PHP Essentials Course

PHP Essentials Course

Gain the skills you need to advance your career. This course offers hands-on learning, expert guidance, and real-world applications designed to help you grow.

Foundation | 10 days | Face to Face / Online | Certificate
(4.5)
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Course Overview

Course Summary
Course Title PHP Essentials Course
Organization Tech For Development (T4D)
Venue Tech For Development (T4D) Training Center along Tala Road, Runda, Nairobi
Target Industries
Target Job Roles
Course Fees (Face-to-Face) USD 2,200/KES 150,000 (Exclusive of VAT)
Course Fees (Virtual) TBA
Training Modes Virtual and face-to-face training
Payment Payment should be made to the Tech For Development (T4D) bank account on or before the start of the course
Accreditation Tech For Development Certificate of Course Completion

PHP is the backbone of countless websites and web applications you use every day. It is a versatile and dynamic scripting language that enables developers to create dynamic and interactive web applications. In this comprehensive PHP course, we will take you on a journey from a PHP novice to a proficient web developer.

In this course, you will learn; PHP Fundamentals, how to process user input from HTML forms, how to make your web applications interactive and functional, how to connect PHP with databases, Object-Oriented with PHP to protect your web applications from common vulnerabilities, such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting and we will put it all together to create a dynamic web application, applying the knowledge and skills you've acquired throughout the course.

 

Duration

10 days

 

Course Objectives

 

The following objectives are intended:

  • Understanding How webservers work-Apache.
  • Installation of Xampp.
  • Creating HTML webpages and linking them with PHP.
  • PHP Syntax through examples.
  • Understanding of How Ajax works.
  • Implementing Ajax using JQuery.
  • Working with JSON data.
  • Working with MySQL databases- MySQLi syntax.
  • Implementing security in PHP applications.
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Course Modules

Course Outline

 

Module1: Introduction To Web Servers

  • Web servers: Client-Server Concept
  • Types of Web servers
  • Installing web servers
  • xampp installation
  • Web Server Testing
  • Creating Test Site

Moule 2: Introduction to PHP

  • Intro to PHP
  • Scripting Languages
  • Uses of PHP
  • PHP Page
  • Comments
  • Variables
  • Conversion
  • Data Types
  • Operators
  • Arithmetic Operators
  • Comparison Operators
  • Logical Operators
  • Assignment Operators
  • Conditional Operators
  • Control Structures
  • Ternary Operators
  • If
  • If Else Statements
  • Multiple If Else
  • Switch Statement
  • Looping
  • For Loop
  • While Loop
  • Do While Loop
  • Foreach
  • Arrays
  • Array Types
  • Indexed Arrays
  • Associative Arrays
  • Multidimensional Arrays
  • Creating Arrays
  • Add Arrays
  • Remove Arrays
  • Merge Arrays
  • Implode Arrays
  • Explode Arrays
  • Other Array Methods
  • Error Handling
  • Die Error Handling
  • Custom Error Handling
  • Error Reporting
  • Exception Handling
  • Object-Oriented PHP

Module 3: PHP and HTML

  • Brief
  • HTML5 Structure
  • HTML Form
  • HTML Forms Examples
  • Internal Styling
  • External CSS
  • HTML PHP Form Attributes
  • HTML
  • HTML Post
  • Display Data using GET
  • Display Data using POST
  • Introduction to Bootstrap
  • Bootstrap Advantages
  • Bootstrap Setup
  • Bootstrap Grid
  • Bootstrap in Webpage
  • Grid Tier Classes
  • Grid Tier Classes on Webpage
  • Bootstrap Navigation Bar
  • Adding Bootstrap Navigation Bar
  • Bootstrap Form
  • Bootstrap and HTTP Methods

Module 4: Connection to Databases

  • Checking Database Server(XAMP)
  • Create Database
  • Rename and Drop Database
  • MySQL Create DB
  • MySQL Drop-Rename Table
  • MySQL Server Connection Status
  • MySQLI
  • MySQLI PHP Connection
  • MySQL Data Types
  • MySQL Table in Xampp
  • MySQL Table in Commands
  • MySQL Insert
  • Insert using PHP
  • MySQL Select
  • MySQL Select and PHP
  • Mysql Select Table PHP
  • Bootstrap Form PHP
  • Bootstrap Better Response
  • Adding Navigation
  • Bootstrap Tables
  • Bootstrap Tables and PHP
  • Update Records Bootstrap PHP
  • Delete Records Bootstrap PHP
  • CRUD On Tables
  • CRUD edit and delete

Module 5: AJAX in PHP Applications

  • Introduction to Ajax
  • How Ajax Works
  • XML HTTP Request Object
  • Ajax and Server
  • Ajax and Server Explained
  • JSON
  • Send using Ajax
  • JQuery
  • JQuery Example
  • JQuery Explained
  • Ajax JQuery
  • Console.log
  • JSON Parse
  • JQuery Validation
  • JQuery Form Validator Plugin
  • JQuery Validation and Bootstrap
  • Send Validated Data

Module 6: Security in PHP Applications

  • PHP Security Introduction
  • Authentication vs Authorization
  • Login Application Create
  • Authentication Registration
  • Processing Login
  • Welcome Page
  • Sessions
  • Implementing Logout
  • Hashing and Verifying Passwords
  • Hashing Examples
  • Hashing Registration Forms
  • Verification in Login Forms
  • Role Based Authentication
  • Role Modication on Login Script
  • Roles Redirection
  • Cross Site Scriptin (XSS)
  • Implenting XSS
  • Preventing XSS
  • Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF
  • Implementing CSRF
  • SQL Injection
  • MySQL Escape String
  • Enabling and Working with PDO
  • PDO Implementation

Module 7: PHP Application 

  • Develop a CRUD application 
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Course Administration

Methodology

This instructor-led training course is delivered using a blended learning approach comprising presentations, guided practical sessions, web-based tutorials, and group work.

Accreditation

Participants will receive a Tech For Development Certificate of Course Completion.

Training Venue

Held at the Tech For Development Training Centre.

Accommodation & Airport Transfer

Arranged upon request.
Email: letstalk@techfordevelopment.com
Phone: (+254) 790 824 179

Tailor-Made

Customised training available.

Payment

Send proof of payment to letstalk@techfordevelopment.com.

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