PR012 - PHP Programming

Summary

PHP is popular open-source programming language that is ideal for quickly developing Web applications. PHP is a OO scripting language design to enable developers to create Web application.

Prerequisites

• none

Module 1:  Introduction
What is PHP?    
What is a PHP File?   
Basic PHP Syntax   
“Hello World” Example 

Module 2: PHP Syntax and Trivia  
Overview                              
Where to Put the PHP?                          
Comments   
Write Text    
Lifetime of Variables                           
Primitive Datatypes    
Type Conversion   
Literals
Integers                     
Array    
Reference Datatype             
Conditional Statements  
If Statement     
If...else Statement   
The  Switch Statement 
Arithmetic Operators
Functions
How to Define a Function
Calling a Function
Functions With Default Parameters
Pass By Value
Pass By Reference 
The return Statement
PHP Loops  
The for Loop 
The while loop 
The do -  while loop

Module 3: Introducing OOAD
  Defining OOAD Methodology
  The Analysis and Design Stage
  Defining the Analysis Phase
  Defining the Design Phase
  Characteristics of OOP
  Objects
  Classes
  Features of OOP
  Abstraction
  Encapsulation
  Association
  Aggregation
  Composition
   Inheritance
  Polymorphism
  Overview of Development Process
  Lifecycle of Projects
  Major Phases of Lifecycle of Projects
  The Inception Phase
  The Elaboration Phase
  The Construction Phase
  The Transition Phase
  Workflow Within Phases
  Benefits

Module 4: Classes And Objects
  Analysis and Design
  Classes and Objects
  Declaring Classes
  Declaring Attributes
  Declaring Methods
  Instantiating  Objects
  Objects And References
  Copy References
  Copy Objects With clone Method
  Encapsulation
  Initializing Objects Using Getter And Setter Methods
  Magic get And set Methods
  Overloading Methods
  Declaring Constructors
  Constructing and Initializing Objects
  Examples
  Destructor
  References
  Method Invocation
  Variables
  Life Time and Scope
  The this Reference
  Constructor Invoking Another Constructor

 Module 5: Inheritance
  Two Techniques Of Reuse
  Reuse Methods: “as-is”
  Reuse Methods” “Redefine”
  Single Inheritance
  Polymorphism
  Method Invocation
  Access Control
  The parent Keyword

Module 6: Advanced Class Concepts
  The final Keyword
   The static Keyword
   Singleton Design Pattern
   Abstract Class
   Abstract Method
   Interfaces
  Uses of Interfaces 

Module 7: Arrays
  The PHP Arrays
  Numeric Arrays
  Adding Values to the End of an Array
  Traversing index based arrays
  Associative Arrays
  Traversing an associative array
  Assigning a Range of Values
  Getting the Size of an Array
  Removing and Inserting Elements in an Array
  Multidimensional Arrays
  Sorting Array- sort() function
  Sorting Array- asort() function
  Sorting Array- ksort() function
  
 Module 8: Accessing Database From the Web
  Working with Forms
  Accessing Input Data
  Example
  Accessing Form Variables
  Database Setup
  Connecting to the Database
  Executing SQL Statements From  PHP
  Example 1
  Example 2: Customer Project
  Data Access Object Pattern
  Example 3: CustomerDAO Project
  Model-View-Controller Architecture
  Example 4.