
Set up a local development environment with XAMPP/MAMP to run PHP, MySQL, and Apache offline. Install from apachefriends.org, start the services, and test a hello world PHP file in htdocs.
Learn to connect php to mysql using phpmyadmin, and manage your database with a student table (id, name, email, age) for insert, read, and display operations.
Explore how PHP loops—for, while, do while, and foreach—repeat tasks automatically, count iterations, and iterate arrays to make programs more efficient.
Master PHP arrays and functions by building indexed and associative arrays, looping with for and foreach, printing results with echo, and creating reusable functions to process and sum data.
Learn how get and post methods send data from HTML forms to a PHP script, with get exposing data in the URL and post hiding it in the HTTP body.
Build a PHP and MySQL based user registration and login system, including registration form handling, password hashing, and login validation to securely store and verify user credentials.
Learn to encode PHP arrays to JSON and decode JSON back to PHP using json_encode and json_decode, returning associative arrays when you pass true, enabling web data exchange.
Learn how to create, write, and upload files in PHP using fopen, fwrite, and fclose, and build a simple file upload form that moves files to an uploads directory.
Learn to execute sql queries in php using mysql, create a student table with id, name, email, and age, and insert a new record with a successful output.
Learn to update existing records in a mysql database with php and sql, using an employee table and an update query to change the department.
PHP is one of the most widely-used server-side programming languages for web development. From building dynamic websites to developing complex web applications, PHP powers millions of websites worldwide. This course, PHP - Master PHP for Back End Web Development with MySQL, is designed to take you from a complete beginner to a confident back-end developer capable of building full-featured web applications.
In this course, you’ll start by learning the fundamentals of PHP programming. We cover variables, data types, operators, conditional statements, and loops, giving you the essential foundation to write functional PHP scripts. Every concept is explained in a practical, easy-to-follow way so you can start building dynamic web pages immediately.
Next, we move on to functions, arrays, and built-in PHP functions. You’ll learn how to organize your code efficiently, create reusable functions, and manipulate data using arrays and other PHP structures. These concepts are crucial for writing clean, maintainable, and scalable back-end code.
Once you have the basics down, we dive into form handling, sessions, and cookies. You’ll learn how to collect data from users, maintain session information, and manage user authentication, which are essential skills for building real-world web applications.
A major focus of the course is working with MySQL databases. You’ll learn how to connect PHP to MySQL, create and manage databases, perform CRUD operations (Create, Read, Update, Delete), and write efficient SQL queries. Integrating PHP with MySQL allows you to build fully functional, data-driven web applications.
By the end of this course, you’ll have mastered PHP for back-end web development with MySQL, with the ability to build complete, secure, and dynamic web applications.
Enroll today and start building powerful, database driven websites with PHP and MySQL!