Understand the difference between LAMP, WAMP, and MAMP

Successfully install a version of LAMP, WAMP, or MAMP

Search the Internet for troubleshooting problems

Explain the difference between a programming language and a scripting language

Create an error-free simple PHP program

Give examples of platforms or containers that can host PHP programs

Create a simple, dynamic web application using PHP

Explain three-tier design and determine what is contained in each tier

Design a three-tier application

Explain each step of the program development life cycle (PDLC)

Define and explain MVC and dependency injection

Create a simple, error-free PHP program

Understand the use and value of conditional statements

Understand the use and value of for, while, and foreach loops

Understand the use and value of functions

Understand the use and value of arrays

Create an error-free, simple objected-oriented (OO) modular PHP program

Create a PHP class and make an instance of the class (object)

Create an OO PHP encapsulated program, including get and set methods

Create PHP methods (functions) that accept parameters and return information

Create PHP public and private properties (variables)

Import existing PHP code from another file or library into a program

Validate information received using ternary (conditional) operators

Explain why user input must be validated in the interface and business rules tiers

Explain why user input must be filtered in the business rules tier

Use HTML5 code to validate user input

Use JavaScript code to validate user input

Use PHP if statements (conditional statements) to validate and filter input

Use the foreach loops to dynamically create an HTML select box from an XML file

Use simple arrays for filtering and validation

Pass simple arrays into methods (functions)

Understand how to use dependency injection to control code version changes

Explain the difference between errors and exceptions

Create a PHP program that can handle general exceptions

Create a PHP program that can create, raise, and handle user exceptions

Explain and use a switch and/or embedded if/else statement

Create a PHP program that uses the while loop and/or the for loop

Create a program that reads/updates a text file using a two-dimensional array

Create a PHP program that logs exceptions and emails support personnel

Create a data class that inserts, updates, and deletes XML or JSON data

Explain how to create a data class that updates MySQL Data using a SQL Script

Create a PHP program that creates a change backup log

Create a PHP program that can recover data from a previous backup

Apply changes to create up-to-date valid information

Use dependency injection to attach a data class to another class in the BR tier

Create a three-tier PHP application

Define sessions and explain how they are used for authentication

Create a PHP program that authenticates user logon

Create a PHP program that registers users

Create a PHP program that will allow users to change their passwords

Create a PHP program that logs invalid login attempts

Create a complete PHP application that deletes, updates, and inserts data

Create a professional look to a completed application using CSS

Use JavaScript to accept and manipulate data from another program

Secure all programs within an application requiring user IDs/passwords

Populate HTML objects with values from a JSON object