Operators
  • Bitwise Operators
  • Error Suppression Operator
  • The Conditional (Ternary) Operator
  • The Default Operator
  • Execution Operators
  • Other Operators
  • Assignment Operators
  • Operator Precedence and Associativity
  • True and Falseif
  • Comparing Strings and Numberselseandelseif
  • Hierarchical conditions (nestedifstatements)
  • The? :Operator
  • Comparing for equality or identity
  • The switch/case  statement
  • Alternative Syntax for Control Structures
  • Loopswhiledo ... while forbreakandcontinue  goto  exit
  • Thephp.inifile
  • ModuleVs CGI Usageregister_globals
  • Control of error logging
  • Control of resource limits
  • Commonly set configurations
  • File system securitysafe_mode&open_basedir
  • PHP4 compatibility in PHP5
  • A glance at upcoming PHP6
  • Purpose of functions
  • Built-in functions
  • Declaring functions
  • Functions Arguments
  • Default Arguments
  • Arguments - Call by Reference
  • Return
  • Returning References
  • Variable Scope (global vs local)
  • Static variables
  • Recursion include and require
  • Variable function calls
  • What are arrays?
  • How and when to use arrays
  • Indexing arrays, numeric and hashes
  • Initialising arrays
  • Using  for each
  • Add/remove elements from arrays
  • One-dimensional arrays
  • Multi-dimensional arrays
  • References to array elements
  • Arrays in forms
  • Array operators
  • Array related functions
  • Error-handling Strategies
  • Connection/disconnection to the database, log in/log out
  • Escaping strings in SQL statements
  • Including common access functions
  • Doing simple SQL queries via PHP
  • Building HTML tables using SQL Queries
  • Avoiding SQL Injection attacks
  • Access to: MySql, MySqli, Oracle & MS-SQL
  • Using PEAR DB
  • Using PHP Data Objects - PDO
  • An Insight to Smart Programming
  • Substring and [] operators
  • Case conversion, trimming
  • Formatting output data with sprintf
  • Adding & removing backslashes
  • Regular expressions
  • Meta characters: character classes, repetitions
  • Regular Expression Examples
  • Alternation and Grouping
  • What is a session?
  • Dependencies on thephp.ini file
  • Understanding PHP session variables
  • Create a PHP session variable
  • Register and modify PHP session variables
  • Putting PHP session IDs in pages
  • Good Practise with sessions and PHP
  • Cookie properties
  • Setting a cookie in PHP
  • Retrieving PHP cookies
  • Expiring/Deleting PHP cookies
  • Drawbacks to cookies
  • Using cookies well
  • Testing for cookie support
  • Sessions without cookies
  • Cookie Security Issues
  • Opening files, local and remote
  • Reading & writing and moving about in filesfflush(),file(),fpassthru(),readfile()
  • PHP portability on different Operating Systems
  • Finding file metadata: size, ownership, modification time
  • Handling file permissions
  • Handling file ownership
  • Copying, Renaming and Deleting Files
  • File locking
  • Opening and reading directories
  • File uploads from the browser/user
  • Getting IP addresses from visitors
  • Getting referring URLs from visitors
  • Environment variables
  • Showing different content to different browsers (IE, Netscape, Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, etc)
  • Handling HTTP and MIME headers
  • Object basics
  • Classes in PHP
  • PHP4 - constructors
  • PHP5 - constructors and destructors
  • Inheritance
  • Accessing instance data and functions_sleepand_wakeup_autoload
  • Class constants
  • PHP5 OO Additions,type hints,foreach,autoload
  • PHP 5.4 instantiate & member access
  • Objects: Assignments and Referencestry,throwcatchexception handling
  • PECL quick tour
  • APC - Alternative PHP Cache
  • Xdebug - debugging and profiling
  • PEAR installation and quick tour
  • PEAR Config
  • PEAR Log
  • PEAR Auth (login)
  • PEAR HTML_QuickForm2
  • Smarty Templates
  • Smarty and HTML_QuickForm2
  • Smarty and QuickForm2 help with security
  • Sending email
  • Sending multi part email-MIME
  • Accessing mail boxes - IMAP&POP
  • Graphics basics,referencing a PHP scrip in an IMG tag
  • Image MIME type
  • Basic examples, line/box drawing
  • Creation from an existing image
  • Image copying and resizing
  • Drawing text on images
  • True Type fonts
  • Application design
  • Quick start
  • Web server configuration
  • Apache Virtualhostconfig
  • Simple project-2 table database
  • Project skeleton
  • Configuration:test&live sites
  • Structure of web program
  • Smarty templates for the project
  • Structure of a Smarty template
  • Example Smarty template
  • Firefox Add-ons:WebDeveloper,Firebug,YSlow
  • Using  rsync  to copytest to live
  • The database behind the application
  • Designing the database
  • Metadata management
  • Entity-relationship (ER) diagrams
  • ER Diagram example
  • Data Modelling tools
  • Users to access the database
  • Creating the databases & tables
  • Creating test data
  • Displaying data from the database
  • Outline of data display function
  • Example list display function
  • Displaying a list with Smarty
  • More succinct use of SQL
  • SQLWHEREclauses
  • Combine tests in a  WHERE  clause
  • SQL:grouping and Ordering of results
  • SQL JOIN LEFT,RIGHT&FULL JOINs
  • Displaying long lists in pages withLIMIT
  • Showing lists a page at a time
  • Implementing pages in Smarty Templates
  • Making Smarty and SQL play well
  • Choosing items from a list
  • Big picture
  • Multiple items chosen at once
  • One item only to be chosen
  • One item with  selectactiononChange:auto submit the form
  • Greying out options
  • Searching in a list
  • What to do with something chosen
  • Conclusion
  • Creating & editing data
  • Creating& editing are much the same
  • Use the same names everywhere
  • outline use of a  HTML_QuickForm2form
  • Adding fields to the form
  • Field validation
  • Validation types
  • Smarty Template withHTML_QuickForm2
  • Form validation and processing
  • Display of validation errors
  • Other issues
  • Version control
  • Audit trail
  • security and access control
  • Performance
  • Styling and accessibility

Frequently Asked Questions

PHP or hypertext processor is a server side scripting language that is embedded in HTML. It is used to build entire web sites but mainly to manage dynamic content, and databases. Besides server side scripting, PHP scripts are also used for command line scripting and creating desktop applications. Its reliability, security and flexibility have made it an extremely popular language to work with. If you are planning to pursue a career in web development, you must learn PHP. Hence Zeolearn brings you virtual PHP 101 courses that will familiarise you with PHP concepts going from basics to the advanced and giving you hands on training to master the practical aspects of PHP.

Our online program has been meticulously designed by our trainer and you will get world class coaching in our institute. Apart from practice sessions you will also receive courseware that contains plenty of exercises and examples. Enrol now and look forward to a bright career in PHP.

  • All about PHP, its history, uses and scripts
  • How to take user inputs from Forms via PHP
  • About variables and expressions in PHP
  • About Operators in PHP
  • Conditional Tests and Events in PHP
  • PHP Flow Control
  • About PHP configuration
  • PHP Functions
  • Storing Data in Arrays Using PHP
  • Handling Databases with PHP
  • String Manipulation in PHP
  • About mapping user visits in webpage with cookies and sessions
  • An introduction to PERL
  • How to email using PHP
  • introducing Graphic components with PHP

Zeolearn brings you online, mentor driven courses that not only helps professionals gain theoretical expertise but also the practical experience in a wide variety of courses including courses on Programming such as DevOps, which is very popular. The fact that our workshops are mentor driven gives us an edge over other training institutes since you can learn from industry experts about the application and challenges of upcoming technologies. We have so far trained thousands of professionals with the skills needed to land lucrative jobs and you could be next!

You will receive PHP 101 certification in the form of a course completion certificate.

Towards the end of the course, all participants will be required to work on a project to get hands on familiarity with the concepts learnt. You will use PHP script to perform a number of tasks right from connecting to databases to enhancing security features with full support from your mentors. This project, which can also be a live industry project, will be reviewed by our instructors and industry experts. On successful completion, you will be awarded a certificate.

Classes are held on weekdays and weekends. You can check available schedules and choose the batch timings which are convenient for you.

You may be required to put in 10 to 12 hours of effort every week, including the live class, self study and assignments.

Your classes will be held online. All you need is a windows computer with good internet connection to attend your classes online. A headset with microphone is recommended.

You may also attend these classes from your smart phone or tablet.

Don’t worry, you can always access your class recording or opt to attend the missed session again in any other live batch.

Professionals or novice programmers who want to pursue a career in web development or want to learn PHP & MySQL with a MVC framework will find this course useful.

  • Operating system such as Mac OS X, Windows or Linux
  • Good Text / JavaScript Editor (Notepad++ / SublimeText / Brackets / Atom )
  • A modern web browser such as Chrome
  • Internet Connection

PHP 101 Course in Chicago-IL

PHP 101 

It is known to everybody in the web development industry that PHP is trending. It is everywhere. It is a driving force behind likes of Facebook. It powers many e-commerce websites. The reasons behind popularity of this language are its efficiency, simplicity, security, and flexibility. For web developers it is very important to familiarize with PHP. This will help him in performing number of activities right from building content to send and receive cookies.

The PHP 101 training in Chicago offered by Zeolearn academy is a comprehensive PHP course. These online courses are aimed to provide maximum benefit to learners. This online training covers all about basic of PHP like creating PHP scripts, tools, generating redirects, usage of variables, creating forms, and using expressions in PHP. Along with these they also cover basic PHP operations. The PHP 101 courses in Chicago is designed in such way that all the modules are carefully spaced out so that it is beneficial for learners. End of this PHP 101 courses in Chicago, participants will be able to master handling databases with PHP, cookies, sessions, and string manipulation in PHP.

Course structure of PHP

Through the PHP 101 training courses in Chicago offered by Zeolearn, participants will learn

  • Basic concepts in PHP like variables, operators, and how to write scripts in PHP
  • How to create forms in PHP
  • How to take user inputs and basic security in PHP
  • How to handle database in PHP
  • How to connect to the MySQL database in PHP
  • How to use cookies and sessions in PHP
  • How to keep track of the visitors to the website using PHP

The PHP 101 certification in Chicago is designed for individuals who wish to make a career in web development and interested in learning PHP and MySQL along with MVC framework. The prerequisites of the PHP 101 training courses in Chicago are basic knowledge of HTML, basic understanding in computer programming language, and databases like RDBMS. Enrol and register to course and mastery over PHP.

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