What Will I Learn?

How To Download and Use WAMP Server
How To Run PHP Locally on your Computer
Basic PHP Programming Concepts Like Variables, Data Types
Math Operators, Assignment Operators, Comparison Operators
How To Do If/Else Statements and Why They're Important
How To Loop Using While Loops, For Loops, and Foreach Loops
Understanding Indexed Arrays and Why They Are So Great
Understanding Associative Arrays (called Hashes or Dictionaries in other Languages)
All About Functions - Mini Programs Inside Your Program
We'll Build a FizzBuzz app!
PHP For Web Development
Including PHP on a web page
Requiring Things on a Web Page With PHP
Using Web Forms With PHP
Processing Form Data With PHP
And More!

Requirements

No programming skills or special tools are necessary to take this course
You just need a computer with Internet access and a Web Browser
We'll Download a Free Coding Text Editor
We'll Download the free WAMP PHP Development Environment

Description

The PHP Programming Language is one of the most POPULAR Web Development Programming Languages for a reason. In this course I'll show you why!

Built For The Absolute Beginner

You don't need any prior knowledge of coding or web development to take this course. We'll download all the tools you'll need for free, and I'll walk you through setting them up. Then we'll dive right in and start learning the PHP language.

You'll Be Amazed How Quickly You Can Pick Up PHP!

We'll start out with basic programming concepts, things like:

PHP Syntax

Variables

Data Types

Math Operators

Assignment Operators

Comparison Operators

Increment/Decrement Operators

Then we'll ease into more Intermediate topics, things like:

If Else Statements

While Loops

For Loops

ForEach Loops

Indexed Arrays

Associative Arrays

Looping Through Arrays

We'll Build A Quick FizzBuzz App

Functions

After that we'll learn about basic web development concepts, things like:

Including PHP On a Web Page

Adding Things To A Web Page Using Require_Once

Understanding Web Forms

Processing Form Data With PHP

Form Security

Building a Bootstrap Navbar With PHP

And More!

Who is the target audience?

This course is built for absolute beginners who want to learn to build websites with PHP
Anyone Who Wants To Become A PHP Web Developer
Front End Developers Who Want To Learn Some Real Coding Skills
Anyone Who Wants To Become A Full Stack Web Developer
Anyone Who Uses Wordpress and Wants To Understand The Language Wordpress Uses
Anyone Who Might Know another Language But Wants To Transition to PHP