PHP for Beginners

PHP for Beginners
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Overview

Learn how to create web pages and applications using PHP scripting language with this free online course

Skills you will learn

What are the course deliverables?

Define Personal Home Page (PHP), a server-side scripting language
Explain the necessity and importance of including comments and whitespace in your code
Order the available operators in PHP from first to last when code is being executed
Describe the statements used to control the flow of execution of code
Identify the three looping constructs provided with PHP
Recognize the common error encountered by PHP developers
Recognize the three types of arrays PHP provides
Describe built-in functions provided by PHP available to developers
Outline how to create your own function within your web application
Distinguish between the keywords ?try? and ?catch? when debugging runtime errors
List the modes available and commands need when handling an external file with PHP

More about this course

In this free online PHP introductory course, you will be taught the basics, features and applications of PHP
Explore creating functional web pages, applications, the unique syntax of this server-based coding language and the common mistakes developers make when coding with PHP
This free online course introduces you to the server-side scripting language PHP where you will learn about the early history of the language before delving into the syntax
You will also be introduced to popular arguments in the PHP community and the background to both sides, from the ?command to display information? to the quotes you use in your code
Throughout this PHP coding course, you will form a solid understanding of the basics of PHP coding through theory and practical coding demonstrations