Search

Courses

Web Design - Introduction to PHP/MySQL

Course code: FC0424-11B

Course category: Part-time

End Qualification: College Certificate of Completion

Starting and ending month: January to March

Days of the week: Thursday

Course duration: 10 weeks

Time of day: Evening

Course location: City College Brighton and Hove, Pelham Street

Course aims:
This course will help you to develop your web design and programming skills by giving you a grounding in the web language PHP.

PHP is a server side scripting language developed by the Open Source Community to produce applications such as online shopping carts where websites are subject to constant changes.

Many commercial web sites use PHP and this course will develop your skills in PHP programming and demonstrate how PHP can be used to interact with a backend database such as MySql.

You will need to have a USB memory device onto which you will be shown how to install an HTTP server and MySQL database server. a device with 500MB free space will be adequate.

Course content:

The interaction between a User Agent (e.g. Browser) and Web Server
Client Side versus Server Side scripting
PHP language Syntax and Constructs
PHP in use: Uploading PHP files to a server
PHP in use: Connecting to a remote MySQL server using typical administrative tools

Facilities for students:
You will learn in a well equipped workshop using networked Windows PCs. You will be able to interact with our Web Based learning tool (Moodle) and have access to an Internet accessible storage.

Awarding Body: City College

Interview for entry: Interview required

Pre-entry preparation:
There are many opportunities for skilled web designers and programmers to work either on a freelance basis or for a company

Completion of our Introduction to HTML/CSS/Javascript or confidence in HTML with some programming experience

Costs of your Course:
There are five parts to the cost of your course:

Tuition Fees
College registration
Awarding Body registration
Resource Fee
Exam / Assessment Fees

Tuition fees

How much will the Tuition Fees cost?

Below are the fees for this course.

Home/EU students tuition fees (per year): £300

Financial assistance information.

Part-time course fee guide.

How to apply for part-time courses.

City College Brighton - Part-time course - Web Design - Introduction to PHP/MySQL

Disclaimer:
Although the information given is believed to be correct at the time of publication, it does not form any part of a contract between City College Brighton and Hove and the student. Courses may be subject to change.

Timetables are subject to change and you should check with your tutor prior to enrolment for the details of your timetable.