Free online coursePHP For Web Development
Duration of the online course: 2 hours and 33 minutes
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Master PHP for web development in this free Codemy course, covering basic structure, functions, loops, string manipulation, and cloud deployment techniques.
In this free course, learn about
- Getting Started with PHP Development
- PHP Syntax and Language Basics
- Control Structures and Data Handling in PHP
- Working with Built-in PHP Functions
- PHP Includes and Templating for Websites
Course Description
PHP For Web Development by Codemy is an engaging free online course designed for those eager to skillfully harness the power of PHP for building robust web applications. Delve into essential PHP programming concepts that lay the groundwork for versatile, dynamic web content. This comprehensive course provides an in-depth introduction to PHP programming, starting with the setup of a productive coding environment using XAMPP, and extends to a seamless deployment of code to platforms like Heroku.
Designed to equip students with a thorough understanding of PHP's basic structure, this course covers the use of variables, math and comparison operators, and the effective use of escape characters. Dive deeper into logical constructs with lessons on If/Else and If/ElseIf statements, enhancing your capability to create complex decision-making processes within applications.
Further expanding your coding toolkit, discover how to employ arrays, loops, functions, and even generate random numbers with the rand() function. Grasp the nuances of handling dates using the date() function, and master string manipulation techniques pivotal for dynamic web content rendering.
Incorporate modularity and code reusability with lessons on using the Include() function, and streamline your development process through templating with require_once(). This course ensures you are well-prepared to architect the backbones of modern web pages while tapping into version control through Git and GitHub in the cloud.
Codemy’s PHP For Web Development course promises not just foundational knowledge but a practical journey into web development's finer points, smoothly transitioning from local to cloud-based development environments, ensuring a well-rounded learning experience.
Course content
- Video class: Intro To PHP Programming For Web Development 02m
- Exercise: Why does PHP remain widely used for web development?
- Video class: Install XAMPP to Start Coding PHP 05m
- Exercise: Which components are required to run a basic PHP site locally with XAMPP
- Video class: Setting Up Your PHP Cloud Development Environment 08m
- Exercise: Which line correctly outputs text in a PHP file?
- Video class: PHP Version Control Using Git and Github in the Cloud 13m
- Exercise: Which command sequence stages, commits, and pushes your PHP project changes to GitHub?
- Video class: Deploying Your PHP Code To Heroku 08m
- Exercise: Which file signals to Heroku that your app is a PHP application for deployment?
- Video class: Understanding Basic PHP Structure 08m
- Exercise: Identify the correct PHP tags used to embed PHP in an HTML page
- Video class: How To Use Variables In PHP 07m
- Exercise: In PHP, which operator concatenates two strings?
- Video class: Using Math Operators In PHP 04m
- Exercise: In PHP arithmetic, which operator returns the remainder of a division for example $a = 41 and $b = 4 producing 1?
- Video class: How To Use Comparison Operators in PHP 03m
- Exercise: Which operator should you use to check if two PHP variables have the same value?
- Video class: How To Use Escape Characters in PHP 04m
- Exercise: In PHP strings, which character is used to escape embedded quotation marks so the string is not terminated?
- Video class: How To Use If/Else Statements In PHP 07m
- Exercise: Purpose of the else block in PHP if else control structures
- Video class: How To use If/ElseIf Statements in PHP 03m
- Exercise: What is the purpose of else if in a PHP conditional chain?
- Video class: How to Use Arrays in PHP 10m
- Exercise: In PHP numeric arrays, given $colors = array(blue, red, green, purple), which index returns green when accessed with $colors[index]?
- Video class: How To Use For Loops and While Loops In PHP 12m
- Exercise: In PHP, what is the last value output by this loop: $a = 1; while ($a < 10) { echo $a; $a++; }
- Video class: How To Use Functions In PHP 06m
- Exercise: How do you pass an argument to a PHP function you created?
- Video class: Creating Random Numbers in PHP With the rand() function 06m
- Exercise: What is the highest valid index for a PHP array with 5 elements when using rand to pick a random item?
- Video class: Using the Date in PHP with the date() Function 05m
- Exercise: In PHP date(), what does uppercase Y return?
- Video class: String Manipulation in PHP 07m
- Exercise: Which PHP function capitalizes the first letter of every word in a string?
- Video class: Using the Include() Function in PHP 08m
- Exercise: Why include a single variables file across multiple PHP pages?
- Video class: Templating Out A Website With PHP 10m
- Exercise: Why rename index.html to index.php when integrating PHP into a template?
- Video class: Templating A Webpage Using require_once() In PHP 08m
- Exercise: How should you include a reusable navbar in PHP templates to keep pages consistent and easy to update
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