PHP Development Training

• Introduction to the course
• Setting up the development environment

• How to use the correct syntax in PHP
• What are PHP Variables?
• How to assign values to variables in PHP
• What PHP data types are available?
• Echo and Print - how to view PHP output
• How to add comments to PHP code

• Getting organised before we start the challenges
• How to add and subtract numbers in PHP
• How to multiply and divide numbers in PHP
• How to use the PHP modulus operator
• How to find a power of a number using PHP
• Challenge 1: Back to School - TASK
• Challenge 1: Back to School - SOLUTION

• How to join words and sentences using concatenation in PHP
• Challenge 2: What's in a name? - TASK
• Challenge 2: What's in a name? - SOLUTION
• More concatenation
• What are the comparison operators in PHP?
• What are the logical operators in PHP?
• Counting: Incrementing and Decrementing

• How to use an IF statements in PHP
• How to use IF ELSE statements in PHP
• How to use ELSEIF statements in PHP

• How to use a FOR loop in PHP
• How to use WHILE loops in PHP
• Challenge 3: Multiples - TASK
• Challenge 3: Multiples - SOLUTION
• Challenge 4: Let's play Fizz Buzz - TASK
• Challenge 4: Let's play Fizz Buzz - SOLUTIONS

• How to use the PHP online reference manual
• How to generate a random number in PHP
• Challenge 5: Heads I Win - TASK
• Challenge 5: Heads I Win - SOLUTION
• Challenge 6: Who ate all the Pi? - TASK
• Challenge 6: Who are all the Pi? - SOLUTION
• How to use the date function in PHP
• Challenge 7: Carpe Diem - TASK
• Challenge 7: Carpe Diem - SOLUTION
• Time functions
• Challenge 8: Santa Claus is coming to town - TASK
• Challenge 8: Santa Claus is coming to town - SOLUTION

• How to create a basic HTML page structure
• How to create a basic HTML form
• How to use form data in PHP
• Challenge 9: Temperature conversion - SOLUTION
• Challenge 9: Temperature conversion - TASK

• How to find the length of a word or sentence in PHP
• How to count the number of words in a string in PHP
• Challenge 10: How long is a piece of string? - TASK
• Challenge 10: How long is a piece of string? SOLUTION
• How to replace characters in a string
• How to randomise a string in PHP
• Challenge 11: Mission Impossible - TASK
• Challenge 11: Mission Impossible - SOLUTION
• Double versus single quotes in PHP
• How to escape strings in PHP
• Challenge 12: The Great Escape - TASK
• Challenge 12: The Great Escape - SOLUTION

• What is an array in PHP?
• How to loop through arrays in PHP
• How to split a string and place into an array in PHP
• Challenge 13: ISBN checker - TASK
• Challenge 13: ISBN checker - SOLUTION
• Challenge 14: Mind your language - TASK
• Challenge 14: Mind Your Language - SOLUTION
• How to sort data in arrays
• How to explode and implode strings
• How to add elements to an existing array
• Challenge 15: Around the World in 80 days - TASK
• Challenge 15: Around the World in 80 days - SOLUTION
• Removing elements from the beginning/end of an array
• How to use array_slice() to split an array in PHP
• Challenge 16: It's getting hot in here - TASK
• Challenge 16: It's getting hot in here - SOLUTION
• How to select a random element from an array
• Challenge 17: Pick a card, any card - TASK
• Challenge 17: Pick a card, any card - SOLUTION
• Challenge 18: Let's go shopping - TASK
• Challenge 18: Let's go shopping - SOLUTION

• How to understand the structure of an associative array
• How to loop through an associative array
• Challenge 19: Capital cities of the world - TASK
• Challenge 19: Capital cities of the world - SOLUTION

• How to create a function in PHP
• How to use variables in PHP functions
• How to pass arguments to a PHP function
• How to return a value from a PHP function
• How to return multiple values from a PHP function

• What are sessions and cookies in PHP?
• How to create a cookie in PHP
• How to read a cookie in PHP
• How to update a cookie in PHP
• How to delete a cookie in PHP
• Challenge 20: All about me - TASK
• Challenge 20: All about me - SOLUTION
• How to create a session in PHP
• How to read a session in PHP
• How to update a session in PHP
• How to delete a session in PHP
• Challenge 21: Hit me baby one more time - TASK
• Challenge 21: Hit me baby one more time – SOLUTION

About the extension challenges

• Extension Challenge 1: Palindromes - TASK
• Extension Challenge 1: Palindromes - SOLUTION
• Extension Challenge 2: Chessboard - TASK
• Extension Challenge 2: Chessboard - SOLUTION
• Extension Challenge 3: Rock, Paper, Scissors - TASK
• Extension Challenge 4: Fancy a game of darts?
• Extension Challenge 6: Tic Tac Toe
• Extension Challenge 7: Going round in circles
• Extension Challenge 8: Guess the colour

• How you will get Certificate ?
• Certificate guide class