PHP with MySQL Essential Training

Web site and database assimilation is a necessity for many of today's businesses, and learning to work with PHP is key to integration success. The objective of PHP with MySQL Essential Training is to teach both new and experienced web developers the comprehensive steps for building dynamic, data-driven, interactive websites. Using PHP 5.2.x and MySQL 5.0.x, instructor Kevin Skoglund demonstrates the entire process of building a content management system. He starts with the basics of the PHP language (variables, arrays, loops, functions, etc.) and works up to building dynamic web pages with a MySQL back end. Kevin also covers blueprinting applications; structuring and interacting with databases; building, validating, and processing forms; and regulating user access with passwords. In addition, he provides practical advice, offers examples of best practices, and demonstrates refactoring techniques for improving existing code. The course has been updated for Mac OS 10.5 Leopard. Updated exercise files accompany the tutorials.

Table of contents

Introduction

• Introduction (updated) 2:24 1.8 MB
• Using the exercise files 2:46 4.0 MB

1. PHP Overview

• What is PHP? 2:56 2.0 MB
• History 3:16 2.7 MB
• Why choose PHP? 4:46 7.1 MB
• Installation overview 4:42 3.2 MB

2. Mac Installation

• Installing on Mac 10.4 (Tiger) (updated) 11:59 10.6 MB
• Installing on Mac 10.5 (Leopard) (updated) 11:23 9.2 MB
• Configuring 13:40 17.8 MB
• The text editor 3:50 5.5 MB
• phpMyAdmin 2:34 3.9 MB

3. Windows Installation

• Installing 6:31 7.7 MB
• Configuring 8:22 12.6 MB
• The text editor 4:21 6.3 MB

4. First Steps

• Viewing PHP configuration information 8:09 10.5 MB
• Embedding PHP 6:55 5.8 MB
• ''Hello, World!'' 5:20 4.9 MB
• The operational trail 1:36 1.2 MB
• Inserting comments 3:51 4.0 MB

5. Exploring Data Types

• Variables 9:05 9.0 MB
• Strings 5:43 5.8 MB
• String functions 7:37 7.7 MB
• Numbers pt. 1: Integers 5:14 5.5 MB
• Numbers pt. 2: Floating points 5:07 4.6 MB
• Arrays 12:18 11.4 MB
• Array functions 5:40 6.0 MB
• Booleans and NULL 8:25 9.6 MB
• Type switching and casting 7:35 7.7 MB
• Constants 4:03 3.9 MB

6. Control Structures Pt. 1: Logical Expressions

• If statements 6:10 5.2 MB
• Else and elseif statements 2:34 2.4 MB
• Logical operators 5:58 6.7 MB
• Switch statements 4:18 4.1 MB

7. Control Structures Pt. 2: Loops

• While loops 7:04 6.8 MB
• For loops 4:01 4.1 MB
• Foreach loops 6:39 6.7 MB
• Continue 3:02 3.8 MB
• Break 3:13 3.2 MB
• Understanding array pointers 5:18 6.0 MB

8. User-Defined Functions

• Defining functions 11:28 10.5 MB
• Using functions 6:28 7.9 MB
• Returning values from a function 7:46 8.8 MB
• Setting global variables 6:40 7.4 MB
• Setting default values 6:30 7.7 MB

9. Debugging

• Debugging and troubleshooting 7:09 6.0 MB

10. Building Web Pages

• Links and URLs 3:49 4.7 MB
• Using GET values 5:50 5.9 MB
• Encoding GET values 7:39 7.2 MB
• Encoding for HTML 8:51 10.1 MB
• Building forms 5:28 7.2 MB
• Setting cookies 9:55 11.8 MB
• Establishing sessions 8:49 8.9 MB
• Headers and page redirection 12:19 13.0 MB
• Including and requiring pages 7:22 8.0 MB

11. MySQL Basics

• MySQL introduction 4:46 3.2 MB
• Creating a database in MySQL 6:20 5.5 MB
• Populating a MySQL database 7:12 8.3 MB
• phpMyAdmin 12:16 16.0 MB
• Connecting to MySQL with PHP 6:12 6.5 MB
• Accessing data in MySQL with PHP 6:22 8.0 MB

12. Building a Content Management System

• Blueprinting your application 8:46 7.4 MB
• Building the CMS database 8:17 10.5 MB
• Understanding relational databases 5:26 5.9 MB
• Establishing your work area 4:51 6.0 MB
• Creating your first page 7:05 12.6 MB
• Making page assets reusable 9:01 13.4 MB
• Connecting your site to a database 11:28 15.4 MB
• Building dynamic navigation 9:16 13.5 MB
• Refactoring the navigation 10:25 16.1 MB
• Adding links to your navigation 4:53 6.8 MB
• Determining which page is selected 4:49 6.7 MB
• Displaying HTML based on the selection 4:16 6.1 MB

13. Application CRUD

• Finding a subject in the database 12:14 16.5 MB
• Finding a page in the database 5:24 7.7 MB
• Creating a page for a new subject 11:48 23.9 MB
• Creating a subject entry form 6:53 8.8 MB
• Adding subjects 9:50 11.0 MB
• Escaping values for MySQL 9:26 13.8 MB
• Form validation 7:18 9.6 MB
• Additional form validation 3:18 4.0 MB
• Editing a subject 4:59 8.2 MB
• Using single-page submission 5:41 9.7 MB
• Updating a subject in the database 8:17 12.4 MB
• Sending form results as messages 5:36 9.9 MB
• Deleting a subject 8:39 15.3 MB
• CRUD review and assignment 7:16 8.8 MB
• CRUD assignment results 9:18 17.5 MB

14. Building the Public Area

• The public appearance 3:39 3.6 MB
• Navigation in the public context 6:57 10.9 MB
• Functions in the public context 5:30 9.8 MB
• Creating a default subject behavior 5:19 9.8 MB
• Text encoding and transforming 8:06 8.9 MB

15. Regulating Page Access

• User access overview 2:30 2.0 MB
• Encryption 7:57 11.5 MB
• Creating a login system 5:04 6.9 MB
• Checking authorization 6:00 10.0 MB
• Using sessions to maintain login status 6:42 8.3 MB
• Creating a logout page 8:27 11.6 MB

Conclusion

• Goodbye