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Learn PHP: From Beginner to Expert

This course consists of:

12 Tutorials

3 Projects

8 Quizzes

Certificate of Completion

Welcome to Commonlounge's PHP Class. This is a 23-part course which will teach you PHP from scratch. It's designed to be very hands-on and will walk you through every step of the process.

You don't need to have any previous knowledge of programming or PHP! The only prerequisite for this course is some basic knowledge of HTML.

The course is divided into five sections — set-up and installation, PHP programming basics, more involved topics (sessions, forms and OOP), PHP and databases, and final project.

The quizzes, coding exercises and projects get more involved as the course goes on. This course includes 50+ practice problems, 20+ coding exercises and a 3-part final project — which guides you through creating a Twitter clone in PHP!

Syllabus

Setup and Installation

In this section, we'll guide you through installing PHP and installing a code editor (for writing PHP code).

Code Editor
2 mins
PHP Installation
12 mins

Getting started with PHP programming

The first few tutorials work on basic PHP concepts like strings, variables, arrays and if-statements — along with quizzes to check your understanding. Towards the end of the section, you will learn about more involved topics like functions, loops and superglobals — and also do a lot of coding exercises.

PHP: Numbers, Strings and Functions
13 mins
Quiz: PHP Numbers, Operators and StringsPro
10 mins
PHP: Variables and Arrays
14 mins
Quiz: PHP Variables and ArraysPro
10 mins
PHP: If, Else, Elseif and Switch Statements
20 mins
Quiz: PHP Comparisons, If and Switch StatementsPro
10 mins
PHP: Functions and Loops
14 mins
Quiz: PHP Functions and LoopsPro
6 mins
PHP: Superglobals and Forms
11 mins

Going deeper into PHP programming

In this section, you will learn how to work with multiple PHP files at the same time. You will also learn about sessions (so that you can allow users to log-in and log-out) and forms (to input user data). Finally, you will learn about Object Oriented Programming (OOP).

PHP: Sessions, Include and Require
12 mins
PHP: Form Validation
16 mins
Quiz: PHP Sessions and Form ValidationPro
10 mins
PHP: Object Oriented Programming
26 mins
Quiz: PHP Object Oriented ProgrammingPro
9 mins

PHP and Databases

These tutorials will teach you about databases, and how to interact with databases using PHP. This is the final step before you can make really cool projects and websites using PHP.

Introduction to Databases and SQL with Examples
14 mins
Quiz: SQL and DatabasesPro
4 mins
MySQL with PHP
29 mins
Quiz: PHP Data ObjectsPro
10 mins

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does it cost?

Every tutorial on Commonlounge is available for free, and will always be. We only ask you to come back and contribute and make Commonlounge better for everyone once you are an expert. We offer premium content like quizzes, hands-on projects and certificate of completion as part of our Pro Plan. We also offer one-on-one mentorship and feedback on real-world projects from industry-experts as part of our Plus Plan.

When can I start?

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