Processing Data Sources in PHP

Learn how to use PHP to work with virtually any data source.

Introduction

• What are data sources?
• What you should know
• Other helpful courses

1. Types of Data Sources

• Reading from flat files
• What is an API?
• REST, JSON, and other common terms
• Parsing RSS feeds
• Databases
• Web services
• Reading basically any file

2. Reading from One-Way Sources

• How to read from a file
• Getting data from an open API
• Getting data from a protected API
• Reading a RSS feed
• A note about cURL
• Challenge: Build a random image generator
• Solution: Build a random image generator

3. Working with Databases

• Types of databases supported by PHP
• A quick tour of the database
• Connecting to MySQL
• Writing to a MySQL database
• Challenge: Write a web form to submit to a database
• Solution: Write a web form to submit to a database

Conclusion

• Next steps