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PHP is a server scripting language, and a powerful tool for making dynamic and interactive Web pages.
PHP is a widely-used, free, and efficient alternative to competitors such as Microsoft’s ASP.
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body><?php
echo “My first PHP script!”;
?></body>
</html>
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Curriculum
- 9 Sections
- 99 Lessons
- 10 Weeks
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- PHP XMLThe XML language is a way to structure data for sharing across websites.5
- PHP IntroductionPHP code is executed on the server. What You Should Already Know Before you continue you should have a basic understanding of the following: HTML CSS JavaScript34
- 2.1PHP Introduction
- 2.2PHP Installation
- 2.3PHP Syntax
- 2.4PHP Comments
- 2.5PHP Variables
- 2.6PHP Variables Scope
- 2.7PHP echo and print Statements
- 2.8PHP Data Types
- 2.9PHP Strings
- 2.10PHP Numbers
- 2.11PHP Math
- 2.12PHP Constants
- 2.13PHP Operators
- 2.14PHP if…else…elseif Statements
- 2.15PHP switch Statement
- 2.16PHP Loops
- 2.17PHP while Loop
- 2.18PHP do while Loop
- 2.19PHP for Loop
- 2.20PHP foreach Loop
- 2.21PHP Break and Continue
- 2.22PHP Functions
- 2.23PHP Arrays
- 2.24PHP Indexed Arrays
- 2.25PHP Associative Arrays
- 2.26PHP Multidimensional Arrays
- 2.27PHP Sorting Arrays
- 2.28PHP Global Variables – Superglobals
- 2.29PHP Superglobal – $GLOBALS
- 2.30PHP Superglobal – $_SERVER
- 2.31PHP Superglobal – $_REQUEST
- 2.32PHP Superglobal – $_POST
- 2.33PHP Superglobal – $_GET
- 2.34PHP Regular Expressions
- PHP Forms5
- PHP Advanced13
- PHP OOPFrom PHP5, you can also write PHP code in an object-oriented style. Object-Oriented programming is faster and easier to execute.14
- 5.1PHP – What is OOP?
- 5.2PHP OOP – Classes and Objects
- 5.3PHP OOP – Constructor
- 5.4PHP OOP – Destructor
- 5.5PHP OOP – Access Modifiers
- 5.6PHP OOP – Inheritance
- 5.7PHP OOP – Class Constants
- 5.8PHP OOP – Abstract Classes
- 5.9PHP OOP – Interfaces
- 5.10PHP OOP – Traits
- 5.11PHP OOP – Static Methods
- 5.12PHP OOP – Static Properties
- 5.13PHP Namespaces
- 5.14PHP Iterables
- MySQL Database14
- 6.1PHP MySQL Database
- 6.2PHP Connect to MySQL
- 6.3PHP Create a MySQL Database
- 6.4PHP MySQL Create Table
- 6.5PHP MySQL Insert Data
- 6.6PHP MySQL Get Last Inserted ID
- 6.7PHP MySQL Insert Multiple Records
- 6.8PHP MySQL Prepared Statements
- 6.9PHP MySQL Select Data
- 6.10PHP MySQL Use The WHERE Clause
- 6.11PHP MySQL Use The ORDER BY Clause
- 6.12PHP MySQL Delete Data
- 6.13PHP MySQL Update Data
- 6.14PHP MySQL Limit Data Selections
- PHP - AJAXAJAX is about updating parts of a web page, without reloading the whole page.6
- PHP Examples2
- PHP ReferenceThis section contains a complete PHP reference documentation.6
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