PHP Bootcamp: The Complete Programming Course With MYSQL

Course Title: PHP Bootcamp: The Complete Programming Course With MYSQL
Instructor: Knowledge Nest
Target Audience: Beginners looking to start their journey in web development, as well as experienced developers wanting to deepen their understanding of PHP
Prerequisites: No prior programming experience is required

Key Topics Covered:
- Overview of the course structure and objectives
- Setting up the learning environment
- Understanding PHP tags and basic syntax
- Understanding variables and data types in PHP
- Arithmetic, comparison, and logical operators
- Expressions and operator precedence
- Loops (for, while, do-while, foreach)
- Conditional statements (if, elseif, else, switch)
- Function arguments and return values
- Array functions and operations
- String functions and regular expressions
- Validating and sanitating user input
- Using $_GET and $_POST for data transmission
- Setting up a MySQL database
- Connecting PHP with MySQL
- Performing CRUD operations (Create, Read, Update, Delete)
- Preventing SQL injection
- Enhancing database security
- Implementing polymorphism
- Understanding RESTful APIs
- Making HTTP requests with cURL
- Securely storing passwords
Key Skills Learned:
- Core PHP concepts and syntax
- Building dynamic websites with PHP and MySQL databases
- Form handling, sessions, cookies, and user authentication
- Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) with PHP
- Working with APIs and external data sources
- Deploying PHP applications on a live server