DAY 1

1. We begin the class with a general introduction to the server-side world, by addressing the following questions:

· What is the difference between a dynamic and static site?
· How do dynamic sites work?
· What is a server-side language?
· Why use PHP over the other server-side languages? (Which language is the best?)

2. Installing, starting and testing the Apache Server

3. Installing PHP

4. Testing PHP using Dreamweaver MX
Now we set up Dreamweaver MX so that we can test our PHP pages from within Dreamweaver (rather than just running our PHP files from outside). So we will Define our Server Model inside Dreamweaver MX

5. Introduction to PHP
· Creating comments
· Understanding and creating variables
· Using include files
· Using forms with PHP
· Processing forms with multiple options
· Conditional statements
· “Looping” with PHP
· While loops
· Do…while loops
· For loops
· Arrays
· Cookies

DAY 2

1. More with Dreamweaver MX
Using Dreamweaver MX snippets to include your PHP code
Using Dreamweaver MX and PHP to create:
· A guest book
· Create a Login system

2. Installing, configuring and running MySQL
· Using the MySQL monitor
· Testing MySQL
· Create a database using the command prompt
· Granting user rights using the command prompt

3. Installing and configuring phpMyAdmin
· Creating tables for your database in phpMyAdmin

4. Configuring DMX to use MySQL
· Testing your database connection inside Dreamweaver MX
· Creating a form to hold our data
· Building a recordset
· Displaying our information
· Testing the completed application

5. Putting it all together – using PHP, Apache, phpMyAdmin, MySQL, and Dreamweaver MX together
· Working with PHP sessions
· Building a Registration / Login application
· Build the form
· Validating your form
· Inserting information into the database
· Security issues
· Solving multiple usernames
· Encrypting our passwords
· Testing the form
· Creating a Login Form
· Protecting our secret pages
· Allowing a user to logout
· Testing our application

DAY 3

Class Project:

The Internet is overflowing with static sites. Probably one of the reasons you are taking this class is to elevate your site to the status of truly dynamic. We have learned about Apache, PHP, MySQL, and phpMyAdmin, and now it’s time to put it all together. Visit http://www.photodisc.com. This is a site that sells digital photos. We will create something similar by creating a modular page layout with a dynamic image viewer that will store names, costs, descriptions, paths to the downloadable files, and the dimensions of the images in a database, and allow users to download and pay for the images using PayPal. In addition we will be using a combination of XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript, to make our code both efficient and effective.