PHP Course Syllabus
- What is PHP?
- Setting up a Development Environment (XAMPP/WAMP/LAMP)
- Basic PHP Syntax
- PHP Data Types
- Variables and Constants
- If...else statements
- Switch case statements
- While loop, For loop, Foreach loop
- Break and Continue statements
- Defining Functions
- Function Arguments and Return Values
- Variable Scope (Global, Local, Static)
- Anonymous Functions
- Callback Functions
- Indexed Arrays
- Associative Arrays
- Multidimensional Arrays
- Array Functions (array_push, array_pop, count, etc.)
- Traversing Arrays
- Classes and Objects
- Constructors and Destructors
- Properties and Methods
- Encapsulation
- Inheritance and Polymorphism
- Abstract Classes and Interfaces
- Form Methods: GET and POST
- Form Validation
- Handling Form Data
- Sanitizing and Validating Inputs
- File Uploads
- Connecting to MySQL Database
- CRUD Operations (Create, Read, Update, Delete)
- Prepared Statements
- Handling Errors in Database Queries
- PDO vs MySQLi
- What are Sessions and Cookies?
- Starting and Destroying Sessions
- Storing and Retrieving Session Data
- Setting and Getting Cookies
- Session Security Best Practices
- Types of Errors (Parse, Fatal, Warning)
- Error Reporting in PHP
- Try-Catch Exception Handling
- Custom Error Handling
- Data Validation and Sanitization
- Preventing SQL Injection
- Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Password Hashing and Encryption
- Using HTTPS for Secure Communication
