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Gain insights into modern PHP by delving into POST requests, forms, sessions, and redirects to build a CRUD app with authentication, focusing on pure PHP without frameworks.

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PHP for the Web is a terrific introduction on how to use modern PHP effectively. While there is a lot of material out there about building applications with PHP, most of them focus on using a framework like Laravel or Symfony. By working with pure PHP, you will be able to focus on the core ideas instead of how a particular framework implements them. In this course, you will learn how to use multiple web technologies like POST requests, forms, sessions, and redirects to build a CRUD application with an auth...Show More

PHP for the Web is a terrific introduction on how to use modern PHP effectively. While there is a lot of material out there abou...Show More

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92 Lessons12 Quizzes

Getting Started

2 Lessons

Learn how to use foundational PHP skills and practical web development techniques.

Who Is This Course For?

Learning Outcomes

Serving Resources

5 Lessons

Get started with serving HTML files, adding favicons, securing directories, and monitoring server communication.

Serving an HTML File with the Built-In Web Server

Adding a Favicon

Security Announcement

Communication between the Browser and the Server

Quiz on PHP Web

Serving PHP Scripts

7 Lessons

Master the steps to serve dynamic content, pass values, and ensure PHP script security.

Dynamic Resources

The Response: Status, Headers, and Body

Constructing a Response

Linking to Other Pages

Passing Values between Requests

Security Announcement

Quiz on PHP Scripts

Forms

6 Lessons

Break down complex ideas to enhance form handling, security, and POST/GET data submissions in PHP.

Submitting Form Data as Query Parameters

Security Announcement

Adding a Select Element to the Form

Submitting Data via the Request Body: POST Requests

Submitting Data via the Request Body: Reviving Functionality

Quiz on Forms

9 Lessons

Solve problems in setting and utilizing PHP cookies for user personalization and state maintenance.

Purpose of Using Cookies

Setting a Cookie

Using a Cookie

Cookies Are Headers

Redirecting after Processing a POST Request

Security Announcement

Challenge: Showing "Congratulations!"

Solution: Showing "Congratulations!"

Quiz on Cookies

Sessions

5 Lessons

Simplify complex topics like session handling, storage, and flash messaging in PHP for secure user data management.

Using Sessions for Storing User Data

Session Files and Serialized Data

Flash Messages

Using Flash Messages Everywhere

Quiz on Sessions

Authentication

7 Lessons

Build on authenticating users, creating secret pages, setting up login forms, and managing sessions.

Authenticating Users

A Secret Page

Setting Up a Login Form

Process of Verifying Users

Validating the Username and the Password with PHP

Logging out

Quiz on Authentication

PHP Project Structure

12 Lessons

Learn how to structure PHP projects with reusable snippets, routing, and task management.

Header and Footer Snippets

Passing Variables to Snippets

Flash Messages Revisited

Routing: Mapping URLs

Routing: Displaying the Not Found Error

Project Challenge: Create a Task Management Application

Project Solution: Create a Task Management Application

Quiz on Project Structure

CRUD Part 1: Create

8 Lessons

Walk through creating, validating, and listing data using PHP and JSON storage.

Saving JSON-Encoded Data in a File

Adding a Tour

Form Validation

Showing the Submitted Data in the Form

Listing Tours

Project Challenge: Create and List Tasks

Project Solution: Create and List Tasks

Quiz on CRUD Part 1

10.

CRUD Part 2: The Rest

8 Lessons

Examine how to edit, delete, and manage tour and task data efficiently.

Identifying Tours to Edit

Introducing Some Reusable Elements

Editing Tour Data

Deleting Tours: Implementing Soft-Deletion

Deleting Tours: Challenges of Soft-Deletion

Project Challenge: Edit and Delete Tasks

Project Solution: Edit and Delete Tasks

Quiz on CRUD Part 2

11.

File Uploads

7 Lessons

Apply your skills to securely upload, process, and display files in a PHP application.

Adding a Details Page

Uploading a File

Processing the File Upload

Showing the Uploaded Picture

Replacing the Existing Image

Form Validation for File Uploads

Quiz on File Uploads

12.

Error Handling

5 Lessons

Map out the steps for effective error handling and configuration in PHP environments.

Producing an Error

Using Different Configuration Settings in Production

Displaying an Error Page

PHP Errors

Quiz on Error Handling

13.

Automated Testing

10 Lessons

Follow the process of setting up automated tests using PHPUnit and Panther for PHP applications.

Setting Up the Environment

A First Test

Creating Our First Browser Test

A Test for The Pictures Page

Writing Tests for the Tours: Create a New Tour

Writing Tests for the Tours: Edit a Tour

Troubleshooting and Suggestions

Project Challenge: Create Tests

Project Challenge: Solution

Quiz on Automated Testing

14.

Conclusion

1 Lessons

Approach advanced PHP concepts like OOP, frameworks, and automated testing for growth.

It's a Wrap!

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

Course Author:

Matthias Noback

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