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Learning PHP, Part 1: Register for an account, upload files for approval, and view and download approved files

Nicholas Chase, Web Developer, Author, Consultant
Nicholas Chase has been involved in Web-site development for companies such as Lucent Technologies, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He has been a high school physics teacher, a low-level-radioactive waste facility manager, an online science fiction magazine editor, a multimedia engineer, an Oracle instructor, and the chief technology officer of an interactive communications company. He is the author of several books, including XML Primer Plus (Sams 2002).
Tyler Anderson (tyleranderson5@yahoo.com), Engineer, Stexar Corp.
Tyler Anderson has graduated with a degree in computer science in 2004 and a Master of Science degree in computer engineering in December, 2005, both from Brigham Young University. Tyler is currently a freelance writer and developer for Backstop Media.

Summary:  This tutorial is Part 1 of a three-part "Learning PHP" series teaching you how to use PHP through building a simple workflow application. This tutorial walks you through creating a basic PHP page using HTML forms and covers accessing databases.

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Date:  14 Jun 2005
Level:  Intermediate
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In this tutorial, you began the process of building a Web-based application using PHP. You looked at the basic syntax of a PHP script, using it to build a page that accepts input from an HTML form. In processing the form, you reviewed basic structures, such as variables, if-then statements, and loops. You also examined numeric and associative arrays, and how to access their data. You then moved on to looking at and moving data into and out of a MySQL database by creating a SQL statement and executing it, then working with the arrays that represent each row of data. Finally, you looked at using include files.

The purpose of this series of tutorials is to teach you how to use PHP through building a workflow application. Here in Part 1, you began the process by enabling users to sign up for a new account, which you then stored in a database. Subsequent parts of this series explore HTTP password protection and other important issues that will help you on your path to becoming a PHP developer.

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