Here is a growing list of PHP/MySQL and Apache lesson exercises that I will post as I complete. I will be using this method to display my progress as I teach myself the PHP programming language, as well as the workings of MySQL database and Apache Web server. These open-source tools are arguably the most popular ones for developing dynamic Web sites. My students, colleagues or anyone else interested in learning about these tools are invited to follow along and perhaps learn a thing or two from these examples.

The two books I will be using to learn are:

1. PHP, Your Visual Blueprint for Creating Open Source, Server-Side Content
2. PHP And MySQL For Dynamic Web Sites, Second Edition

From PHP, Your Visual Blueprint for Creating Open Source, Server-Side Content — Chapter 2, Language Basics:

• Insert PHP Code into A Web Page
• Add a Comment to a PHP Page
• Create a Numeric Variable
• Create a String Variable
• Create a Constant
• Introduction to Operators
• Perform a Numeric Calculation
• Using the if Statement
• Using the for Statement
• Using the while Statement
• Using the switch Statement
• Create an Array
• Work with Arrays
• Using a Function
• Return a Value from a Function

Last modified: March 9, 2008
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