Video Tutorials: PHP Basics
Note: I’m still updating the posts and videos, so you may find some broken links.
PHP is the first programming language I’ve learned, so I was happily surprised when I found that this stuff actually makes some sense! Taking it one day at a time, I learned the basics in just 15 days. (Well, it was about a month if you include the days I took off.)
On each day that I learned something, I made a video to share what I had just learned. I’m obviously no expert, so below each video I included all the links I learned from.
Anyway, here are those 15 videos. Enjoy!
- PHP Day 1: Getting Started
- Five and a half minutes long, this video covers what you need to get started, how to make a PHP file with Notepad, and the very basics of PHP syntax.
- PHP Day 2: Strings and Variables
- Five minutes on the basics of strings, variables, and using them together.
- PHP Day 3: Numbers and Operators
- A three-minute overview of how PHP uses numbers and operators.
- PHP Day 4: Functions
- Seven minutes on the basics of making functions, using functions, returning values, and reading function prototypes.
- PHP Day 5: Arrays
- A five-minute overview of arrays.
- PHP Day 6: Booleans, More Operators, and Conditional Statements
- Five minutes covering the basics of boolean values, comparison operators, logical operators, and conditional statements.
- PHP Day 7: Loops and More Operators
- Five and a half minutes. Covers the basics of loops, as well as a couple more operators.
- PHP Day 8: Including Files
- A three-minute introduction/overview of including PHP files in other PHP files.
- PHP Day 9: Using PHP with HTML Forms
- A five-minute video showing how I made my first functional HTML form.
- PHP Day 10: Security Issues with Superglobals and register_globals
- Six minutes exploring the security issues and differences between the superglobals
$_GET,$_POSTand$_REQUEST, as well as the problematic register_globals option. - PHP Day 11: Functions for Form Input Security
- Six minutes on magic quotes, security issues with HTML forms, and how to make forms safer with a few simple PHP functions.
- PHP Day 12: Basics of Regular Expressions
- An eight-minute intro to regular expressions. This video shows how you can use regular expressions to validate input from an HTML form.
- PHP Day 13: Date and Time Functions
- Two minutes on a few basic date and time functions.
- PHP Day 14: Cookies
- A four-minute introduction to cookies.
- PHP Day 15: Sessions
- Three and a half minutes. Just an introduction to sessions.
Now that I have a basic understanding of PHP, I’m learning how to use it with a MySQL database to make My First PHP/MySQL Project.
January 27th, 2007
Congrats on the new beginning! PHP is truly a beautiful language, and you will not be upset by the time invested in learning it.
I will surely visit here regularly to keep up with your progress, and wish you all the best along the way!
Take care, Liz, and keep the passion you have for learning. It’s a truly priceless commodity.
Jonathan Sampson
http://www.SampsonResume.com
January 28th, 2007
Thanks so much for the encouragement!
It really does help, especially for a procrastinator like me. Time to get to work!
April 9th, 2007
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May 30th, 2007
Great site. I am following along to learn PHP from you. You have a great voice for this. It really makes it a pleasure to learn. You should make a video about you in the About section.
May 30th, 2007
Thanks, Anonymous! I’m glad you’re finding them useful.
And that’s a good idea for the About page — I’ll have to do that sometime.
I still have a lot more to learn about PHP, but let me know if you have any questions; I’m happy to help if I can.
June 18th, 2007
nice “read”
im starting in php, (im still at the php basics video) and im finding this useful (altho i downloaded tons of video tutorials from p2p)
your voice is much better to the hear than those nerds narrating the video tuts:P I can almost draw a picture from who’s talking:P
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love ya B)
June 25th, 2007
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