Intro To PHP For Web Development

Discover the course structure for intro to PHP for web development, from downloading PHP and a text editor to mastering variables, loops, and arrays, then building PHP-driven web pages.

Install and configure the essentials for PHP development by downloading XAMPP, choosing a text editor, and starting Apache to run PHP on your computer.

Learn how PHP handles numbers with simple math operators—plus, minus, multiply, divide, modulus, and exponent using two stars—and how to increment and decrement with ++ and -- for counters.

Explore PHP comparison operators, including equal, not equal, greater than, less than, and their inclusive forms, using numbers and strings, plus assignment vs comparison and case sensitivity.

Explore escape characters in PHP to print quotes within strings, using backslashes and single or double quotes to prevent syntax errors.

Explore numeric arrays in this course: create arrays, access items by zero-based indices with square brackets, and build multi-dimensional arrays with mixed strings, numbers, and variables.

Explore how associative arrays in PHP use key-value pairs with non-numeric keys, demonstrated with John, Steve, and Mary's favorite pizzas, and compare them to numeric arrays.

Learn to determine the number of items in an array using PHP's count function for both associative and numeric arrays, and access the last item with count(array) - 1.

Learn how to implement while loops in PHP, using a counter and condition to repeat actions until the condition becomes false, and avoid infinite loops by incrementing the counter.

Learn how the PHP for loop differs from the while loop, with the counter defined and incremented internally, and semicolon syntax.

Learn how to create and call your own functions in PHP, pass arguments, return values, and use built-in functions to build web applications.

Explore PHP's random capabilities by using rand and mt_rand to generate numbers within a range, select random array items, and learn ranges like 0 to 100.

Explore the PHP date function, learn to format and echo dates for dynamic content like copyright notices, using format specifiers (Y, y, L, j, s, F) and escaping.

Explore PHP string manipulation with string functions like str_replace to swap text and apply changes to variables. Learn case conversions with strtoupper, strtolower, ucwords, and ucfirst, plus strlen and str_shuffle.

Learn how the include function brings in variables from separate files, enabling reusable templates and a site-wide copyright statement for a guitar website.

Learn how to template a basic website using PHP include to inject a reusable navigation bar built from Bootstrap, enabling updates across many pages with a single change.

Create reusable php templates with header and footer files, include them on pages, and use bootstrap container and a jumbotron to build a WordPress site deployed to hosting.

install git bash on windows, compare with mac/linux terminals, download and run the installer, accept defaults, launch the shell, and prepare for creating an ssh key in the next video.

Learn to set up version control with git for PHP web development, initialize git, configure user details, commit changes, and push code to GitHub and Heroku for safe collaboration.

Install the heroku toolbelt, restart git bash to apply it, and verify the installation, then push php projects to heroku’s free tier, understanding dyno-based scaling.

Push your code to Heroku with git push Heroku master after logging in and adding SSH keys; if errors arise, consider creating composer.json or a proc file.

Learn to point a purchased domain to your Heroku app by adding the domain in Heroku settings and configuring a registrar’s CNAME record, using Namecheap or other registrars.

Build a solid PHP foundation from beginner to advanced, learn functions and how to template a website, and explore PHP’s enduring popularity.