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PHP For Programmers course with OpenAdvantage (June 2007)
In association with OpenAdvantage, Pale Purple Ltd will be providing a free training course for programmers interested in learning PHP.
For further information on eligibility, and to sign up, please see the Open Advantage website.
The following text is an excerpt from there :
"In this week long workshop we will introduce the principles of web application development and basic PHP syntax, progressing to developing database-driven web applications - with a focus on good design.
By the end of the course, you will be equipped to take advantage of this powerful set of tools, from constructing the foundations of a dynamic site to building a complete web application.
This course is aimed at delegates with some experience and understanding of HTML (You should be able to produce a basic form in HTML by hand) and programming experience in other languages. Topics covered in the course will include:
- Form processing
- Web application design
- Connecting PHP to databases
- Session management
- Input validation
- Dealing with errors and debugging code
- Basic security principles
- Web page generation"