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Introduction to PHP and MySQL

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With online learning (or distance education as it is sometimes called) you learn in the comfort of your own home and on your own schedule.

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PHP and MySQL Online Course By ed2go

Introduction to PHP and MySQL Outline

There are twelve lessons total in this ed2go course. The course lasts eight weeks and two lessons are studied each week. All course material is supplied online. You can print the lessons and at the end of your study, you will have a PHP and MySQL reference that will serve you well in your Web site development.

This course is not a push over. It will take effort and participation. In the end, you will have a solid foundation in PHP and MySQL dynamic Web site development. It is well worth the effort ... and you can do it all in the comfort of your own home!

When you complete this online PHP and MySQL course, you will have built your own Web site with code that you can reuse in future Web site development projects. You will know how to develop powerful, dynamic Web sites using PHP and MySQL.

All of the lessons have interactive discussion areas where you can freely ask your instructor, or fellow students, questions. The discussion areas are your chance to pick the brain of your expert PHP and MySQL class instructor. Reading, asking questions, and following along in the interactive discussion areas are an important part of the online class and will add much to your expertise.

WEEK 1
1.) What Is PHP?

2.) Basic PHP Programming

WEEK 2
3.) Create a MySQL Database

4.) Develop a Dynamic Home Page

WEEK 3
5.) Display Database Content Dynamically

6.) Allow Visitors to Enter Data

WEEK 4
7.) Implement a Simple Search Engine

8.) Produce Attractive Printer-Friendly Pages

WEEK 5
9.) Control User Access

10.) Backup and Restore MySQL Database Files

WEEK 6
11.) Implement Paging

12.) Keep Your Application Running Smoothly

• There is a two-week grace period at the end of the course. You'll have plenty of time to complete all of the lessons.
• You will have access to all lessons until the course ends.
• Each lesson has an interactive discussion area where you can freely ask your instructor, or fellow students, questions.
• Each lesson's interactive discussion area will automatically close two weeks after the lesson is released, so it is a good idea to complete each lesson within two weeks of its release
• A final exam will be released on the same day as the last lesson. At the release of the final exam, you have two weeks to complete all the course work, including the final exam.
• The final exam is optional. If you take the final exam and you pass, then you can print an impressive Certificate of Completion with your name on it.
• The final exam is open-book and you can take all the time you need to answer the multiple choice questions.
• When you pass the final exam, you earn 2.4 CEUs (Continuing Education Units) and will have received a total of 24 hours of training.
• Each lesson has an optional quiz that you may take to test your learning progress. Taking these quizzes is a good idea, as they will help prepare you for the final exam.
• TIP: Take advantage of the lesson interactive discussion areas, you get to pick the brain of your ed2go instructor. He's a PHP and MySQL expert and will bend over backwards to answer your questions and help you.

Online Class Start Schedule For Introduction to PHP and MySQL At ed2go

There's always an Introduction to PHP and MySQL online class beginning soon.



New Introduction To PHP and MySQL online classes start on the following dates:



February 17, 2010 - Sec EN30302



March 17, 2010 - Sec EN30303



April 21, 2010 - Sec EN30304






If these month's dates are inconvenient for you, then classes will also become available in following months. Bookmark this page and return to enroll in future Introduction to PHP and MySQL online classes.

What Is PHP? What Is MySQL?

PHP And MySQL Are Powerful Tools Used To Create Dynamic Web Sites

What Is PHP?
PHP is a server-side scripting language designed for use on the Web. This means you can put (or imbed) PHP code into a HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language, it's the code that makes up web pages) web page. Each time the web page is displayed, the PHP code will run and generate output to the web page. Often the generated output shown on a web page by PHP code comes from a database. PHP is very good at interacting with MySQL databases.

What Is MySQL?
MySQL is a relational database management system and it is very fast, and very rich in features. MySQL allows you to store, search, sort, and retrieve data on a Web site.

The combination of PHP and MySQL allows you to develop very powerful and content rich dynamic Web sites.

PHP Online Course Requirements

Hardware and Software You'll Need

In the first lesson you will install a PHP and MySQL development environment on your personal computer. You will follow step-by-step instructions on how to install the WAMP5 software that will provide your PHP and MySQL development environment. This is not a difficult thing to do. If you have trouble, then your online instructor is available through the online PHP course Web site and he will help you with the process.

You will download the WAMP5 software from a link provided by the instructor. The WAMP5 PHP and MySQL development environment is free, it will not cost you a cent. All course material is provided online. The lessons can be printed-out and saved for future reference.

You will need a personal computer with one of the following operating systems:

• Windows NT
• Windows 2000,
• Windows XP
• Windows Vista

Note: WAMP5 does not support either Windows 98 or Windows Me.


You will also need the following on your computer:

• Internet access
• e-mail
• Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox Web browser
• Adobe Flash and PDF plug-ins (two free and simple downloads)
• A printer is highly recommended so you can print a hard copy of your lessons.

Note: Macintosh users will not be able to use the WAMP5 software, and must provide their own PHP and MySQL development environment.

Note: Prior HTML coding experience is helpful, but not required.

Introduction to PHP and MySQL Course Instructor

Your instructor for Ed2Go's Introduction to PHP and MySQL is Richard Blum.






Some information on Instructor Blum:

• Has been an IT industry professional for over 18 year.
• His work has mainly been as a network and systems administrator, using Microsoft, Novell, Unix, and Linux servers.
• He has created many Web sites using a variety of different programming languages.
• Instructor Blum is the author of several programming and systems administration books, including Professional Assembly Language, C# Network Programming, PostgreSQL 8 for Windows, Sendmail for Linux, Postfix, and Network Performance Open Source Toolkit.
• Richard Blum is an expert at PHP and MySQL. He is the perfect coach to help you learn PHP and MySQL.
• Instructor Blum is a professional who will answer all of your PHP and MySQL questions through lesson interactive discussions.

PHP and MySQL Jobs And Careers

You Can Earn Money With Your PHP and MySQL Skills 

Skilled, expert, and capable PHP and MySQL Web site developers are in demand. Your ability to program and develop in PHP and MySQL can turn into a lucrative career as there are many opportunities available in the job market for these skills.

For example, a quick Google search for the term PHP and MySQL Jobs returned 6,050,000 results. Businesses are looking for people who can code PHP and MySQL.

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Introduction to PHP and MySQL Demonstration Web Site

The Recipe Center Web Site: A Hands-On Class Project





I have successfully completed both the Introduction to PHP and MySQL, and Intermediate PHP and MySQL online courses offered by ed2go.

In my opinion, these two courses provide a Web site developer with a solid PHP and MySQL foundation. When you learn what these classes teach, you will hit the ground running when you code PHP and MySQL. You will be a PHP and MySQL developer.

In the Introduction to PHP and MySQL ed2go online class, you get hands-on experience coding a dynamic Web site. During this class you create a Web site that is a fully functioning Recipe Center application that interactively uses a database to display changing recipe information on web pages. You will learn how to develop a real-world web application using PHP and MySQL.

You may view my The Recipe Center Web site that I developed during the Introduction to PHP and MySQL ed2go online class. I enhanced my version somewhat, but you will create something very similar as your hands-on class project.

Note: I used a free PHP and MySQL hosting service to demonstrate my The Recipe Center class project. There will be some advertising that appears, please ignore it. I neither recommend nor not recommend any products or services the free host displays. Also, since this Web site was used only to learn PHP and MySQL, I added some rather silly recipes to the database, but there are some pretty good recipes to be found too!

Have a look at my The Recipe Center Web site:
The Recipe Center - Introduction to PHP and MySQL Class Project 

YouTube PHP Demonstration Video

Some Basic PHP To Get You All Excited! :-)

[* Please note that this YouTube video is not from the ed2go online course Introduction To PHP and MySQL. I have included this video here only as a demonstration of PHP and to get your curiosity going.]

This YouTube video will give you some basic PHP coding information. You might have no idea about what is going on in this video right now, but by the time you are only a few lessons into the ed2go Introduction To PHP and MySQL php online course, all of this will be as easy-as-pie for you.

YOU CAN DO THIS! The ed2go Introduction To PHP and MySQL online course will take you step by step through the process of learning PHP and MySQL. At the end of the online course, you will have developed your own dynamic Web site. You will have PHP and MySQL skills. YOU CAN LEARN to PROGRAM IN PHP AND MySQL!

Don't worry if you don't understand any of this video. The narrator's accent may be a bit hard to understand at times, but he does a good job overall of getting a new PHP user started.

The PHP online course Introduction To PHP and MySQL by ed2go will cover all of this, and much more.

This video is just to whet your PHP appetite. You can begin to see what PHP is all about, but there is so much more that you can do with PHP and MySQL.

Intermediate PHP and MySQL

Continue Your PHP and MySQL Education

After you complete the Introduction to PHP and MySQL ed2go online course, you can continue your education with the Intermediate PHP and MySQL online course.


With your completion of either or both of the Introduction to PHP and MySQL or Intermediate PHP and My SQL classes, you will have gained very marketable PHP and MySQL web development skills.

Learn more about the Intermediate PHP and MySQL ed2go online course: