Php From Scratch 2024 | Beginner To Advanced

Learn PHP fundamentals then build a job listing website from the ground up, using a Laravel-like infrastructure

What you'll learn

Learn the fundamentals of PHP programming

Learning modules for data types, functions, loops, OOP, databases and more

Build a job listing website from the ground up without using any frameworks or libraries

Create a custom Laravel-like router that takes params & middleware

Learn to utilize namespaces and PSR-4 Autoloading

Build an authentication system using sessions

Great precursor if you plan on learning Laravel

Requirements

You only need to know the basics of HTML

Description

This course is broken up into two parts. First, we have seven learning modules to learn the fundamentals of PHP programming, including:Data Types & VariablesArrays & IterationControl Structures & ConditionalsFunctions & ScopeObject Oriented ProgrammingSuperglobals ($_GET, $_POST, $_SESSION, $_COOKIES, etc)Database Integration & PDOAfter that, we go for a hands-on approach and build a job listing website. We build this from the ground up without any framework or libraries. These sections will teach you how to structure a vanilla PHP project and is a great precursor to learning Laravel or another framework.Here is what we will do in the project videos:We will create a custom Laravel-like router. We will refactor this a bunch of times to keep adding features like accepting HTTP methods, params and middleware.We will structure our project into two main folders, which will be called Framework and App. Framework will be the core that includes classes like Router, Database, Validation, and Session. App will include our controllers and views.We will create CRUD operations for job listings.We will implement an authentication and authorization system as well as protect routes using custom middleware.We will add a search feature to search/filter listings by keywords and/or locationWe will learn to validate and sanitize data as well as use prepared statements with PDO to protect against SQL injection attacks.If you are a beginner, I suggest taking the course from the beginning and go through all of the learning modules. If you are more experienced and know the fundamentals, you can jump right into the project.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Welcome To The Course

Lecture 2 What Is PHP?

Lecture 3 Setup PHP - MacOS

Lecture 4 Setup PHP - Windows

Lecture 5 Text Editor Setup

Lecture 6 PHP Sandbox Setup

Section 2: Data Types, Variables & Built-in Functions

Lecture 7 PHP Tags, Printing & Comments

Lecture 8 Variables

Lecture 9 Data Types

Lecture 10 String Concatenation

Lecture 11 Type Casting & Juggling

Lecture 12 Variables Challenge

Lecture 13 Arithmetic Operators & Functions

Lecture 14 String Functions

Lecture 15 Dates & Times

Section 3: Arrays & Iteration

Lecture 16 Intro To Arrays

Lecture 17 Array Functions

Lecture 18 Associative Arrays

Lecture 19 Multi-Dimensional Arrays

Lecture 20 Array Challenges

Lecture 21 Basic Loops

Lecture 22 Nested Loops

Lecture 23 Looping Through Arrays

Lecture 24 Multi-Dimensional Array Iteration

Lecture 25 Array & Loop Challenges

Section 4: Control Structures & Conditionals

Lecture 26 If Statements

Lecture 27 Conditional HTML Output

Lecture 28 Comparison & Logical Operators

Lecture 29 Conditionals In Loops - break & continue

Lecture 30 Activity: Dynamic Job Listings

Lecture 31 FizzBuzz Challenge

Lecture 32 Switch Statements

Lecture 33 Ternary Operator

Lecture 34 Null Coalescing Operator

Lecture 35 Names Challenge

Section 5: Functions

Lecture 36 Functions & Return Values

Lecture 37 Parameters & Arguments

Lecture 38 Global & Local Scope

Lecture 39 Constants

Lecture 40 Optional Type Declarations

Lecture 41 Activity: Job Listings Helper Functions

Lecture 42 Average Salary Challenge

Lecture 43 Anonymous Functions & Closures

Lecture 44 Callback Functions

Lecture 45 Arrow Functions

Lecture 46 Format Salary Refactor Challenge

Lecture 47 More Function Challenges

Section 6: Object Oriented Programming (OOP)

Lecture 48 OOP Overview

Lecture 49 Creating a Class

Lecture 50 Access Modifiers, Getters & Setters

Lecture 51 Inheritence

Lecture 52 Static Members & Methods

Lecture 53 OOP Challenges

Lecture 54 Abstract Classes

Lecture 55 Interfaces

Section 7: Superglobals

Lecture 56 Overview Of Superglobals

Lecture 57 $_SERVER - Get Server Information

Lecture 58 Environment Variables & $GLOBALS

Lecture 59 $_GET - Data From Query Params

Lecture 60 $_POST - Data From Forms

Lecture 61 $_REQUEST - Superglobal

Lecture 62 $_FILES - Uploading Files

Lecture 63 Message Alert Challenge

Lecture 64 $_SESSION - Creating a Session

Lecture 65 $_COOKIE - Working With Cookies

Section 8: Database Integration & PDO

Lecture 66 An Intro To Databases

Lecture 67 MySQL Setup - MacOS

Lecture 68 MySQL Setup - Windows

Lecture 69 MySQL Shell & Making Queries

Lecture 70 MySQL Workbench & Database Setup

Lecture 71 Database Users & Privileges

Lecture 72 Connect With PDO

Lecture 73 Fetch Multiple Records

Lecture 74 Fetch Single Record

Lecture 75 Create Form & Insert Record

Lecture 76 Delete Records

Lecture 77 Edit Form & Update Records

Section 9: Workopia Project Start & Custom Routing

Lecture 78 Project Intro

Lecture 79 Project Repo Link

Lecture 80 UI Theme Files

Lecture 81 Folder Setup

Lecture 82 Home View & Set Document Root

Lecture 83 Git Setup & Commit

Lecture 84 Split UI Into Partials

Lecture 85 Inspect Helper Functions

Lecture 86 Create a VERY Basic Router

Lecture 87 Create Views

Lecture 88 Separate Router Files

Lecture 89 Router Refactor To Class

Section 10: Database Class, Fetch & Display Listings

Lecture 90 Section Intro

Lecture 91 Project Database Setup - MySQL Workbench

Lecture 92 Database Class & Connection

Lecture 93 Query Method & Fetch Listings

Lecture 94 Pass Data To View

Lecture 95 Single Listing & Named Params

Lecture 96 Single Listing Display

Section 11: Namespaces, Controller Classes & Router Refactor

Lecture 97 Section Intro

Lecture 98 Folder Structure Refactor

Lecture 99 Custom Autoloader

Lecture 100 Composer & PSR-4 Autoloader

Lecture 101 Namespaces

Lecture 102 Router Refactor For Controller Classes

Lecture 103 Controller Classes - Home & Listings

Lecture 104 ErrorController Class

Lecture 105 Handling Route Params

Lecture 106 Section Wrap

Section 12: Create, Update & Delete Listings

Lecture 107 Section Intro

Lecture 108 Validation Class

Lecture 109 Form Submission & Sanitizing Data

Lecture 110 Implement Validation

Lecture 111 Insert Listings Into Database

Lecture 112 Delete Listings

Lecture 113 Flash Messages

Lecture 114 Edit Form

Lecture 115 Update Listing

Section 13: Authentication, Authorization & Sessions

Lecture 116 Section Intro

Lecture 117 User Controller & Views

Lecture 118 Register Validation & Error Partial

Lecture 119 Register User

Lecture 120 Session Class & Set User

Lecture 121 Dynamic Navbar Links

Lecture 122 Logout & Clear Session

Lecture 123 Login Functionality

Lecture 124 Authorize Middleware

Lecture 125 Delete Authorization

Lecture 126 Flash Message Methods

Lecture 127 Update Authorization

Section 14: Final Touches & Added Content

Lecture 128 Section Intro

Lecture 129 Listing Search Functionality

Section 15: Project Deployment - Hostinger

Lecture 130 Hostinger Intro

Lecture 131 Hosting & Domain Setup

Lecture 132 Database Export - Local

Lecture 133 Database Import - Production

Lecture 134 Upload Website & Configure Files

Section 16: Wrap Up

Lecture 135 Course Wrap Up

Beginners as well as experienced developers that want to learn how to structure a PHP project with no frameworks