Beginning PHP : master the latest features of PHP 7 and fully embrace modern PHP development / David Carr, Markus Gray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carr, David, author.

Contributor:

Gray, Markus, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

PHP (Computer program language).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Beginning Personal Home Page

Place of Publication:

Birmingham ; Mumbai : Packt, 2018.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Learn all the fundamentals of PHP with a book that blends theory with practice to build up the skills you need for modern web development. Key Features Brush up on basic PHP 7 syntax and work with variables, data types, arrays, and loops Master advanced concepts like building your own frameworks and creating your own applications Apply your newly learned PHP skills to a variety of real-life business scenarios Book Description PHP is the preferred server-side scripting language for tech giants such as Facebook, Wikipedia, and Tumblr despite full-stack JavaScript gaining popularity with upcoming developers. This is because PHP performs better when dealing with heavy computations on the back end. In this book, you'll learn everything you need to get up and running with the latest version of PHP, including package management with tools such as composer, secure database operations, and a whole host of other best practices that will help you stay a step ahead of traditional programmers. What you will learn Understand the fundamentals of PHP and work with classes and inheritance Learn about database operations and package management with composer Tackle common security concerns and pitfalls using authentication and validation Build effective PHP applications and frameworks for your business needs Who this book is for If you're already familiar with another programming language and want to learn about the fundamentals of PHP programming, you'll find the flow of this book to be an ideal fit. Having a prior understanding of HTML, MySQL, CSS, and JavaScript will be beneficial, but is not mandatory.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Getting Started with PHP

The Basics

Using PHP to Display "Hello World

Variables and Data Types

Working with Variables

Operators

Comparison Operators

Logical Operators

Mathematical Operators

Combining Variables and Operators

Conditionals

Working with Conditionals

Activity: Building an Employee Salary Calculator

Summary

Arrays and Loops

Arrays

Indexed Arrays

Associative Arrays

Working with Arrays

Converting a String into an Array

Merging an Array into a String

Slicing Arrays

Sorting an Array

Multidimensional Arrays

Including an Array of Hobbies in Our Existing Project

Loops

for Loop

Combining Loops and Arrays

while Loops

Working with the while Function

Do-While Loops

Conversion of a while Loop to a do-while Loop

foreach Loops

Activity: Working with the foreach Loop

Functions and Classes

Functions

Creating a Simple Function

Classes

Activity: Calculate the Monthly Pay of an Employee

Data Operations

Inputting and Outputting Data

Building a Form for Our User List

Connect to a Database

MySQL Basics

Create a Database Table

Insert a Record into the Database

Fetch a Single Row from a Database Table

Fetch Multiple Rows from a Database Table

Update a Record in a Database Table

Delete a Record in a Database Table

Creating an employee Table

Adding Users to a Database

Building a PHP Web Application

Concepts of OOP in a Framework Environment

Namespaces

Namespace App, Controllers, and Use Statements

Defining Classes and Objects Using Namespaces

Methods

Access Modifiers

Structure of a Framework

Activity: Adding Contacts to a Directory

Building a PHP Framework

Setting up a Project Development Environment.

Error Reporting Using Composer and Whoops

Setting up Composer

Activity: Using Composer to Install Dependencies

Configuration Class, Default Classes, and Routing

Loading a View File

Manipulating the Output

Base Controller, Default States, and Routing

Setting up Base Controller, Default States, and Routing

Activity: Exploring the Results

Working with PDO

Creating a Contact Controller and Viewing the Records

Activity: Creating and Executing the Model

Authentication and User Management

Setting Up Paths and Inclusion of Bootstrap

Setting up the Paths and Creating the Absolute Paths to the Files Directory

Creating Layout Files

Inclusion of Bootstrap

Inclusion of Bootstrap and HTML Markup

Adding Security to the Project

Helpers

Authentication

Dashboard

Login

Password Hashing

Implementing Validation in PHP

Password Recovery

Introduction to a Third-Party Dependency PHP Mailer

Building a Password Reset Mechanism for Our Application

Building CRUD for User Management

CRUD

Optional Activity

Building a Contacts Management System

Overview CMS

CRUD, the Contact Application

Inserting CRUD functionality in Our Contacts Application

Activity: Executing our Application

Comments, Joins, and Date Formatting

Creating a View Page and Building the Comments System

Activity: Loading the Application

Index

Blank Page

Blank Page.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5231-2542-X

1-78953-432-1

OCLC:

1048794707