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Relational Database Applications with PHP - 1 Day
An introduction to some of the facilities available for building database driven web applications
Pre-Requisites:
- Completion of Learning to Program or PHP Language Tour or equivalent experience
- Completion of Web Applications in PHP or PHP for Web Developers or equivalent experience
- Completion of Introduction to Relational Databases or equivalent experience
Content Outline
- Native database functions (mysql_* and pgsql_*)
- PearDBÂ
- PDO
- Hints on design and best practice
The exercises attached with this module cover creating a working PHP application with a database backend, which combines functionality covered in the pre-requisites (e.g. form submission) with using a database as a structured data store for a web applications. The exercises cover the usual database operations - namely, creation, updating, retrieval/searching and deletion.
Please note that new programmers with no out-of-course experience would find this module more beneficial spread over 2 days, to encompass more guided exercises.