PHP Workshop

Introduction
- Introduction to HTML and Dreamweaver, Part A (PowerPoint: Intro to Dreamweaver environment, simple HTML and some style uses (Fake) ACT images (zipped))
- Introduction to HTML and Dreamweaver, Part B (PowerPoint: Adding very simple PHP and JavaScript)
- Introduction to HTML and Dreamweaver, Part C (PowerPoint: Setting up Dreamweaver to transfer files)
- PHP (4) Reference card (PDF source: http://www.stevengould.org/portfolio/independent/php-refcard/PHPRefCard.pdf)
- Some Variations (PowerPoint: includes having PHP write HTML and JavaScript, escape sequences, and a look at some errors)
- A little more on style (PowerPoint includes changing style from embedded to external) results in act_welcome.zip although the files are small, they are zipped to prevent them from being interpreted as PHP or as HTML -- this link is for saving purposes only)
- Brief Introduction to Search Engine Optimization (PowerPoint)
Variables and Forms
- PHP Variables and Constants (PowerPoint includes example file: The Bells (zipped))
- PHP Handling user data specifically text fields (PowerPoint includes example file: Act_Form_Text.zip)
- Another example: Mad lib (zipped files)
- Simple Validation (server side) (PowerPoint: includes if statement and the string functions strip_tags, stripslashes and trim produces zipped files)
- Simple Client-Side Validation (PowerPoint: includes JavaScript if statement produces ACT_Form_Text_Input_B.htm)
- An Introduction to validating with regular expressions (PowerPoint; somewhat abstract)
- Spry Validation (PowerPoint: introduces how to use the Spry framework to validate some text fields using a library that comes with Dreamweaver CS3)
- Select (Drop-down list) Inputs (PowerPoint includes a switch statement creates these files (zipped) or as an alternative a key-valued array creates these files (zipped))
- Radio-button input (PowerPoint: also include a for loop creates these files (zipped)
Email
- Form with an Email Response (PowerPoint: validates an email address input on both the client-side and server-side as well as the email function creates these files (zipped)
XML
- Placing data on a form from an XML file (PowerPoint: loads training sessions into a drop-down list from data found in an XML file, also does not display the training session if its date has passe; creates these files (zipped)
- Having the Handler use an XML file (PowerPoint: loads training session data into an array and then searches the array for user's choice; creates these files (zipped)
- A particular example that uses XML is RSS as shown in these files (zipped)
Database
- Database Basics (PowerPoint: brief review of basic database concepts)
- Phpmyadmin (PowerPoint: web interface to MySQL database)
- Having PHP get data from a MySQL database (PowerPoint: loads training sesions from MySQL database, includes a join, creates these files (zipped))
- Some code toward logging on and adding new users