Certificate in PHP Programming (Higher Structures)

Qualification    :   Advanced Certificate in Business Analysis

Course Details :   

Higher Structures course is designed to expand a beginning programmer's understanding of the PHP language. This intermediate-level course builds upon knowledge gained in Foundations. It utilizes a hands-on approach with numerous examples and practical exercises, as well as a key development project, to enhance learning.

Audience:

This course continues where Foundations leaves off, and is designed for novice PHP developers who want to further advance their skills in the PHP language and already know the basics of PHP syntax, language constructs, and web site functionality.

Pre-requisite(s):

Introductory Certificate in PHP Programming (Foundations), or equivalent knowledge.

Topics Include:

• PHP Language Concepts:, Globals, Working with Files, Advanced Variable Usage / Array Manipulation and References

• PHP and OOP Concepts: Principles of OOP and Design, Access Modifiers, Abstract Classes, Visibility, Interfaces, Namespaces and more

• Configuring PHP: PHP.INI configuration considerations

• Regular Expressions: Using Perl - Compatible Regular Expressions in PHP applications

• Web Services: XML-RPC, SOAP, and Rest services; SimpleXML; JSON

• PHP Web Fundamentals: Server Communication, Sessions & Cookies, Working with Forms and Form Validation, Email, HTTP Headers, Buffers & Caches

• PHP Database Basics: Introduction to manipulating database contents using PHP, PDO

• Building Applications: Best Practices; Debugging, Security and Validation; Troubleshooting