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Beginning PHP

By : David Carr, Markus Gray
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Beginning PHP

By: David Carr, Markus Gray

Overview of this book

<p>PHP is the preferred server-side scripting language for tech giants such as Facebook, Wikipedia, and Tumblr despite full-stack JavaScript gaining popularity with upcoming developers. This is because PHP performs better when dealing with heavy computations on the back end. In this book, you’ll learn everything you need to get up and running with the latest version of PHP, including package management with tools such as composer, secure database operations, and a whole host of other best practices that will help you stay a step ahead of traditional programmers. </p><p> </p><p></p>

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Table of Contents (12 chapters)
Beginning PHP
Beginning PHP
Contributors
Contributors
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Getting Started with PHP
Getting Started with PHP
The Basics
Summary
2
Arrays and Loops
Arrays and Loops
Arrays
Loops
Summary
3
Functions and Classes
Functions and Classes
Functions
Creating a Simple Function
Classes
Activity: Calculate the Monthly Pay of an Employee
Summary
4
Data Operations
Data Operations
Inputting and Outputting Data
MySQL Basics
Summary
5
Building a PHP Web Application
Building a PHP Web Application
Concepts of OOP in a Framework Environment
Structure of a Framework
Summary
6
Building a PHP Framework
Building a PHP Framework
Setting up a Project Development Environment
Error Reporting Using Composer and Whoops
Activity: Using Composer to Install Dependencies
Configuration Class, Default Classes, and Routing
Working with PDO
Summary
7
Authentication and User Management
Authentication and User Management
Setting Up Paths and Inclusion of Bootstrap
Inclusion of Bootstrap and HTML Markup
Adding Security to the Project
Implementing Validation in PHP
Password Recovery
Building a Password Reset Mechanism for Our Application
Building CRUD for User Management
Building CRUD for User Management
Summary
8
Building a Contacts Management System
Building a Contacts Management System
Overview CMS
CRUD, the Contact Application
Inserting CRUD functionality in Our Contacts Application
Comments, Joins, and Date Formatting
Creating a View Page and Building the Comments System
Summary
Index
Index

Activity: Using Composer to Install Dependencies

Suppose you are working on a PHP project and you need a lot of dependencies for your project. You are on a strict deadline, yet, you cannot proceed ahead before adding those dependencies. You discovered that you can use Composer to install dependencies automatically. You now need to install Composer.

The aim of this activity is to get you acquainted with Composer installation.

To perform this activity, follow these steps:

  1. Run the framework by opening Terminal or command prompt.

  2. If on Windows, navigate to the framework folder and launch the php server:

    php –S localhost:8000 –t Webroot

    Note

    The –S means that run the server and use localhost:8000 as it's address, and –t Webroot sets the document root to the Webroot folder.

    The Terminal output will look like this (some of the details will be different on your system):

    PHP 7.1.4 Development Server started at Wed Nov 29 20:37:27 2017
Listening on http://localhost:8000
Document root is /Users/davidcarr/Dropbox...
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