Building Web Applications in PHP in University of Michigan

Introduction to Dynamic Web Content

We look at the basic structure of a web application and how a web browser interacts with a web server. We explore the Request-Response Cycle that is the basis of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).

HyperText Markup Language (HTML)

We briefly cover the basics of the HyperText Markup Language (HTML) that is the markup for web pages. We hope that you already have some expertise in HTML and that this is mostly review.

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

We briefly cover the basics of cascading Style Sheets (CSS) that allow us to style the markup for web pages.

Installing PHP and SQL

Our first technical task is to work through the installation steps including installing a text editor, installing MAMP or XAMPP (or equivalent), creating a MySql Database, and writing a PHP program.

Introduction to PHP

We begin learning PHP.

PHP Arrays

We look at unique aspects of arrays in the PHP language.

PHP Functions

We look at unique aspects of functions in PHP.

PHP and HTML Forms

We look at how HTML forms are created and processed in the PHP language.