Building Web Applications in PHP

Michigan begins with the relationship between static pages and dynamic web content. HTML, CSS and a PHP-and-SQL environment precede language fundamentals and form handling. This course provides the first application-building stage of a larger PHP and database learning sequence.

What you will learn

• Explain how server-generated content reaches a browser.
• Write PHP functions and array operations.
• Process information submitted through an HTML form.

Who this suits

Learners moving into server-side web programming. Coursera marks the course intermediate.

Before you enroll

The provider leaves prerequisites unspecified. Preview the HTML and programming expectations, and follow current installation instructions for your operating system.

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Put it into practice

Create a form that submits to a PHP handler. Test missing and malformed input and explain which validation must happen on the server.

Source and review

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