Introduction to PHP

• What is PHP?
• Supported Platforms and Web Servers
• Installation and Configuration

PHP Fundamentals

• PHP Mechanics
• Variables, Operators, Statements, Arrays, and Functions

String Manipulation and File Input/Output

• String Functions
• Regular Expressions and Pattern Matching
• Regular Expression Functions
• File Input and Output

PHP and Databases

• Relational Databases
• Primary Keys and Foreign Keys
• Structured Query Language (SQL)
• Cursors and ResultSets
• Stored Procedures
• MySQL and PHP
• The PHP Application
• PHP and Other Databases

Debugging PHP and PHP Security

• Steps for Debugging Code
• Preventing Errors
• Remote Debugging
• PHP Security Issues
• Writing Secure PHP Applications

Active Server Pages

• ASP Mechanics
• What Are ASP Applications?
• Virtual Directories and ASP Applications
• ASP Delimiters
• Global.asa – Starting a Web Application

Using VBScript

• Differences Between VBScript and JavaScript
• Declaring Variables with VBScript
• Program Flow

ASP Intrinsic Objects

• Scripting Context, Server, Application, Session, Request, and Response Objects

ASP Default Components

• Using Components
• Global Components
• ASP Default Components

ActiveX Data Objects

• Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) and OLE DB
• ActiveX Data Objects
• Registering Data Source Names (DSN)
• Visual InterDev

Error Handling and Debugging ASP Applications

• Debugging ASP Applications
• Handling Errors
• The Err Object
• Logging Errors
• Script Debugger

Project Management in Application Development

• Project Management Fundamentals
• Source and Revision Control
• Coding Standards
• Code Optimization
• Test Assessment Plans

Data Integrity and Security Issues

• Data Design Fundamentals
• Database Security Issues
• User Authorization
• Goals for Security
• Encryption
• Symmetric, Asymmetric, and One-Way Algorithms
• Protocols