Overview
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Improve your PHP skills with these easy projects. Learn how to build a calculator in PHP to convert measurements (length, area, speed, temperature, etc.) between different units.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- How to use the exercise files
- Project setup
- Introducing length measures
- Convert to metric length
- Add additional units
- Convert from metric length
- Convert between any length units
- Introducing area measures
- Challenge: Convert to and from metric area
- Solution: Convert to and from metric area
- Refactor length conversions
- Refactor area conversions
- Introducing volume measures
- Generate options dynamically
- Challenge: Convert to and from metric volume
- Solution: Convert to and from metric volume
- Introducing mass measures
- Challenge: Convert to and from metric mass
- Solution: Convert to and from metric mass
- Format scientific notation
- Improve float formatting
- Introducing speed measures
- Convert to and from metric speed
- Add support for knots
- Introducing temperature measures
- Convert to and from metric temperature
- Next steps
