PHP 7 - A Simple Guide to Database Connections with PHP PDO (Udemy.com)

PHP Data Objects syntax perfect tutorial for beginners working with XAMPP

Created by: Tony de Araujo

Produced in 2021

icon
What you will learn

  • UNDERSTAND what VANILLA PDO functions already do and stop using legacy code that is confusing you.
  • Gain a SOLID FOUNDATION to take other courses involving PHP and database connections.

icon
Quality Score

Content Quality
/
Video Quality
/
Qualified Instructor
/
Course Pace
/
Course Depth & Coverage
/

Overall Score : 100 / 100

icon
Course Description

Upon completion of this course you should be able to:
  1. Summarize the steps involved in using PHP to accomplish basic database queries.
  2. Have a solid foundation to take other courses involving PHP and database connections.
  • The purpose of this course is to empower you by preparing you to move forward in your web development studies.
Why PHP?
PHP is one of the most widely used open-source server-side scripting languages that exist today and it makes sense learning it the right way for two reasons: You can build more stuff quicker; the job market is widely open.
According to W3techs statistics, as of February 2019, PHP continues to outnumber other server-side technologies in their new-websites daily list. The other competitive language that comes close to PHP in new-websites is Ruby, but in overall, PHP is still the shiny star with a 79% of the web market , and that means that more maintenance jobs are available for new web developers looking for employment.
If you have taken other PDO (PHP Data Objects) courses and still feel as something is amiss, this course is for you.
  • You will feel safer when connecting to a database using this proven method.
  • Your code will be more readable and simpler to understand, but not simplistic.
  • You will reuse the simple code you'll master in this short course because it will make sense to you.
  • You will have a solid foundation of a battle-tested method to connect to a database.
  • After finishing this short course, you will grasp other project-building curriculum with ease because you will have a solid foundation.
  • Your PDO training starts here.
The course informs and teaches and that is great for reviewing concept as well.
How is this course different?
This course was written in 2019 using PHP 7.3, the latest PHP version heading toward PHP 7.4.
Have you ever gone back to a course a few days later and realized that you needed to start from the beginning because, the explanation to that session-code happened only once and so, you couldn't proceed without a full review?
That will not happen here; each section is independent from another.
Course features
  1. CURRENT: this tutorial was written and published on February 2019 and it will be updated again when it becomes necessary.
  2. PRACTICAL: although lectures are built sequentially each section is independent from another; code does not carry over. This frees you from having to start over each time you take a break.
  3. REUSABLE: topic independence gives you the opportunity to pick up any section on its own for a later review.
  4. METHODICAL: the course material starts from scratch (assuming you already know basic PHP syntax). You will feel empowered.
  5. DYNAMIC: supplementary news will be added at the end to keep you informed and updated.
Add it to your reference collection.
Subscribe today, even if you want to start at a later date.

Who this course is for:
  • Students of other PHP courses who may still want further explanation on using PDO
  • Beginner PHP developers with some previous knowledge of syntax
  • Intermediate web developers wanting to learn more about the PHP 7 PDO class
  • Database SQL users who want to learn how to connect by using modern PHP techniques
  • Researchers who are interested in PHP database connectivity
  • Anyone who wants to know how to connect a MYSQL database to HTML

icon
Instructor Details

placeholder

Name: Tony de Araujo
Occupation: Technical trainer and writer. Published author on Amazon. Research, development, and engineering. Retired executive enjoying life and giving back to the IT community.
Experience: Corporate IT trainer for over a decade, executive position in New York for 22 years leading a computer tech company, web development, general programming since the 80's, electronics engineering, rescue diver, musician, lifetime student.
Special interests: I'm mostly interested on the effects of information overload. IO refers to the difficulty a person may have comprehending an issue and even making decisions due to too much data, too fast.
It's important to become an intelligent consumer of information by eliminating, filtering out, or blocking any irrelevant data. To achieve this, we need guidance from someone who has already walked the path.
Learners create (rather than receive) knowledge:
Learning is not simply a process of absorbing information from others. Rather, it is a process of making (actively and intentionally constructing) knowledge and understandings.
Pedagogic research is a form of self-study, or action research, involving critical reflection (and reflexivity) on current study practices. Pedagogic research gives way to new knowledge. It encourages investigating learning, including what works and what does not.
If y

icon
More php courses

Ultimate PHP, CSS And SASS: Enhance Your JavaScript Skills!

$11.99

Create a High End Social Network Twitter Clone In PHP, MySQL

$11.99

The Complete 2021 PHP Full Stack Web Developer Bootcamp

$11.99

Make a Google search engine clone: JavaScript PHP and MySQL

$11.99

Write PHP Like a Pro: Build a PHP MVC Framework From Scratch

$11.99

Make a YouTube Clone from Scratch: JavaScript PHP and MySQL

$11.99

icon
Reviews

5.0

10 total reviews

5 star 4 star 3 star 2 star 1 star
% Complete
% Complete
% Complete
% Complete
% Complete

By Michael Zehnder

Für den Einstieg nicht schlecht.

By Craig D Murray, SPHR

A solid, plain English look at PDO and its uses.

By Tom Pintaric

Tony is amazing at slowly explaining all the terminology that I otherwise couldn't get from the vastness of web articles about PHP and PDO prepared statements. Much appreciated for this :)

By Gert Graf

I finally moved to PHP7 and had to use DBO. This course made it easy to move from mysql_connect etc to DBO.

Thanks.

By Darko Dimitrioski

it's a good course, everything is a well explained!

By Laura Long

Very informative. Was looking for a quick overview and that is just what this is... very easy to follow along.

By Agostino

Very good course: the teacher goes slow and calm and explains well the steps. I advice this course to who wants to put the basis in using PDO.

By Almir Loiola Bindo

Easy to understand, he uses a very clear and simple language, helping to learn faster. Excellent course.

By Troy Bounds

A very good intro and overview of how to use php PDO features.

By Gary Fitzwater

Very clear instruction and detailed. You can be assured this course is NOT one of those where the tutor simply types code and you follow along in parrot-fashion. This tutor explains the concepts and 'clearly' shows you the PDO code to implement and what it all means.

The audio is very clear with good English pronunciation. There are onscreen tips and help as you go along with the course. Code is broken down so you understand what you are typing. Well deserves 5 stars.