PHP for Absolute Beginners

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Course

Lecture 1: Introduction To The Course

Lecture 2: What Is PHP?

Lecture 3: What Is PHP Used For?

Chapter 2: Getting Started with PHP Programming

Lecture 1: Setting up a Web Server

Lecture 2: Commenting Code

Lecture 3: Echo/Print

Lecture 4: Variables

Lecture 5: If Statements

Lecture 6: Arithmetic Operators

Lecture 7: Comparison Operators

Lecture 8: Triple Equals

Lecture 9: Logical Operators

Lecture 10: Switch Statement

Lecture 11: Basic Arrays

Lecture 12: Multi-dimensional Arrays

Lecture 13: While Loop

Lecture 14: Do While Loop

Lecture 15: For Loops

Lecture 16: Foreach

Lecture 17: Functions

Lecture 18: $_GET

Lecture 19: $_POST

Lecture 20: Embedding PHP within HTML

Lecture 21: A better way to display HTML

Lecture 22: Arrays Part 1

Lecture 23: Arrays Pat 2

Lecture 24: Cookies Part 1

Lecture 25: Cookies Part 2

Lecture 26: Checkboxes

Lecture 27: Radio Buttons

Chapter 3: Exploring PHP Functions

Lecture 1: PHP Functions You Should Know Part 1

Lecture 2: PHP Functions You Should Know Part 2

Lecture 3: PHP Functions You Should Know Part 3

Lecture 4: String Functions Part 1

Lecture 5: String Functions Part 2

Lecture 6: Date and Time Part 1

Lecture 7: Date and Time Part 2

Chapter 4: Creating Dynamic Web Pages with PHP

Lecture 1: Part 1

Lecture 2: Part 2

Lecture 3: Part 3

Chapter 5: PHP Object Oriented Programming

Lecture 1: Classes, Methods and Properties

Lecture 2: Encapsulation

Lecture 3: Constructor Method

Lecture 4: Protecting Methods/Properties

Lecture 5: Extending a Class (Inheritance)

Lecture 6: Scope Resolution Operators

Lecture 7: Class Constants

Lecture 8: Static Properties and Methods

Chapter 6: PHP Object Oriented Programming Projects

Lecture 1: Calculator Application Example

Lecture 2: MySQL Database Example Part 1

Lecture 3: MySQL Database Example Part 2

Lecture 4: MySQL Database Example Part 3

Chapter 7: Common PHP Errors You Will Encounter

Lecture 1: Introduction to PHP Error Reporting

Lecture 2: Changing Maximum File Upload Size

Lecture 3: Access Denied

Lecture 4: Undefined Index

Lecture 5: Cannot Modify Header Information

Lecture 6: Supplied Argument Not a Valid MySQL Result

Lecture 7: Unexpected $end

Chapter 8: PHP Security

Lecture 1: File Includes

Lecture 2: File Uploading

Lecture 3: Null Byte

Lecture 4: Passing Variables

Lecture 5: Session Hijacking

Lecture 6: Cookies

Lecture 7: SQL Injection

Lecture 8: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Chapter 9: Intermediate and Advanced PHP Programming

Lecture 1: Sessions

Lecture 2: Using Single or Double Quotes

Lecture 3: Indenting Code

Lecture 4: Anonymous Functions

Lecture 5: Callbacks

Lecture 6: Ternary Operator

Lecture 7: Browser Identification

Lecture 8: Self Submitting Forms

Lecture 9: Include and Require

Lecture 10: Quickly Return True/False

Lecture 11: Tree Structures

Lecture 12: Explode: String to Array

Lecture 13: Implode: Array to String

Lecture 14: Array Dereferencing

Lecture 15: Creating Images with PHP

Chapter 10: Bonus Material

Lecture 1: Bonus Lecture