Hands-On Introduction: PHP
1h 47mIntermediate2022-11-09
Authors

Joe Casabona
Course Developer, Founder of Creator Courses
Course details
If you’re looking to get a better feel for PHP but not really sure where to ramp up your skills, you should check out this hands-on introduction that lets you write your own code as you go. In this course, instructor Joe Casabona gives you an overview of working with PHP, the popular, all-purpose scripting language that props up the back end of many of the world’s websites. Learn the tricks of manipulating existing code and writing new code to create your own applications. As you develop your skill set, Joe gives you pointers on how to integrate and expand your codebase to retrieve information from an API, connect to a database, build a downtime monitor, and more.
Skills covered
PHPProgramming LanguagesOpen SourceSoftware DevelopmentOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Welcome to hands-on PHP
- 02 - What you should know
- 03 - Using GitHub Codespaces with this course
1. Manipulating Existing Code
- 04 - Validate input
- 05 - Update number guessing game
- 06 - Coin flip average
- 07 - Convert class to singleton
- 08 - Namespace a set of conflicting functions
2. Building New Code
- 09 - Build a decision maker
- 10 - File type analyzer
- 11 - Sort a list of files by extension
- 12 - Keep track of unique visitors
- 13 - Sanitize the input from a form
3. Integrate and Expand
- 14 - Extend the person class
- 15 - Retrieving information from an API
- 16 - Connect to a database
- 17 - Extend the people database
- 18 - Build a downtime monitor
Conclusion
- 19 - Next steps