Tutorial on PHP
Commands
php -h - Brings up all the commands you have available
Runs index.php
php -S localhost:8888 - -S Runs with build in webserver
Lambda Functions
Super Global _SERVER
In order to connect to mySql need to create a new instance of the PDO class (PHP DATA OBECJTS)
new PDO(dsn)
dsn = data source name - connection string that delcares your connections to the data base port, host
Interesting PHP helpers
PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC
http_build_query - concats the object keys into string, used to form a dsn