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Lesson 1: PHP & MySQL

Welcome to PHP Live!

Each day of the course, you will receive an email notifying you when the day’s lesson

has been posted. You will be directed to a page like this one with your assignment for

the day.

Let’s get started!

Today’s Tasks

Watch a video: Welcome to PHP Live1.

Download today’s code: day1code.zip (481B)2.

Read an article: Introducing PHP & MySQL

A brief discussion of how PHP and MySQL combine to enhance a standard web server

with extra capabilities that make building database-driven web sites possible.

3.

Read an article: Your Own Web Server

In addition to the web server that will host your site publicly, you also need your

own private web server to use in the development of your site.

4.

Watch a video: choose the one that is relevant to you, depending on whether you

are a Windows or Mac user.

Windows users: PHP & MySQL Windows Installation

5.

Lessons

Week 1Lesson 1: PHP & MySQL

Lesson 2: Your First Database

Lesson 3: Introducing PHP

Lesson 4: PHP Language

Lesson 5: Recorded Q&A

Week 2Lesson 6: Displaying MySQL Content

Lesson 7: Adding and Removing

Content with PHP

Lesson 8: Database Design: Multi-table

Queries

Lesson 9: Database Design: Complex

Relationships

Lesson 10: Recorded Q&A

Week 3Lesson 11: Structured PHP

Programming

Lesson 12: A Content Management

System (#1)

Lesson 13: A Content Management

System (#2)

Lesson 14: Sessions and Access

Control

Lesson 15: Recorded Q&A

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Mac users: PHP & MySQL Mac Installation

Watch in HD at YouTube

Read an article: Your First PHP Script

It would be unfair of me to help you install everything, but stop short of giving you a

taste of what a PHP script looks like until Day 3! So here’s a little morsel to whet

your appetite.

6.

Join a Discussion: Introduce Yourself!

Visit the private forum for this course and introduce yourself. Let us know:

where you’re from,

what mix of skills you currently have,

why learning PHP and MySQL is important to you, and

what you’re hoping to get out of this course.

7.

Join a Discussion: Your Tools of Choice

Do you have a favourite text editor that you’d recommend to your fellow students?

Curious what others in the course are using? Dive into the forum and get involved.

8.

That’s all for Lesson 1! Next up is Your First Database.

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I’ve completed this lesson.

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