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Intro To PHP

Chapter

  • 1

    Chapter 1

    Setting up PHP and other basics

    Estimated time: ~39 Minutes
  • 2

    Chapter 2

    This chapter will cover switches, arrays, and loops in PHP. These are all ways of creating a flow to your code. This might seem more complicated, but it will actually make it much easier to understand.

    Estimated time: ~37 Minutes
  • 3

    Chapter 3

    In this chapter, you will learn what functions are and how to create and use them. You will also learn some very useful built in PHP functions dealing with strings.

    Estimated time: ~34 Minutes
  • 4

    Chapter 4

    You will learn how to start using PHP with HTML. If you know don't know HTML, please check out our course on HTML.

    Estimated time: ~44 Minutes
  • 5

    Chapter 5

    In this chapter you will learn how to use MySQL with PHP.

    Estimated time: ~27 Minutes
  • 6

    Chapter 6

    This chapter will cover Object Oriented Programming, OOP, in PHP. Object Oriented PHP was introduced in PHP 5.0 it allows the programmer to organize and structure code in a much more concrete manner.

    Estimated time: ~37 Minutes
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Concept

  • 1

    Concept 1

    Functions allow you to create blocks of code that can be called multiple times within your code with out having to rewrite them. Functions are very useful for computing a mathematical formula.

    Estimated time: ~7 Minutes
  • 2

    Concept 2

    In this concept, you will be learning some built in PHP functions centered around strings.

    Estimated time: ~4 Minutes
  • 3

    Concept 3

    Turning strings into arrays and arrays into strings. This is exciting but sadly does not require pyrotechnics. These functions allow you to easily parse and create strings.

    Estimated time: ~4 Minutes
  • 4

    Concept 4

    Here are the last string functions we will be covering.

    Estimated time: ~9 Minutes
  • 5

    Concept 5

    Now that you have seen and used functions, see how you can create more advanced functions.

    Estimated time: ~8 Minutes
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Concept 1: Functions in PHP

Functions allow you to create blocks of code that can be called multiple times within your code with out having to rewrite them. Functions are very useful for computing a mathematical formula.

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