This document introduces PHP through a slideshow presentation. It begins with an overview of PHP, explaining that it is a widely-used scripting language suited for web development. It then covers PHP fundamentals like variables, data types, operators, conditional statements, arrays, loops, and functions. The document also demonstrates how to collect form data submitted via the GET and POST methods in PHP. Overall, the presentation provides a high-level introduction to key PHP concepts for beginners.
PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
PHP is a server-side scripting language, like ASP
PHP scripts are executed on the server
PHP supports many databases (MySQL, Informix, Oracle, Sybase, Solid, PostgreSQL, Generic ODBC, etc.)
PHP is an open source software
PHP is free to download and use
PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
PHP is a server-side scripting language, like ASP
PHP scripts are executed on the server
PHP supports many databases (MySQL, Informix, Oracle, Sybase, Solid, PostgreSQL, Generic ODBC, etc.)
PHP is an open source software
PHP is free to download and use
PHP is a server-side scripting language designed for web development, but also used as a general-purpose programming language. Most of the websites are using PHP in their dynamic content
Loops execute a block of code a specified number of times, or while a specified condition is true.
Often when you write code, you want the same block of code to run over and over again in a row. Instead of adding several almost equal lines in a script we can use loops to perform a task like this.
In PHP, we have the following looping statements:
while - loops through a block of code while a specified condition is true
do...while - loops through a block of code once, and then repeats the loop as long as a specified condition is true
for - loops through a block of code a specified number of times
foreach - loops through a block of code for each element in an array
In December 2015, PHP 7.0 was released marking a new milestone for PHP and web application developers. We thought all was going to be easy to migrate to PHP 7.0. Unfortunately, many extensions and tools we use weren’t ready yet. In December 2016 PHP 7.1 was released, and the urgency to update became real as PHP 5.6 was nearing end-of-life. In this talk, I describe the analysis and the challenges we faced migrating towards PHP 7.1 so you can learn how to defeat those challenges if you plan to migrate too.
PHP is a server-side scripting language designed for web development, but also used as a general-purpose programming language. Most of the websites are using PHP in their dynamic content
Loops execute a block of code a specified number of times, or while a specified condition is true.
Often when you write code, you want the same block of code to run over and over again in a row. Instead of adding several almost equal lines in a script we can use loops to perform a task like this.
In PHP, we have the following looping statements:
while - loops through a block of code while a specified condition is true
do...while - loops through a block of code once, and then repeats the loop as long as a specified condition is true
for - loops through a block of code a specified number of times
foreach - loops through a block of code for each element in an array
In December 2015, PHP 7.0 was released marking a new milestone for PHP and web application developers. We thought all was going to be easy to migrate to PHP 7.0. Unfortunately, many extensions and tools we use weren’t ready yet. In December 2016 PHP 7.1 was released, and the urgency to update became real as PHP 5.6 was nearing end-of-life. In this talk, I describe the analysis and the challenges we faced migrating towards PHP 7.1 so you can learn how to defeat those challenges if you plan to migrate too.
Everyone must migrate to PHP 7! Take advantage of exceptional performance improvements, cut your hardware use in half and enjoy the best of PHP. This workshop is for everyone that is still eyeing PHP 7 while still using PHP 5, and wants to review their 1 million LOC project before jumping to PHP 7. When migrating, we need to check old code and target only the interesting issues. This session will connect the backward incompatibilities and new features to their actual location in the code, relying on static analysis to quickly process a large code base. Based on our accumulated experience and tools, we'll review the issues, diagnose criticality, select the best fixes and prioritize the tasks. All tools are Open Source, and ready to be integrated into your project lifecycle.
We talked about some interesting things that came to php since the release of php 7. Covered the new features in php 7.1 in more detail and took a look at what is known already for php 7.2.
Topics: Introduction to PHP
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2. Welcome
This slideshow presentation is designed to
introduce you to PHP. It is the first of two
PHP workshops available at
www.tinyurl.com/rpi123. In addition to the
two PHP workshops, there are also
workshops on HMTL and CSS.
These slides are based on source material found at the w3schools.com website.
You are encouraged to visit the site – it is a great resource.
3. Caveat
PHP and MySQL are tricky to teach without
access to a server and a database. We'll do the
best we can in the slides that follow.
They are also tricky considering how complex
they are. Take a look at the PHP cheat sheet I
found online...
5. PHP Introduction
PHP is a recursive acronym for “PHP: Hypertext
Preprocessor” -- It is a widely-used open source
general-purpose scripting language that is
especially suited for web development and can
be embedded into HTML.
6. PHP Introduction
> PHP is a server-side scripting language
> PHP scripts are executed on the server
> PHP supports many databases (MySQL,
Informix, Oracle, Sybase, Solid, PostgreSQL,
Generic ODBC, etc.)
> PHP is open source software
> PHP is free to download and use
7. PHP Introduction
> PHP runs on different platforms (Windows,
Linux, Unix, etc.)
> PHP is compatible with almost all servers used
today (Apache, IIS, etc.)
> PHP is FREE to download from the official PHP
resource: www.php.net
> PHP is easy to learn and runs efficiently on the
server side
8. PHP Introduction
Some info on MySQL which we will cover in the next workshop...
> MySQL is a database server
> MySQL is ideal for both small and large
applications
> MySQL supports standard SQL
> MySQL compiles on a number of platforms
> MySQL is free to download and use
9. PHP Introduction
Instead of lots of commands to output HTML (as
seen in C or Perl), PHP pages contain HTML with
embedded code that does "something" (like in the
next slide, it outputs "Hi, I'm a PHP script!").
The PHP code is enclosed in special start and
end processing instructions <?php and ?> that
allow you to jump into and out of "PHP mode."
11. PHP Introduction
PHP code is executed on the server, generating
HTML which is then sent to the client. The client
would receive the results of running that script,
but would not know what the underlying code
was.
A visual, if you please...
13. PHP Getting Started
On windows, you can download and install
WAMP. With one installation and you get an
Apache webserver, database server and php.
http://www.wampserver.com
On mac, you can download and install MAMP.
http://www.mamp.info/en/index.html
16. PHP Hello World
This program is extremely simple and you really
did not need to use PHP to create a page like this.
All it does is display: Hello World using the PHP
echo() statement.
Think of this as a normal HTML file which
happens to have a set of special tags available to
you that do a lot of interesting things.
17. PHP Comments
In PHP, we use // to
make a single-line
comment or /* and */ to
make a large comment
block.
18. PHP Variables
> Variables are used for storing values, like text
strings, numbers or arrays.
> When a variable is declared, it can be used over
and over again in your script.
> All variables in PHP start with a $ sign symbol.
> The correct way of declaring a variable in PHP:
19. PHP Variables
> In PHP, a variable does not need to be declared
before adding a value to it.
> In the example above, you see that you do not
have to tell PHP which data type the variable is.
> PHP automatically converts the variable to the
correct data type, depending on its value.
20. PHP Variables
> A variable name must start with a letter or an
underscore "_" -- not a number
> A variable name can only contain alpha-numeric
characters, underscores (a-z, A-Z, 0-9, and _ )
> A variable name should not contain spaces. If a
variable name is more than one word, it should be
separated with an underscore ($my_string) or with
capitalization ($myString)
21. PHP Concatenation
> The concatenation operator (.) is used to put
two string values together.
> To concatenate two string variables together,
use the concatenation operator:
22. PHP Concatenation
The output of the code on the last slide will be:
If we look at the code you see that we used the
concatenation operator two times. This is because
we had to insert a third string (a space character),
to separate the two strings.
23. PHP Operators
Operators are used to operate on values. There
are four classifications of operators:
> Arithmetic
> Assignment
> Comparison
> Logical
28. PHP Conditional Statements
> Very often when you write code, you want to
perform different actions for different decisions.
> You can use conditional statements in your
code to do this.
> In PHP we have the following conditional
statements...
29. PHP Conditional Statements
> if statement - use this statement to execute
some code only if a specified condition is true
> if...else statement - use this statement to
execute some code if a condition is true and
another code if the condition is false
> if...elseif....else statement - use this statement
to select one of several blocks of code to be
executed
> switch statement - use this statement to select
one of many blocks of code to be executed
31. PHP Conditional Statements
Use the if....else statement to execute some code
if a condition is true and another code if a
condition is false.
32. PHP Conditional Statements
If more than one line
should be executed if a
condition is true/false,
the lines should be
enclosed within curly
braces { }
33. PHP Conditional Statements
The following example
will output "Have a nice
weekend!" if the current
day is Friday, and "Have
a nice Sunday!" if the
current day is Sunday.
Otherwise it will output
"Have a nice day!":
35. PHP Conditional Statements
For switches, first we have a single expression n
(most often a variable), that is evaluated once.
The value of the expression is then compared
with the values for each case in the structure. If
there is a match, the block of code associated
with that case is executed.
Use break to prevent the code from running into
the next case automatically. The default
statement is used if no match is found.
37. PHP Arrays
> An array variable is a storage area holding a
number or text. The problem is, a variable will
hold only one value.
> An array is a special variable, which can store
multiple values in one single variable.
38. PHP Arrays
If you have a list of items (a list of car names, for
example), storing the cars in single variables
could look like this:
39. PHP Arrays
> However, what if you want to loop through the
cars and find a specific one? And what if you had
not 3 cars, but 300?
> The best solution here is to use an array.
> An array can hold all your variable values under
a single name. And you can access the values by
referring to the array name.
> Each element in the array has its own index so
that it can be easily accessed.
40. PHP Arrays
In PHP, there are three kind of arrays:
> Numeric array - An array with a numeric index
> Associative array - An array where each ID
key is associated with a value
> Multidimensional array - An array containing
one or more arrays
41. PHP Numeric Arrays
> A numeric array stores each array element with
a numeric index.
> There are two methods to create a numeric
array.
42. PHP Numeric Arrays
In the following example the index is automatically
assigned (the index starts at 0):
In the following example we assign the index
manually:
43. PHP Numeric Arrays
In the following example you access the variable
values by referring to the array name and index:
The code above will output:
44. PHP Associative Arrays
> With an associative array, each ID key is
associated with a value.
> When storing data about specific named values,
a numerical array is not always the best way to do
it.
> With associative arrays we can use the values
as keys and assign values to them.
45. PHP Associative Arrays
In this example we use an array to assign ages to
the different persons:
This example is the same as the one above, but
shows a different way of creating the array:
47. PHP Multidimensional Arrays
In a multidimensional array, each element in the
main array can also be an array.
And each element in the sub-array can be an
array, and so on.
51. PHP Loops
> Often when you write code, you want the same
block of code to run over and over again in a row.
Instead of adding several almost equal lines in a
script we can use loops to perform a task like this.
> In PHP, we have the following looping
statements:
52. PHP Loops
> while - loops through a block of code while a
specified condition is true
> do...while - loops through a block of code once,
and then repeats the loop as long as a specified
condition is true
> for - loops through a block of code a specified
number of times
> foreach - loops through a block of code for
each element in an array
53. PHP Loops - While
The while loop executes a block of code while a
condition is true. The example below defines a
loop that starts with
i=1. The loop will
continue to run as
long as i is less
than, or equal to 5.
i will increase by 1
each time the loop
runs:
55. PHP Loops – Do ... While
The do...while statement will always execute the
block of code once, it will then check the
condition, and repeat the loop while the condition
is true.
The next example defines a loop that starts with
i=1. It will then increment i with 1, and write some
output. Then the condition is checked, and the
loop will continue to run as long as i is less than,
or equal to 5:
59. PHP Loops - For
Parameters:
> init: Mostly used to set a counter (but can be
any code to be executed once at the beginning
of the loop)
> condition: Evaluated for each loop iteration. If
it evaluates to TRUE, the loop continues. If it
evaluates to FALSE, the loop ends.
> increment: Mostly used to increment a counter
(but can be any code to be executed at the end
of the loop)
60. PHP Loops - For
The example below defines a loop that starts with
i=1. The loop will continue to run as long as i is
less than, or equal to 5. i will increase by 1 each
time the loop runs:
62. PHP Loops - Foreach
For every loop iteration, the value of the current
array element is assigned to $value (and the array
pointer is moved by one) - so on the next loop
iteration, you'll be looking at the next array value.
63. PHP Loops - Foreach
The following example demonstrates a loop that
will print the values of the given array:
64. PHP Loops - Foreach
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65. PHP Functions
> We will now explore how to create your own
functions.
> To keep the script from being executed when
the page loads, you can put it into a function.
> A function will be executed by a call to the
function.
> You may call a function from anywhere within a
page.
66. PHP Functions
A function will be executed by a call to the
function.
> Give the function a name that reflects what the
function does
> The function name can start with a letter or
underscore (not a number)
68. PHP Functions - Parameters
Adding parameters...
> To add more functionality to a function, we can
add parameters. A parameter is just like a
variable.
> Parameters are specified after the function
name, inside the parentheses.
73. PHP Forms - $_GET Function
> The built-in $_GET function is used to collect
values from a form sent with method="get".
> Information sent from a form with the GET
method is visible to everyone (it will be displayed
in the browser's address bar) and has limits on
the amount of information to send (max. 100
characters).
74. PHP Forms - $_GET Function
Notice how the URL carries the information after the file name.
75. PHP Forms - $_GET Function
The "welcome.php" file can now use the $_GET
function to collect form data (the names of the
form fields will automatically be the keys in the
$_GET array)
76. PHP Forms - $_GET Function
> When using method="get" in HTML forms, all
variable names and values are displayed in the URL.
> This method should not be used when sending
passwords or other sensitive information!
> However, because the variables are displayed in
the URL, it is possible to bookmark the page. This
can be useful in some cases.
> The get method is not suitable for large variable
values; the value cannot exceed 100 chars.
77. PHP Forms - $_POST Function
> The built-in $_POST function is used to collect
values from a form sent with method="post".
> Information sent from a form with the POST
method is invisible to others and has no limits on
the amount of information to send.
> Note: However, there is an 8 Mb max size for
the POST method, by default (can be changed by
setting the post_max_size in the php.ini file).
78. PHP Forms - $_POST Function
And here is what the code of action.php might look like:
79. PHP Forms - $_POST Function
Apart from htmlspecialchars() and (int), it should
be obvious what this does. htmlspecialchars()
makes sure any characters that are special in
html are properly encoded so people can't inject
HTML tags or Javascript into your page.
For the age field, since we know it is a number,
we can just convert it to an integer which will
automatically get rid of any stray characters. The
$_POST['name'] and $_POST['age'] variables
are automatically set for you by PHP.
80. PHP Forms - $_POST Function
When to use method="post"?
> Information sent from a form with the POST
method is invisible to others and has no limits
on the amount of information to send.
> However, because the variables are not
displayed in the URL, it is not possible to
bookmark the page.