Processing Data Sources in PHP

Processing Data Sources in PHP

1h 29mIntermediate2022-07-28

Authors

Joe Casabona

Joe Casabona

Course Developer, Founder of Creator Courses

Course details

PHP is used on approximately 80% of all websites, and it’s a powerful programming language on its own. But its real power comes from the ability to retrieve and process data. In this course, Joe Casabona explains how PHP’s powerful feature set makes it the perfect language to work with virtually any data source. Joe shows you how to use PHP to read from, and write to, various data sources, from flat files to databases to robust web services. If you’re interested in learning how to build a web application using just about any data source available to you, join Joe in the course to see how PHP can help you do just that.

Skills covered

Data EngineeringProgramming LanguagesData ScienceSoftware DevelopmentOne-Off

Concepts

Introduction

  • What are data sources
  • What you should know
  • Other helpful courses

Types of Data Sources

  • Reading from flat files
  • What is an API
  • REST, JSON, and other common terms
  • Parsing RSS feeds
  • Databases
  • Web services
  • Reading basically any file

Reading from One-Way Sources

  • How to read from a file
  • Getting data from an open API
  • Getting data from a protected API
  • Reading a RSS feed
  • A note about cURL
  • Challenge - Build a random image generator
  • Solution - Build a random image generator

Working with Databases

  • Types of databases supported by PHP
  • A quick tour of the database
  • Connecting to MySQL
  • Writing to a MySQL database
  • Challenge - Write a web form to submit to a database
  • Solution - Write a web form to submit to a database

Conclusion

  • Next steps
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