Learn PHP from Scratch

Course Overview

This highly interactive course introduces you to fundamental programming concepts in PHP, one of the most popular languages in the world. It begins with a simple Hello world program and proceeds on to cover common concepts such as Conditional Statements, Loop Statements, and Logic in P... See More

How You'll Learn

Hands-on coding environments

You don’t get better at swimming by watching others. Coding is no different. Practice as you learn with live code environments inside your browser.

Faster than videos

Videos are holding you back. The average video tutorial is spoken at 150 words per minute, while you can read at 250. That‘s why our courses are text-based.

No set-up required

Start learning immediately instead of fiddling with SDKs and IDEs. It‘s all on the cloud.

Progress you can show

Built in assessments let you test your skills. Completion certificates let you show them off.

Hands-on coding environments

You don’t get better at swimming by watching others. Coding is no different. Practice as you learn with live code environments inside your browser.

Faster than videos

Videos are holding you back. The average video tutorial is spoken at 150 words per minute, while you can read at 250. That‘s why our courses are text-based.

No set-up required

Start learning immediately instead of fiddling with SDKs and IDEs. It‘s all on the cloud.

Progress you can show

Built in assessments let you test your skills. Completion certificates let you show them off.

Course Contents

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1. Getting Started

Hello World

"Hello World" Explained

Quiz

Challenge: Displaying Output

2. Variables

Variables and Data Types

Quick Quiz on Variables

Variable Variables

Constants

Challenge: Make Variables

3. Operators

Introduction to Operators

Arithmetic Operators

Precedence and Associativity

Comparison Operators

Logical Operators

Assignment Operators

4. Conditional Statements

if-else Statement

if-elseif-else Statement

Switch Statement

Ternary Operator

Quiz

Challenge 1: Even or Odd

Challenge 2: Making a Calculator

5. Loops

Introduction to Loops

while Loops

do...while Loop

For Loop

Foreach Loop

Equivalence of Looping Structures

Infinite Loops

Quiz

Challenge 1: Multiplication Table of a Number

Challenge 2: Fibonacci Sequence up to n Number Of Terms

Challenge 3: Pyramid Printing By Using For Loop

6. Functions

Introduction

Passing Arguments in Functions

Pass by Value

Pass by Reference

Variable Scope

Challenge 1: Sum of two Numbers

Challenge 2: Letter Grade to GPA

Recursion

Challenge 3: Fibonacci Sequence

Quick Quiz on Functions

7. Strings

Strings

String Operators

Built-in Functions

Challenge: Check Substring

Quiz

8. Arrays

Arrays and their Operations

Challenge 1: Find the Maximum Value

Multidimensional Array

Challenge 2: Print a Matrix

Quiz 1

Adding Elements in an Array

Removing Elements from Arrays

Sorting Arrays

Merging Arrays

Quiz 2

Course Assessment

PHP Assessment 1

9. Classes and Inheritance

Introduction To Classes

Defining Classes

$this and self

Constructors & Destructors

Method and Property Visibility

Inheritance

Quiz

Exercise 1: Calculating Area

Exercise 2: Students Average Marks

10. Exception Handling

PHP Exceptions

The Exception Class

Custom Exceptions

Quiz

Course Assessment

PHP Assessment 2