Topic outline

  • General


    • Welcome to the course ‘PHP For Beginners’ In this course we will go step by step to digest all the basics topics in PHP, so if you are looking for a quick and understandable way to become a master in PHP, this is a perfect course to start with. Most of the sections will have programming Quizs and at the end of every section, I will be making the Quizs show you the solutions! The reason why I think it’s important to make the Quiz is that you can only learn PHP by  DOING IT!

      We will also be looking at the basics of MySQL Database since the final section of this course is inserting data in a table, then we will be outputting the data from the table in the browser, and then we will be creating our own login and register script!

      In the beginning, years when I started programming, I came across so many videos and tutorials where tutors would’ve just created the code without explaining it and I always wondered “why are you doing it this way”? Therefore, I try to give you examples of why you should use this method instead of another method and I try to give you real-life examples.


      What you'll Learn

      • You will learn how to download and install PHP and MySQL tools.
      • You will learn how to work between a user interface and a database back-end that stores critical information.
      • You will learn to work with the most used data types.
      • You will learn what operators are.
      • How to use conditional statements, while loops, do-while loops, for loops, foreach loops.
      • You will learn why you should use functions.
      • You will learn the basic built-in functions.
      • You will learn the most important superglobals.
      • You will learn how to create a working file upload system.
      • You will learn how to create a working contact form.
      • How to use forms to submit data to databases.
      • You will learn how to use databases.
      • You will learn MySQL Queries.
      • Password hashing.
      • Error handling.
      • You will learn why you should use prepared statements.
      • You will learn how to create a login/register script.


  • Introduction

    • Exercise (PHP code in HTML) H5P
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    • Exercise (phpinfo) H5P
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    • Exercise (Output Data in PHP) H5P
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    • Exercise ( Add Comment) H5P
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    • Exercise (Line Break) H5P
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  • Variables and Data Types

    • Exercise (Variables in php) H5P
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    • Exercise ( echo Variables) H5P
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    • Exercise (Data Type) H5P
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    • Exercise (Arrays) H5P
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    • Exercise (Associative array) H5P
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    • Exercise (Multidimensional array) H5P
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    • Exercises (Variables and Data Types) Assignment
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      Please submit solutions in PHP file

  • Operators in PHP

    • Exercise (Arithmetic Operators) H5P
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    • Exercise (Assignment Operators) H5P
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    • Exercise (Comparison operators) H5P
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    • Exercise (Logical operators) H5P
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    • Exercise (Increment and decrement operators) H5P
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  • Control structures

    • Exercise (Conditional statement) H5P
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    • Exercise (switch statement) H5P
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    • Exercise (While Loop) H5P
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    • Exercise (do-While Loop) H5P
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    • Exercise (For Loop) H5P
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    • Exercise (foreach Loop) H5P
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    • Exercise (Solutions control structures) Assignment
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      Please submit solutions in PHP file

  • Functions in PHP

    • Exercise (Introduction to functions) H5P
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    • Exercise (Creating our first function) H5P
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    • Exercise (Functions with arguments parameters) H5P
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    • Exercise (Functions with return value) H5P
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    • Exercise (Global and local scope in PHP) H5P
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    • Exercise(Constants) H5P
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    • Exercise (include) H5P
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    • Exercise (Requiring documents) H5P
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    • Exercises Functions Assignment
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      Please submit solutions in PHP file

  • Build in functions in PHP

    • Exercise (Introduction to build-in Functions) H5P
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    • Exercise (Math build-in functions) H5P
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    • Exercise (String build-in functions) H5P
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    • Exercise (Array build-in functions) H5P
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    • Exercise (Date and time build-in functions) H5P
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    • Exercise (Random number build-in function) H5P
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    • Exercise (build-in functions) Assignment
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  • How to work with superglobals in PHP

    • Exercise (Introduction to superglobals) H5P
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    • Exercise (Superglobal 'Post' in PHP) H5P
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    • Exercise (Superglobal 'Get' in PHP) H5P
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    • Exercise (Superglobal 'Session' in PHP) H5P
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    • Exercise (Superglobal 'Cookie' in PHP) H5P
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    • Exercise ( Superglobal 'Files' in PHP) H5P
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    • Exercise (How to create a working upload system) H5P
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    • Exercise (Create and write to a file) H5P
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    • Exercise (How to read from a file) H5P
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    • Exercise (Creating a working contact form) H5P
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  • Introduction to databases

    • Exercise(Introduction to databases) H5P
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    • Exercise (Creating a MySQL database) H5P
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    • Exercise(Creating a MySQL table) H5P
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    • Exercise (Inserting data using MySQL) H5P
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    • Exercise (Selecting data using MySQL) H5P
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    • Exercise (Updating data using MySQL) H5P
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    • Exercise (Deleting data using MySQL) H5P
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    • Exercise (Ordering data using MySQL) H5P
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  • Using a database to create a registerlogin script

    • Exercise (Connecting to the database in PHP) H5P
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    • Exercise (Printing database data in the browser) H5P
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    • Exercise (Markup for login register page) H5P
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    • Exercise (Saving data from a register form ) H5P
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    • Exercise (Error handlers in the PHP script) H5P
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    • Exercise (Password hashing in register script) H5P
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  • Final Exam

    • Final Exam Quiz
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