Project-based PHP courses? 1

[webdevrTX]

I am looking for recommendations for an online, project-based PHP and mySQL course. I have gotten all I can get from references and free tutorials. Now I need some project-based experience that can help me get a better Web development job.

My restrictions are I must be able to take the course on nights and weekends. I am also concerned that I don't just need to learn how to do PHP functions; I need to learn how and when to keep all the data secure. And I want to know more practical applications of PHP that I will likely encounter in server-side development.

Any suggestions? Are there any books out there that can get me over this hump of practical experience, or are online courses my best bet?

 

[jlockley]

I kind of like the PHP Bible and Vikram Vaswani "Programming Solutions", but I am starting with HTML and the original basic from way back, so it's pretty Latin to me. I will see what you come up with.

 

[feherke]

Hi

I am also concerned that I don't just need to learn how to do PHP functions; I need to learn how and when to keep all the data secure.

This is why I participate in discussions on Tek-Tips. I meet problems and solutions for situations I would never hit in my life. The variety of problems dissected here are extending our horizon making us more efficient.

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[southbeach]

Good point feherke!

NoahKon, like you, I have learned PHP going at it and spending a great deal of time between google searches and tek-tips.com.

I believe that your next step would be to start writing a project on your own and create real life scenarios based on your own experience or others applications you've developed.

If you get stuck, come back here. If you wonder what would be the best approach to a problem, come back here ...



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SouthBeach

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The good thing about not knowing is the opportunity to learn - Yours truly, 2008.

 

[jlockley]

This is a great resource.

I have looked at two more books.
Php And Mysql: For Dynamic Web Sites Ullman. Seems well explained and clear with good examples, which are not as theoretical as some of the others I have been studying. It looks like a good starting point.

Even more practice oriented with a couple of things I want to try: Practical PHP and MySOL: Building Eight Dynamic Web Applications
Jono Bacon

Also the O'Reilly Hack and cookbooks, which have practical examples for various practical applications are always good.

 

[southbeach]

Take a look at this CRUD, it uses AJAX, MySQL, PHP, JS, CSS and it is OOP.

http://www.fpgroups.com/crud.zip

You can see what it does here

http://www.fpgroups.com/crud/

While reading books is not a bad thing, going through simple scripts such as this could be a better thing. Try hacking at it, see how much of it you do not understand, make changes (you can always go back and get another copy), ask questions ...

I have always believed that once you know CRUD (Create, Read, Update and Delete), the rest is basically all about you and the project at hand.

Good luck!


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SouthBeach

http://www.fpgroups.com

The good thing about not knowing is the opportunity to learn - Yours truly, 2008.

 

[jlockley]

My associate put me onto something pretty useful. The SF library has a substantial collection of PHP books. so many of them are pretty bad, but the Ullman book mentioned before and the O'Reilly book are very clear. Many of the books are available on line. Most of them also have progressive online example collections. O'Reilly (have they ever put out a dog?) works with the set up of an online wine site, which works very well. The analogy is especially useful in working with objects. I haven't been to the library in years, and now I'm hooked. It's worth the trip.