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CMSC389P Introduction to PHP, MySQL and Apache
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Course Schedule

This schedule is tentative and subject to change. The readings are from the recommended course textbook. Keep in mind that the slides may not include all the material discussed in lecture. You are responsible for any material we present in lecture, even if it does not appear in the posted slides. We also include the code examples presented in class.

Jim Henson Photo Jim Henson (University of Maryland College Park Alumnus)

CMSC 389P Schedule (Subject to Change)
    Week     Topics Slides/Code Work
cmsc389P Schedule
Week #1
(Jan 3)
Server-Side Scripting vs. Client-Side Scripting, Apache/PHP Installation,, HTML, HTML Forms, PHP/HTML Mode, PHP Fundamentals (variables, types, operators, conditionals, Array Intro), GET vs. POST, String Functions, Loops, User-Defined functions, Passing by Value, Passing by reference, Variable Scope, Default Arguments, Arrays, Recursion, include statements, heredoc, Files, Directories, Self-referencing scripts, construct, Date and Time, Hidden Fields, PHP/Apache configuration options Lect1IntroHTML.pdf
Lect1IntroHTMLCode.zip Lect2Fundamentals.pdf
Lect2FundamentalsCode.zip Lect3ArraysForms.pdf Lect3ArraysFormsCode.zip Lect4HeredocSelfRefFiles.pdf Lect4HeredocSelfRefFilesCode.zip Lect5FileUploadFunctions.pdf Lect5FileUploadFunctionsCode.zip
Project #1 Out (Thu Jan 6)
Week #2
(Jan 10)
Cookies and Sessions, Processing Mail, Relational Databases Overview, MySQL Installation, MySQL Commands, MySQL access via PHP, MySQL Joins, PHP Object Model, Serialization Encryption, PEAR, PECL, Security Lect6ConfSessions.pdf Lect6ConfSessionsCode.zip Lect7MailMySQL.pdf Lect7MailMySQLCode.zip Lect8MySQL.pdf Lect9MySQLMisc.pdf Lect9MySQLMiscCode.zip Lect10OOSupportSecurity.pdf Lect10OOSupportSecurityCode.zip Project #2 Out (Tue Jan 11)

Project #1 Due (Wed Jan 12)

Project #3 Out (Thu Jan 13)

Week #3
(Jan 17)
Security, HTTPS, LDAP, MySQL Options, Advanced Array Functions, Variable Function Names, Mathematical Functions, Client-Side Programming (JavaScript) and PHP, AJAX Overview Lect11SSLMySQL.pdf Lect11SSLMySQLCode.zip Lect12JavaScript.pdf Lect12JavaScriptCode.zip Lect13Ajax.pdf Lect13AjaxCode.zip Project #2 Due (Tue Jan 18)
Project #3 Due (Thu Jan 20)

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