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Codecademy

Learn Intermediate PHP

via Codecademy

Overview

Expand your knowledge in PHP to learn how to create dynamic web applications using requests, databases, files, and APIs.

Continue your learning journey in PHP, a widely used server-side programming language that's become increasingly fast and powerful over the years. With Intermediate PHP, you'll expand your knowledge in PHP to learn how to create dynamic web applications using requests, databases, files, and APIs.



### Take-Away Skills

By the end of this course, you'll learn how to do the following:
* Work with databases to store and display data.
* Use external APIs
* Perform file handling
* Set up and work with PHP on your own computer using the XAMPP package.

### Notes on Prerequisites

We recommend that you complete [Learn PHP](https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-php) and [Design Databases with PostgreSQL](https://www.codecademy.com/learn/paths/design-databases-with-postgresql) before starting Learn Intermediate PHP.

Syllabus

  • Connecting to Databases: Learn how to connect user data to a PostgreSQL database and display the data as HTML.
    • Informational: Welcome to Learn Intermediate PHP
    • Lesson: Connecting to Databases
    • Article: Displaying Data in HTML
    • Quiz: Connecting to Databases
    • Project: CodeClub
  • File Handling: Learn how to work with files in PHP.
    • Lesson: File Handling
    • Quiz: File Handling
    • Project: Aisha’s Greetings
  • APIs: Learn about what APIs are and how to use external APIs in PHP applications.
    • Article: What Is JSON?
    • Article: Introduction to Web APIs
    • Article: Working with External APIs
  • Going Off-Platform with PHP: Take your PHP project off-platform with XAMPP.
    • Article: Going Off-Platform with PHP
    • Article: Database-Driven Website with PHP
    • Informational: Learn Intermediate PHP: Next Steps

Taught by

Kenny Lin

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