PHP Essentials for Beginners: Build Real Web Projects

Master get and post requests in PHP, including URL parameters versus HTTP request bodies, and handling them with $_GET and $_POST in practical forms.

Master server-side form validation in PHP by checking empty fields, validating emails, and ensuring numeric ages. Sanitize inputs with a test_input function to prevent spam and malicious data.

Master PHP form validation by showing inline errors, validating name with letters and spaces, and using filter_var for email and age, plus input sanitization for safe data.

Learn how to sanitize and validate user input using PHP built-in functions, implement secure input handling to prevent XSS and SQL injection, and apply server-side validation for safety.

Learn to read and write files in PHP using fopen and file modes (r, w, a, r+, w+), including logging data and processing uploads.

Learn to upload files with PHP by building a practical upload form, handling the files array, and moving uploaded files to an uploads folder using multipart form data.

Understand that a database is an organized collection of data, easily accessible and updated. Connect with PHP to store and retrieve data, such as user details or blog posts.

Learn the fundamentals of SQL to create and modify relational databases, perform create, read, update, and delete operations, and practice basic syntax with phpMyAdmin in MySQL and PostgreSQL.

Learn how to connect your PHP scripts to a MySQL database using the MySQL extension. It enables websites to read, store, and manage data such as users, posts, or transactions.

Explore CRUD in PHP with MySQL by creating and managing a users table. Master inserting and reading data with PHP and SQL.

Master updating and deleting records in PHP and MySQL by building real-world CRUD actions, including updating a user's name and deleting records.

Discover how PHP uses sessions and cookies to maintain user state across pages, with server-stored sessions and browser-stored cookies for authentication, preferences, and cart data.

Create a secure PHP and MySQL authentication system with registration and login pages, hashed passwords, session management, and a users table in a dedicated database.

Build a functional login system with an HTML form and a PHP backend. Use prepared statements, session management, and password verification to authenticate users and handle errors.

Learn how to securely log users out in a PHP app by destroying the session and redirecting to login, using a protected dashboard and session checks.

Plan and outline a custom PHP and MySQL CMS, detailing features like an admin dashboard, user authentication with login/logout, posts and category management, email uploads, and a public blog display.

Create and wire up an admin panel for a PHP CMS, including dashboard, posts, categories, and logout functionality, with a bootstrap-based layout and included db and header/footer components.

Create new blog posts in PHP by submitting a form in the admin area, inserting title and content into the posts table, and viewing the post on the posts page.

Retrieve the post by its ID, pre-fill an edit form with its title and contents, then update the post with a prepared statement binding title, contents, and ID, and redirect.