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PHP3 - Advanced PHP - Level 3

Categories	Internet Training, Scripting Training, Web Development Training, Programming Training
Duration	1 day (7 hours)
Pre-requisites	PHP1 - Beginning PHP - Level 1 and PHP2 - Intermediate PHP - Level 2, or equivalent knowledge with instructor approval.
Courseware	PHP3-GEO-01 (150 pages)
Price	$395
Notes

This Advanced PHP training course brings together the skills learned in both Beginning PHP (Level 1) and Intermediate PHP (Level 2), introducing the student to more complex PHP-based concepts and solutions. Students will combine the advanced object-oriented extensions available in recent PHP releases with other powerful features, like user-written functions, Web site templates, image generation, and access to PEAR (the PHP Extension and Application Repository). Finally, students will discuss designing, implementing, and maintaining large-scale PHP applications and examine the architecture of a successful, large-scale PHP-based development project.

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Introduction
      Requirements
      Materials
      Assumptions
      Objectives
      Conventions
Setting the stage (interactive lab)
      Installing Slackware Linux* (*Normally completed in Level 1 session)
      Configuring Apache and PHP* (*Normally completed in Level 1 session)
      Configuring MySQL** (**Normally completed in Level 2 session)
      Confirming your environment
Object-Oriented PHP (lecture, exercises)
      Classes, Objects, and Instances
      Properties and Methods
      Inheritance in PHP
      Benefits of Object-Oriented PHP
Accessing the PHP Extension and Application Repository (PEAR) (interactive lab)
      Introducing PEAR
      PEAR Coding Standards
      Downloading the PEAR manual
      Installing the PEAR manager
      Examining several PEAR packages
Advanced PHP Features (lecture, exercises)
      Code reuse with User-written functions
      Creating a Web site template
      Generating images with PHP
      Using PEAR DB, a generic database interface
      PHP as a general scripting tool
      Command line PHP
      Administrative uses for PHP
      ad hoc PHP script building
phpBB: Examining a Large-Scale PHP Application (lecture, interactive lab)
      Introduction to phpBB
      Examining phpBB's architecture
      Reviewing the backend data model
      Variations: themes, mods, and PHP-Nuke
      Installing and configuring phpBB
      Examining the installation script
      Examining index.php
      Examining common.php
      Examining page_header.php and page_tail.php
      Examining mysql4.php
Conclusion (review, discussion, evaluation)