Courses

Beginner PHP

Course Description

This 10-day beginner PHP course is designed to introduce you to the fundamentals of PHP programming. Whether you have no prior programming experience or are transitioning from another language, this course will provide a solid foundation in PHP development. Through a combination of theory and hands-on exercises, you’ll learn key concepts, syntax, and best practices to start building dynamic web applications with PHP.

Course Plan

• Day 1: Introduction to PHP: Setting up the development environment, basic syntax, and variables.
• Day 2: Control Structures: Conditional statements and loops.
• Day 3: Functions and Parameters: Creating and using functions, passing parameters.
• Day 4: Arrays and Strings: Working with arrays, manipulating strings.
• Day 5: Form Handling: Processing user input with HTML forms and PHP.
• Day 6: File Handling: Reading from and writing to files with PHP.
• Day 7: Database Integration: Connecting to databases, executing queries.
• Day 8: Object-Oriented Programming (OOP): Introduction to OOP concepts in PHP.
• Day 9: Web Development Basics: Building dynamic web pages with PHP and HTML.
• Day 10: Project Development: Applying the learned concepts to develop a small PHP project.

Note: Each day will include a mix of theory, practical examples, and exercises to reinforce your understanding of PHP concepts.

Detailed Course Plan

• Day 1: Introduction to PHP: Setting up the development environment, basic syntax, and variables. Understanding the role of PHP in web development.
  • Introduction to PHP and its significance in web development.
  • Setting up a local development environment (e.g., XAMPP, WAMP, or MAMP) for PHP.
  • Exploring the basic syntax of PHP: statements, comments, and data types.
  • Understanding variables in PHP: declaration, assignment, and basic usage.
  • Hands-on exercises to practice writing PHP code and understanding variable usage.
  • Discussion on the role of PHP in web development and its interaction with HTML.
• Day 2: Control Structures: Conditional statements and loops.
  • Understanding control structures in PHP: if statements, else statements, and elseif statements.
  • Working with comparison and logical operators in conditional statements.
  • Introduction to loops: for loop, while loop, and foreach loop.
  • Hands-on exercises to apply control structures and loops in PHP code.
• Day 3: Functions and Parameters: Creating and using functions, passing parameters.
  • Exploring the concept of functions in PHP: declaration, calling, and return values.
  • Understanding function parameters and their types in PHP.
  • Working with built-in PHP functions and creating custom functions.
  • Hands-on exercises to practice creating and using functions in PHP.
• Day 4: Arrays and Strings: Working with arrays, manipulating strings.
  • Introduction to arrays: creating, accessing, and modifying array elements.
  • Exploring array functions and operations in PHP.
  • Manipulating strings in PHP: concatenation, substring, and string functions.
  • Hands-on exercises to work with arrays and manipulate strings in PHP.
• Day 5: Form Handling: Processing user input with HTML forms and PHP.
  • Understanding HTML forms and their role in collecting user input.
  • Handling form data using PHP: retrieving form values and processing them.
  • Implementing form validation and error handling techniques.
  • Hands-on exercises to practice form handling in PHP.
• Day 6: File Handling: Reading from and writing to files with PHP.
  • Working with files in PHP: opening, reading, writing, and closing files.
  • Understanding file permissions and error handling in file operations.
  • Manipulating file data using PHP functions.
  • Hands-on exercises to practice file handling in PHP.
• Day 7: Database Integration: Connecting to databases, executing queries.
  • Introduction to databases and their role in web development.
  • Connecting PHP with databases: establishing database connections.
  • Executing SQL queries using PHP and retrieving query results.
  • Handling database errors and performing basic CRUD operations.
  • Hands-on exercises to practice integrating PHP with databases.
• Day 8: Object-Oriented Programming (OOP): Introduction to OOP concepts in PHP.
  • Understanding the principles of object-oriented programming (OOP).
  • Introduction to classes, objects, properties, and methods in PHP.
  • Encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism in PHP OOP.
  • Hands-on exercises to practice OOP concepts in PHP.
• Day 9: Web Development Basics: Building dynamic web pages with PHP and HTML.
  • Integrating PHP with HTML: embedding PHP code in HTML files.
  • Creating dynamic web pages using PHP to generate HTML content.
  • Templating and code organization techniques for web development.
  • Hands-on exercises to build dynamic web pages with PHP and HTML.
• Day 10: Project Development: Applying the learned concepts to develop a small PHP project.
  • Applying the concepts and techniques learned throughout the course.
  • Collaborative development of a small-scale PHP project.
  • Project planning, implementation, and testing.
  • Finalizing the project and showcasing the result.

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