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Let's practice some PHP to solidify your growing knowledge and make it stick.
It's okay to make multiple attempts before coming to a solution. That struggle to remember what you've learned , and apply it to the situation, is what causes the knowledge to take root.
Course: PHP Basics (Stage 4) PHP on the Web
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[MUSIC]
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Hey everyone Alana here.
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Practice is vital to becoming
a proficient developer.
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It solidifies what you learned,
causing it to stick in your memory.
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With deliberate practice
it becomes quicker and
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easier to solve the challenges
you'll face everyday.
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So let's practice some PHP.
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This practice session is intended
to follow the PHP basics course.
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If you haven't taken that course already,
or
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find this practice session too difficult,
then review the PHP basics course first.
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Check the notes associated with this
video for additional links and resources.
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Let's review the challenge.
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This challenge includes some
helper files for the HTML.
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Besides the index file,
there's a CSS file and
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two files we'll be
including into our page.
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The instructions file
contains the comments for
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each of the six steps required
to complete this challenge.
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You will not be adding anything
to the instructions file.
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Instead, you'll implement each step for
the index file.
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Step one, rename the index file so
that the PHP code will be executed.
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Step two, add a code block to
the top of the index file, and
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create a variable named $title.
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Set its value equal to
"Top 5 Learning Tips".
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Step three,
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replace the two instances of the text
title with your variable in such a way
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that in a web browser the values of that
variable will be displayed on the page.
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Step four, replace the text
include quotes by including
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the HTML file learning quotes
dot html from the inc folder.
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Step five,
replace the text include tips by including
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the html file learning tips
that html from the inc folder.
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Step six, use the built-in date function
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to replace the text
date with today's date.
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For this step,
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you can use the documentation to
figure out the specific formatting.
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You may choose any format you wish.
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I'll be using the full name of the month,
followed by a space and
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the two digit day, followed by a comma,
space, then the four digit year.
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Example, December 9th, 1906.
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At any point, you can
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preview the site in a browser by choosing
the eye in the top right hand corner.
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Remember, it's okay to make multiple
attempts before coming to a solution.
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That struggle to remember
what you've learned and
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apply it to the situation is what
causes the knowledge to take root.
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If you do get stuck I've included
additional resources in the notes
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associated with this video.
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Go ahead and give it a try and I'll
show you my solution in the next video.
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