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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Building Database Applications in PHP by University of Michigan

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About the Course

In this course, we'll look at the object oriented patterns available in PHP. You'll learn how to connect to a MySQL using the Portable Data Objects (PDO) library and issue SQL commands in the the PHP language. We'll also look at how PHP uses cookies and manages session data. You'll learn how PHP avoids double posting data, how flash messages are implemented, and how to use a session to log in users in web applications. We'll then build the first 'complete' application that has multiple screens to Create, Read, Update and Delete (CRUD) our data. This brings all the previous concepts together and will form the basis for all later web applications. It is assumed that learners have already taken the Building Web Applications course in this specialization....

Top reviews

AA

Jun 29, 2018

Awesome course, I think anyone who wants to do web app stuff should try this. Although it would a little difficult to go through the autograder, but believe me, It's worth it. Dedication is the key.

T

Nov 27, 2020

The course was very instructive, all the details were explained two or three times in a single video and the course instructor was very charismatic and fun to listen to! Thanks for the course!

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By Harotioun K O

Nov 7, 2020

cool

By Manal D y

Jul 31, 2020

good

By Harshdeep S

Nov 7, 2020

GUD

By João B A D S

Sep 11, 2021

Muito bom mesmo. Só faltaram maisdetalhes de como trabalhar com a ferramenta de valiação. Eu só fui aprender que poderia submeter varias vezes a aplicação pra teste na mesma avaliação após orientação da equipe da coursera. Na minha opinião acredito que faltam mais detalhes e, de preferencia, com opções para tradução no idioma do aluno. Poderia ser até um vídeo do proprio professor so explicando os detalhes de como usar a ferramenta. parabens para o coursera, a Universidade De Michigan e ao professor Charles. Exelente curso

By Nguyễn T D

Jan 17, 2023

This is good theory and have practise/ quiz for learning. If you are beginner, it's perfect. However, it covers CRUD, login/out and some problems but seems not enough. My advice is after this course you must do a project ( website, blog) for yourself. This course miss realistic example about mvc, oop apllying to project. Sorry for my bad english

By Ivo S

Jul 11, 2023

An older php version, currently is php8, in the course is php5. With PDO is a good to use mysql and it provides a security for e.g aginst injection attacks. But I urge to make also those courses where laravel, codeigniter and other frameworks are taught. Only current courses are less for employers.

By Daniele P

Mar 3, 2024

This course gave me a different pint of view about many things i knew. I also learnt something new, even if i was using it from libraries or frameworks. The only thing i would have liked is the usage of PHP 8. PHP 7 is old now. But it's fine, since most of the things are still true.

By Nathan S

Dec 10, 2017

Very interesting course and well explained. Assignments can be tough at times and can require you to look things up yourself rather than depending on the lectures alone. Be prepared to put some work in if you haven't done this before

By TATENDA Y G

Sep 8, 2018

Not yet completed. Goodwill because of the instructor. Now [9 Sep 2018, 0259 +2GMT] just added another star to the course because of what I deem to be excellent lecturers

By Jalitha I D

Jan 16, 2021

The course is good. There is a lot to learn for a beginner. But sometimes it was boring because all of the details were explained two or three times.

By Sharath

May 2, 2020

The Quality Of The Lectures was great. The Course Gave Information about proper techniques in sql manipulation and to prevent sql injections

By Aznan k

Jul 4, 2020

It was a great course my only suggestion would be a better instructor support was necessary which was not available.

By Wei Y C

Dec 6, 2017

Everything is fine except peer review.... its really time consuming to wait for others to grade

By Enoch P

Mar 31, 2018

Very introductory, but a great way to get started in SQL if you're already familiar with PHP.

By Nikos A

Jul 20, 2021

Really good course, kind of hard but the instructor was excellent.

By Manuel J D

Sep 4, 2023

More difficult, I will watched againg for sure.

By Zeeshan A K

Sep 11, 2019

Not good for someone having no PHP background.

By Jc.prabhu s

Nov 21, 2020

Nice and excellent training

By Manav J

Mar 23, 2018

Great Course for starters

By Tom V

Apr 2, 2019

Very good course!

By Wenslaus K

Aug 1, 2021

Love is so much

By Vasani K d

Oct 28, 2020

nice course

By Alexander B

Jan 27, 2021

Charles is great and the course is too! Sometimes I feel that we're not being challenged enough; the code for the assignments is basically handed to us.

But the thing that really takes points off this course is the AUTOGRADER. Please to the kind staff, make that thing slightly smarter, at least not case-sensitive or, at the very least, be EXTREMELY specific about the names that the forms and so need to be called.

There are, at times, a few annoying discrepancies between the assignment descriptions and the actual assignment for the AUTOGRADER. The assignment descriptions are at times lacking in clarity (not code wise because that is easy enough if you pay attention to the lectures) and could use a re-write.

By Matt O

Feb 20, 2020

Good course. Don't do much with cookies after a lot of time spent discussing them. The project descriptions are not fantastically written and often unclear. With most assignments I spent the majority of the time addressing the foibles of the auto grader (e.g. Log in v. Log In) or rewinding big chunks of work due to the assignment description.

However, Dr. Chuck is a passionate, energetic, and easy going instructor. This in infectious and you really do develop a working bond with him through the courses. Left me with a good foundation on PHP for sure.

By Michael J

Apr 28, 2019

The assignments were very difficult and required a lot of outside resources to be used. If I had a question specific to an assignment I couldn't ask it in the discussion forums because no code is allowed in there. It took me probably 2 or 3 times longer than it should have been to completed this course.

On a positive note, Dr. Chuck is a great and passionate teacher.