PHP for Beginners

PHP for Beginners: Learn everything you need to start coding in PHP

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Last Updated: 2023-05-08 07:05:36 English Course Type: Self Learning

All fundamentals of the backend language to start developing web applications

Are you wanting to dive into Web development but you don’t know where to start? Perhaps you have tried many online PHP courses but you can’t seem to grasp the concepts.

Well i have good news for you! You’re in the right place at the right time because I’ve created this course with people like you in mind.

What are you going to learn?

This PHP course will teach you all the foundational skills you need to know to become a PHP developer. You will learn all the basics of PHP, you're going to be working with numbers,Strings,Arrays,Operators,Functions,Importing files,Getting user input, Interacting with the File System ,MYSQL Database etc.

So why learn a language like PHP?

This PHP language has stood the test of time and is still in demand in the job market.PHP is used by 78.9% of all websites with a known server-side programming language. It's being used by several global and well-established companies like Facebook, WordPress, Wikipedia, Etsy to mention but a few. So PHP is here to stay.

So what are you waiting for? The sooner you enroll, the faster you’ll realize your dreams.

Thank you for your considering this course!

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Section 1 : Getting started 5 Lectures 00:11:13
Lecture 1 :
Introduction Preview
Lecture 2 :
Downloading and installing xampp
Lecture 3 :
Downloading and installing a text editor
Lecture 4 :
How PHP works?
Lecture 5 :
Download course files
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Section 2 : PHP Basics 6 Lectures 00:33:45
Lecture 1 :
Syntax
Lecture 2 :
Comments
Lecture 3 :
Variables
Lecture 4 :
Constants
Lecture 5 :
Data types
Lecture 6 :
Exercise
Section 3 : Math 8 Lectures 00:16:25
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
Section 4 : Strings 8 Lectures 00:36:47
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
Section 5 : Arrays 8 Lectures 00:38:52
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
Section 6 : Operators 2 Lectures 00:15:43
Lecture 1 :
Comparison operators
Lecture 2 :
Logical operators
Section 7 : Conditionals 5 Lectures 00:26:56
Lecture 1 :
If else elseif
Lecture 2 :
Ternary operator
Lecture 3 :
Switch
Lecture 4 :
Match
Lecture 5 :
Exercise
Section 8 : Loops 5 Lectures 00:18:15
Lecture 1 :
While loop
Lecture 2 :
Do while loop
Lecture 3 :
For loop
Lecture 4 :
Foreach loop
Lecture 5 :
Exercise
Section 9 : Functions 10 Lectures 00:25:22
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
Section 10 : Importing files in PHP 2 Lectures 00:07:04
Lecture 1 :
include and require
Lecture 2 :
Exercise
Importing files
Section 11 : Getting user input 4 Lectures 00:25:59
Lecture 1 :
Get method
Lecture 2 :
Post method
Lecture 3 :
Validation
Lecture 4 :
Exercise
Getting user input
Section 12 : Databases 8 Lectures 00:52:22
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
Lecture 8 :
Exercise
MYSQL Databases
Section 13 : Security 4 Lectures 00:27:51
Lecture 1 :
Encryption
Lecture 2 :
SQL Injection
Lecture 3 :
XSS attacks
Lecture 4 :
Exercise
Section 14 : Cookies and sessions 3 Lectures 00:23:42
Lecture 1 :
Cookies
Lecture 2 :
Sessions
Lecture 3 :
Exercise
Cookies and sessions
Section 15 : Object oriented programming (OOP) 7 Lectures 00:45:31
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
Lecture 7 :
Exercise
OOP
Section 16 : File System 13 Lectures 00:35:10
Lecture 1 :
fwrite
Lecture 2 :
file put contents
Lecture 3 :
fread
Lecture 4 :
file get contents
Lecture 5 :
copy a file
Lecture 6 :
rename a file
Lecture 7 :
delete a file
Lecture 8 :
make a directory
Lecture 9 :
rename a directory
Lecture 10 :
Scan a directory
Lecture 11 :
Remove a directory
Lecture 12 :
Uploading files
Lecture 13 :
Exercise
File system

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Kevin Makumbe is a Systems Engineer/Web developer/Software developer/trainer and entrepreneur who holds a Computer Science degree. He has spent the last 14 years working with a number of high profile brands developing and implementing cutting edge technologies. Apart from teaching he enjoys spending part of his time with his family and watching the world’s most beautiful game-Soccer.