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PHP Fundamentals: Beginners Guide to PHP

This PHP tutorial is designed for novices who want to learn the language from the ground up and kick-start their journey in the growing field of web development.

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Course Introduction:

In this 2-hour tutorial, the primary focus is on strengthening your PHP fundamentals. This tutorial follows a step by step approach to teaching beginners and building their programming basics from the ground up. From installation of required software to using various looping constructs and tags, all the topics are covered right from the scratch to ensure that a beginner can reap maximum benefits out of the course.

Web development has become a lucrative industry in the recent years. Given the ever growing nature of this industry with more and more businesses and organizations looking for a web presence, there’s always something new to learn, be it a new development or a popular language. In order to be competent in this industry, you will need to familiarize yourself with the latest programming issues and the most effective languages. PHP is one such effective language which is a versatile form of script writing and being adept at PHP development will stand you in good stead.

PHP is a server-side scripting language designed for web development but also used as a general-purpose programming language. PHP (formerly personal homepage) refers to Hypertext Preprocessor. Given the versatility and the easy learning curve of PHP, you can thrive in the ruthless and ever growing web development industry by equipping yourself with this skill.

PHP finds its rightful place on the podium since it is the preferred method of development for a majority of web developers. PHP can be used for incredibly advanced programming as well as for basic programming. This only adds to its potential. Some of the salient and unique features of PHP are as follows:

PHP is compatible with almost all the operating systems (Microsoft windows, Linux, MAC OS X etc).It allows you to choose an OS and web browser you are comfortable with.
It provides cross-platform compatibility.
The names of the variables can be changed dynamically.
It can be embedded into HTML code.
It supports all kinds of databases.

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Course Objectives:

By the end of this course, PHP Fundamentals, you will be able to:

Use Tags in HTML
Set up Basic Templates in HTML
Create Forms
Add PHP controls to the form

Pre-requisites and Target Audience:

This PHP tutorial has been designed keeping in mind beginners as well as people who have prior knowledge of programming. You will be able to understand and get a grip on the important concepts and basics of PHP which will benefit you in a number of ways. So buckle up, master the fundamentals of PHP and stand apart from the crowd.

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Course Plan

1. Introduction to PHP and installing XAMPP

12mins

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3 videos

Introduction to PHP and Download link 03:06

Downloading XAMPP 02:00

Installing XAMPP and making the first PHP program 07:35

2. Getting familiar

46mins

7 videos · 1 test

Basic syntax, Variables and the (.) dot operator 04:52

If-Else Construct 04:23

The Switch Case 06:18

The For Loop 03:46

The While Loop 02:49

The Do-While Loop 04:29

Arrays and the For-Each Loop 10:06

Test-1 10:00

3. A bit about HTML5

44mins

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5 videos · 1 test

Introducing HTML5 02:03

Tags in HTML5 04:21

Setting up the Basic Template 07:14

Forming the body of the page 04:54

Finishing up the basic layout 15:49

Test-2 10:00

4. Putting things together

19mins

4 videos

Creating a simple form 07:16

Adding the PHP controls to the form 08:32

Testing the form 02:53

Signing Off 01:13

Meet the Author

Aquib Ajani

Programmer, Designer, Topper, Learner, Instructor

Aquib Ajani is from Nagpur, Maharashtra and is a Computer Science whiz. Currently, he is pursuing his M.Tech in Software Engineering at VIT University and his academics boast of a 10/10 CGPA and rank 1 in his batch. He has 6 years of experience in programming in C++ and is also proficient in a number of programming languages, design software and web development. An avid learner, he has recently donned the hat of an instructor and loves sharing what he has learnt over the years.