Introduction to PHP:

From c/c++ programming to PHP programming

PHP Introduction
PHP Inventions and Versions
PHP with other other technologies
Scope of PHP
PHP in LAMP Programming and Open Source Programming
How PHP work with frontend and backend
Applications which can be created using PHP
XAMPP , WAMP and MAMP server installation on operating system like
window xp , window 7 , ubuntu (linux operating system)
( IDE )Editors for writing PHP code based on operating system
PHP History and Founder of PHP and regarding Zend Company
Other Dynamic Scripting Languages comparison ( Like ASP , PHP , JSP , Perl etc )
Important tools and software require ( like Editors , Web Server , Database , Important
libraries etc )
Understand the importance php.ini file and httpd.conf file during apache , mysql and php
installation
Understand the basic of root folder ( htdocs or www ) from php.ini file and how to tune
it.
Configure Port number while running mysql and apache in php.ini file
Know the basics of Linux command to run LAMP on linux platform
Install procedure of LAMP on Windows and Linux
Run Xampp , Lamp or Mamp Software on different operating system
PHP Basics Syntax :
PHP Opening and Closing Tags ( <?php , ?> )
PHP Shorthand Tags (<? , ?>)
PHP echo tag for printing
PHP print tag for printing
Difference Between echo and print
PHP with command line and batch file
PHP Debugging Steps
PHP Headers and HTTP redirects
Types of errors in PHP with examples
PHP Documentation for further study
Important website to know PHP examples , MySQL Queries , Html syntax , Css tips ,
Jquery plugin development concept , Javascript inbuilt Objects and syntax etc
PHP Variables , Global Array and Expression :
Types of data in PHP : integers , stringd , floating data , booleans , arrays etc..
PHP constant and variables
Difference between PHP variables and constant with example
Imporatnt Rules for declaring PHP variables
PHP variable size in terms of characters
Heredoc in PHP to store large data
difference between define() function and variables
PHP strings
User-defined Constants
String constants, variable interpolation into strings
HTTP environment variables
Magic Constants
PHP Global arrays ( $_SERVER , $_POST , $_GET , $_POST , $_REQUEST ,
$_SESSION , $_COOKIE )
PHP Operators
PHP Arithmetic Operators
PHP Assignment Operators
PHP Incrementing/Decrementing Operators
PHP Relational (Comparison) Operators
PHP Logical Operators
PHP Array Operators
PHP Bitwise Operators
PHP Error Suppression Operator
PHP Ternary Operator
PHP Default Operator
PHP Associative Operator
PHP MOD Operator
PHP Operator Precedence and Associativity
PHP Conditional Events and Switch case
PHP IF Condition with optional Else
PHP IF and Else with condition and example
PHP multiple IF with else condition
TRUE and FALSE test with If Condition
PHP Nested IF and Else Condition
PHP Nested IF Mod Operator
PHP IF condition with Ternary Operator
Identify Odd and Even no with IF and Else
Flow Diagram for Nested IF and simple IF condition
Alternative for Nested IF
PHP Switch case in replacement of Nested IF
Default case in Switch Case
PHP Flow Control and Loops :
PHP while Loop
PHP For Loop
PHP Do While Loop
PHP Goto
PHP Break keyword
PHP Continue keyword
PHP exit keyword
Types of Error in PHP :
Understand the Basic syntax and Parse error
Know the different Notice error in PHP
Warning errors in PHP
Fatal error in PHP
Difference Between fatal error and warning with example
How to solve errors with debugging concept in PHP
How to minimize errors while writing code
Some Important tips to get resolved PHP Errors
Understand error_reporting in php.ini file
Difference between include() function and include_once() function
Difference between require() function and require_once() function
Difference between include() and require() function
PHP Function , PHP Function with Argument :
Understand what is function
Need of Function in PHP
Advantage of Function over statements
PHP Function declaration with Example
PHP Function Calling
PHP Function with arguments
Default Arguments in Function
Types of arguments in Function
Function argument with call by value
Function argument with call by reference
Function with Return keyword
Scope of Function Global and Local
Recursive Function
Types of Function ( e.g. Static Function )
PHP Array , Types of Array , Foreach Loop
Understand the need of Array
Difference between Array and Variables
How to define an Array and when to use
What is an index in array
How to store value in array using index
How and when to use arrays
Indexing arrays, numeric and hashes
How to intialize an Array
Print array using print_r() Function
Difference between echo and print_r() Function
Associative Operator in Array ( => )
Numeric Array in PHP
Associative Array in PHP
Mixed Array in PHP
One -Dimensional Array
Multi-Dimensional Array
Extract Array value using index
Extract array value using count() function with While loop , For loop
What is Foreach loop in PHP ?
Extract Array using Foreach loop
Foreach loop with key and without key definition
One-dimensional arrays
Multi-dimensional arrays
PHP String Manipulation and Regular Expression
Types of characters during user input
How to handle single quote ( ) and double quote ( )
String function like substr() to extract certain characters
Use of trim() function to avoid trailing spaces and leading spaces
strtolower() and strtoupper() function for string case conversion
Format output using printf() , sprintf() function
Use of addslashes() and stripslashes() function to handle sensitive characters like quotes
extract tags from given string using strip_tags() function
What is Regular expression in PHP ?
Use and advantage of regular expression over inbuilt function
^ symbol in regular expression
[ ] symbol ( types of character) in regular expression
{ } symbol ( range of character) in regular expression
+ , \ , ? and many more special characters with example in regular expression
Create a function for only alphabets validation using regular expression
Create a function for alphanumeric validation using regular expression
Create a function for only numeric validation using regular expression
Create a function for emailid validation using regular expression
Create a function for username validation using regular expression
Create a function for IP validation using regular expression
Create a function for URL validation using regular expression
Create a function for strong password validation using regular expression
and many more .
Use of preg_match() function in regular expression
Use of preg_replace() function in regular expression
Use of preg_split() function in regular expression
PHP Global Array :
$_POST :variable is a superglobal Array that contains data from a form sent with
method=post.Information sent from a form with the POST method is invisible ( can be
changed from the post_max_size in the php.ini file ).
post_max_size in PHP
$_GET :variable is a superglobal Array that contains data from a form sent with
method=get or from URL.Information sent from a form with the GET method will be
displayed in the browsers address bar. Have Limited data .
$_REQUEST : variable is a superglobal Array that contains the contents of both $_GET,
$_POST, and $_COOKIE arrays. It can be used to collect data sent with both the GET
and POST methods.
Difference Between $_POST and $_GET , $_REQUEST method
$_COOKIE is temporary stored simple files or simple data in the web site browser
How to set cookie name , cookie value , cookie expiry , cookie domain etc
$_SESSION : As associative superglobal Array. This is where you both store and
retrieve session data.
$_SERVER :superglobal array defined in PHP and it stores information about your
server and execution environment information.
$_SERVER variables : PHP_SELF, REQUEST_METHOD, REQUEST_TIME ,
DOCUMENT_ROOT , HTTP_HOST ,HTTP_REFERER, HTTP_USER_AGENT,
REMOTE_ADDR, SCRIPT_FILENAME, SERVER_ADDR, SERVER_NAME,
SERVER_PROTOCOL SERVER_PORT, REQUEST_URI and more
$_FILES : superglobal PHP array $_FILES to upload files from a client computer to the
remote server.
1. $_FILES["name"] -Filename which is to be upload
2. $_FILES["type"] mime type of uploaded file
3. $_FILES["size"] -size of uploaded file in bytes
4. $_FILES["tmp_name"] -temporary buffer path to hold current file
5. $_FILES["error"] the error code resulting from the file upload
Importance of post method in html , enctype attribute with multipart/form-data
during file upload
Types of error in file uploading : UPLOAD_ERR_OK, UPLOAD_ERR_INI_SIZE,
UPLOAD_ERR_FORM_SIZE, UPLOAD_ERR_PARTIAL,UPLOAD_ERR_NO , TMP_DIR,
UPLOAD_ERR_CANT_WRITE ,UPLOAD_ERR_EXTENSION
PHP Session and COOKIE in Depth :
What is a session and why it is required?
Understand the basics of session with browser example
Intialization of session with session_start() function
Understand session_id() with practical example
Usage of session variable with $_SESSION global array
Check availability of session variable with isset() function
Understand session temporary directory in php.ini file
Understand session max_life_time with php.ini file
PHP session_regenerate_id() for login and logout system
PHP session_destroy() function
PHP unset() function to remove data from session variables
Retrieving PHP SESSION variable data
Register and modify PHP session variables
Putting PHP session IDs in pages
Good Practise with sessions and PHP
Understand the difference between session and cookie
cookie as local variable
Initialization of cookie variable
setcookie() function with different properties
Cookie properties
Setting a cookie in PHP
Retrieving PHP cookies
Expiring/Deleting PHP cookies
Drawbacks to cookies
Cookie Security Issues
PHP and list of libraries supported in Lamp Programming
Overall knowledge on inbuilt important libraries in PHP:
php gd library
php zip library
php curl library
php mysql library
php mysqli ( improved version ) library
php PEAR library
php pdo library and more
Types of programming with different architectures:
Advantage and functionalty of the architecture
PHP : procedure oriented programming
PHP : Object Oriented programming
PHP : MVC Architecture (3-tier architecture)
Other architecture like : SOAP , REST etc
PHP Object Oriented Programming in Depth :
What is Class in PHP
Define Class and Initialization of class
Create an object of class
PHP accesss specifier : private , protected and public in OOPS
Inbuilt Object in PHP Class ( $this object )
Accessor in PHP OOPS
PHP OOPS Polymorphism
Encapsulation in PHP Object Oriented programming
__construct() function ( i.e. constructor in OOPS )
__destruct() function ( i.e destructor in OOPS )
Final class in OOPS
Abstract class in OOPS
PHP5 inheritance
PHP OOPS Multilevel Inheritance
__autoload() in PHP OOPS
__sleep() function in PHP OOPS
__wakeup() function in PHP OOPS
Scope resolution Operator ( :: ) in PHP
Parent Keyword in PHP OOPS
Self Keyword in PHP OOPS
This Keyword in PHP OOPS
PHP OOPS Inbuilt properties and methods in
PHP string Inbuilt function :
addcslashes
addslashes
chop
chr
chunk_split
echo
explode
html_entity_decode
htmlentities
htmlspecialchars_decode
htmlspecialchars
implode
lcfirst
ltrim
md5
nl2br
number_format
ord
print
printf
rtrim
setlocale
sha1
similar_text
soundex
str_ireplace
str_pad
str_repeat
str_replace
str_split
str_word_count
strcasecmp
strchr
strcmp
strip_tags
stripos
stripslashes
stristr
strlen
strncmp
strpos
strrchr
strstr
strtolower
strtoupper
strtr
substr_compare
substr_count
substr_replace
substr
trim
ucfirst
ucwords
wordwrap
PHP Array Inbuilt function :
o array_change_key_case
o array_chunk
o array_combine
o array_count_values
o array_diff_assoc
o array_diff_key
o array_diff_uassoc
o array_diff_ukey
o array_diff
o array_fill_keys
o array_fill
o array_filter
o array_flip
o array_intersect
o array_key_exists
o array_keys
o array_map
o array_merge_recursive
o array_merge
o array_pad
o array_pop
o array_product
o array_push
o array_rand
o array_replace
o array_reverse
o array_search
o array_shift
o array_slice
o array_splice
o array_sum
o array_udiff_assoc
o array_udiff_uassoc
o array_udiff
o array_uintersect_assoc
o array_uintersect_uassoc
o array_uintersect
o array_unique
o array_unshift
o array_values
o array_walk
o arrayasort
o count
o current
o each
o end
o extract
o in_array
o key
o krsort
o ksort
o list
o next
o pos
o prev
o range
o reset
o rsort
o shuffle
o sizeof
o sort
o uasort
o uksort
o usort
PHP Filesystem Inbuilt function :
o basename
o chgrp
o chmod
o chown
o clearstatcache
o copy
o delete
o dirname
o fclose
o feof
o fflush
o file_exists
o file_get_contents
o file_put_contents
o file
o filesize
o filetypefopen
o fputs
o freadfwrite
o is_dir
o is_executable
o is_file
o is_link
o is_readable
o is_uploaded_file
o is_writable
o is_writeablelink
o mkdir
o move_uploaded_file
o pathinforenamermdir
o umask
o unlink
PHP GD Library and Image Functions :
gd_info
getimagesize
getimagesizefromstring
image_type_to_extension
image_ type_ to_ mime_ type
imagecolorallocate
imagecopy
imagecopyresampled
imagecopyresized
imagecreate
imagecreatetruecolor
imagedestroy
imagefill
imagefilter
imagefontheight
imagefontwidth
imagefttext
imagegd2
imagegd
imagegif
imagejpeg
imageline
imageloadfont
imagepng
imagerectangle
imagerotate
imagesetbrush
imagesetpixel
imagestring
imagesx
imagesy
imagettftext
imagetypes
PHP Math functions :
abs
round
round with decimal
ceil
floor
power
rand
pi
pow
min
max
sqrt
is_nan
PHP Session functions :
session_start
session_id
session_destroy
session_regenerate_id
session_register
session_unregister
session_unset
session_is_register
session_encode
session_decode
session_status
Some Miscellaneous PHP functions :
o define
o die
o exit
o eval
o constant
o php_check_syntax
o php_strip_whitespace
o urlencode
o urldecode
o parse_url
o preg_match
o preg_replace
o empty
o floatval
o gettype
o is_array
o is_bool
o is_double
o is_float
o is_int
o is_integer
o is_ long
o is_null
o is_numeric
o is_object
o is_real
o is_resource
o is_scalar
o is_string
o isset
o print_r
o serialize
o settype
o strval
o unserialize
o unset
o var_dump
o var_export
Important parameter of php.ini :
short_open_tag
output_buffering
max_execution_time
memory_limit
error_reporting
display_errors
error_log
register_globals
post_max_size
extension_dir
file_uploads
upload_tmp_dir
upload_max_filesize
max_file_uploads
extension
date.timezone
mysql.default_port
session.save_path
session.name
session.gc_maxlifetime