
Learn PHP foundations and project development for beginners and intermediate developers, mastering forms, data handling, date-time operations, and bootstrap-powered interfaces while building practical CRUD projects and emailing capabilities.
Install the XAMPP server and Sublime Text to begin your PHP project, configure Apache and MySQL, and verify by opening localhost.
Create a PSP project folder and save an index.psp file, then write a simple PSP script wrapped in tags. Run on localhost to view a welcome message and remember semicolons.
Explore how PHP variables store information, declared with a leading dollar sign and descriptive names, then assign and print strings, numbers, or booleans. Use meaningful names and underscores for readability.
Compare echo and print in PHP, noting that echo can output multiple parameters and print outputs a single expression, both usable with or without brackets.
Master PHP, if, elseif, and else statements by building simple conditionals with variables, comparing values, and selecting code paths based on true or false conditions.
Learn how to use the switch statement in PHP to handle multiple cases with break and a default, and compare it to if-else logic.
Learn how the while loop in PHP drives iteration from 1 to 10 by initializing a counter, checking the condition, and incrementing the counter each cycle.
Learn how the for loop in PHP uses initialization, condition, and increment to iterate ten times and print numbers from 0 to 9.
Learn how to define PHP arrays with square brackets or the array() syntax, access zero-based indices, and print items such as apple, ball, and cat using a while loop.
Learn why functions simplify PHP code, enable reuse across files, and improve readability by isolating logic. Define functions with parameters and call them for tasks like adding numbers.
Learn how to build a simple PHP form, submit data with the post method, handle user input with $_POST, and save data to a database.
Learn how to retrieve data with the get method in php using $_GET, access id parameters from the url, and display results in the web browser while handling undefined indexes.
Learn to validate a php form with the empty function by checking the title field, show an error when the title is empty, and display a success message on submission.
Learn how to use PHP's date function to display the current date and time, format the output, and adjust time zones for different locales.
Learn how to validate a form in project 1 by using required fields, checking first name, last name, and email, and displaying the submitted information when all fields are filled.
Learn to insert data into a database with sql insert into, create a book table with auto-incrementing id, title, and description, and explore updating, deleting, and selecting records.
Learn how to update data in a SQL table using update statements, set a new title where id = 1, and verify the changes in the book table.
Learn to delete data from a database using a SQL query, such as delete from table where id = 1, and verify records are removed, with a note on update.
Learn bootstrap basics by building a container-based layout with cards and headers, and add forms with inputs and buttons. Explore form groups and button variants such as primary and success.
Define and connect a PHP project to a database by creating a bootstrap setup, a connection script, and an index file that includes the database and header components.
Create a phpmyadmin database named clients and build a table with fields id, name, email, phone, address, description, and created date, preparing for a form.
Learn to design a client add form in PHP, building a form with name, email, phone, and description fields, plus a submit button to post data to database for insertion.
Learn how to insert client data from a form into a PHP-driven database, creating a clients table with fields like name, email, phone, address, description, and date.
Learn PHP form validation by enforcing required fields: name, email, address, and phone number; check for empty inputs before inserting into the database, and guide users when fields are missing.
Learn to fetch data from a database with PHP, then display it on the front page using the jQuery DataTables plugin to enable sorting, searching, and filtering.
learn to generate fake data in PHP using the Faker library to populate databases quickly by creating records in a loop.
Design the front page for a PHP project by adding ad form links, changing colors, and displaying total client records with edit and delete actions.
Use a bootstrap modal to edit and update existing data in the claims table, with a form for name, email, address, and description and a submit action.
Update client data through a form submission, mapping fields such as name, email, phone, address, and description to the database, and refresh the page to confirm the update.
In this PHP project, you retrieve user details from the database, display them in the admin view, and build a form to compose subject and send email to that user.
Learn to send emails to a user using the PSP Miller library, configure ssl smtp with port 465, and compose the body, subject, and attachment for testing.
Learn to design a login form in PHP, building a login system with groups, labels, inputs for username or email, a password field with visibility, and show a success message.
Learn to manage user sessions in PHP by storing the login name in a session and implementing login, logout via session destruction, and redirecting to the login page.
Require authentication to ensure only authenticated users delete records after a confirmation prompt. Use the session data to complete the delete action in the database.
About Course
This course is designed for PHP beginners and intermediate developers where students will be learning from basic PHP to intermediate level by developing two awesome projects. The first project will teach students how to use PHP with HTML and dealing with validation of form. Before starting Project 2(Client contact app ) we will be learning all things(Basic PHP,Form validation, SQL query and Bootstrap) that make us perfect to start project 2. The project 2 is intermediate level project which not only teach students to write code in PHP but also integrate popular PHP and Jquery library such as PHP Faker, PHP mailer and jquery data table for rapid application development.
In project 2 students will learn about session, flash message, adding ,updating clients and deleting unnecessary data. students will also learn how easy to send email from our application to client email address with few lines of code. students will learn to generate Fake data in database within a second using PHP faker library. Students will learn how to make login system for admin and use session and also learn to give flash message. We will allow only authorized user(ADMIN) to access clients information.
What is PHP?
PHP is a server side scripting language. that is used to develop Static websites or Dynamic websites or Web applications. It was originally created by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994.
Is PHP still popular in 2019?
Around 80% of websites are built with PHP. The popular CMS such as Wordpress ,Magento, Drupal etc use PHP. The most popular PHP framework like Laravel and Symfony are using PHP. PHP is easy to learn in comparisons to other programming language .Therefore its first choice programming language among beginners.
You might be interested in what really large platforms have used this programming language? The shortlist below might be enough to convince you:
Facebook 21.7B Monthly Estimated Visits
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Flickr 118.0M Monthly Estimated Visits
Tumblr 685.3M Monthly Estimated Visits