PHP for Beginners 2023

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Download , install and setup Xampp

Lecture 3: Download , install and setup Brackets text editor

Lecture 4: How PHP works?

Lecture 5: Download course files

Chapter 2: Basics

Lecture 1: Syntax

Lecture 2: Comments

Lecture 3: Variables

Lecture 4: Constants

Lecture 5: Data types

Chapter 3: Math

Lecture 1: Arithmetic operations

Lecture 2: Increment and decrement operator

Lecture 3: Assignment with math operator

Lecture 4: Order of operation in math

Lecture 5: Number conversion

Lecture 6: Number checking functions

Lecture 7: Advanced number handling functions

Lecture 8: EXERCISE

Chapter 4: Strings

Lecture 1: Creating strings

Lecture 2: String concatenation

Lecture 3: Escaping string characters

Lecture 4: Accessing string characters

Lecture 5: String functions

Lecture 6: Multiline text

Lecture 7: String formatting

Lecture 8: EXERCISE

Chapter 5: Arrays

Lecture 1: Creating arrays

Lecture 2: Array functions

Lecture 3: String to array

Lecture 4: Array to string

Lecture 5: Array merge

Lecture 6: Array differences

Lecture 7: Associative arrays

Lecture 8: EXERCISE

Chapter 6: Operators

Lecture 1: Comparison operators

Lecture 2: Logical operators

Chapter 7: Conditionals

Lecture 1: If else elseif

Lecture 2: Ternary operator

Lecture 3: Switch

Lecture 4: Match

Lecture 5: EXERCISE

Chapter 8: Loops

Lecture 1: While loop

Lecture 2: Do while loop

Lecture 3: For loop

Lecture 4: Foreach loop

Lecture 5: EXERCISE

Chapter 9: Functions

Lecture 1: Defining and calling functions

Lecture 2: Arguments and parameters

Lecture 3: Optional Arguments

Lecture 4: Return

Lecture 5: Argument type hinting

Lecture 6: Splat operator (…)

Lecture 7: Variable scopes

Lecture 8: Anonymous functions

Lecture 9: Arrow functions

Lecture 10: EXERCISE

Chapter 10: Including files in PHP

Lecture 1: Include and require

Chapter 11: Getting user input

Lecture 1: Get method

Lecture 2: Post method

Lecture 3: Validation

Chapter 12: Databases

Lecture 1: Creating a database in phpmyadmin

Lecture 2: Establishing a connection with the database

Lecture 3: Create

Lecture 4: Read

Lecture 5: Update

Lecture 6: Delete

Lecture 7: Search

Chapter 13: Security

Lecture 1: Encryption

Lecture 2: SQL Injection

Lecture 3: XSS attacks

Lecture 4: EXERCISE

Chapter 14: Cookies and Sessions

Lecture 1: Cookies

Lecture 2: Sessions

Chapter 15: Object Oriented Programming (OOP)

Lecture 1: Defining a class

Lecture 2: Instantiation

Lecture 3: Constructor

Lecture 4: Getters and setters

Lecture 5: Static methods and properties

Lecture 6: Inheritance