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PHP 101 for Beginners

This course is a complete beginner's guide to learning PHP 8 syntax, variables, functions, classes & more.

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There are 46 lessons in this course:

Project setup

Install PHP with Homebrew
4:25

Install PHP with Homebrew 6

Install a PHP IDE editor
1:58

Install a PHP IDE editor

Start the built-in PHP web server
2:36

Start the built-in PHP web server 4

PHP tags

Create a hello world script in PHP
2:01

Create a hello world script 5

Use closing tags, semicolons and line breaks in PHP
2:58

Use closing tags, semicolons and line breaks

Call PHP language constructs with an alternate method
1:08

Call PHP language constructs with an alternate method

Write short echo tags in PHP
1:53

Write short echo tags

Variables & constants

Create and name variables in PHP
2:25

Create and name variables

Assign data types in PHP
3:27

Assign data types 2

Use type casting in PHP
2:05

Use type casting

Use type juggling and coercion in PHP
2:48

Use type juggling and coercion

Concatenate strings in PHP
3:08

Concatenate strings

Use string interpolation and escaping in PHP
1:38

Use string interpolation and escaping

Create a constant to store a fixed value in PHP
4:40

Create a constant to store a fixed value

Create a Boolean variable in PHP
3:28

Create a Boolean variable

Conditionals

Conditionally execute code with an if statement in PHP
1:48

Conditionally execute code with an if statement

Write multiple conditions to execute alternate code in PHP
3:24

Write multiple conditions to execute alternate code

Use alternate if statement syntax in PHP view files
3:36

Use alternate if statement syntax in PHP view files

Refactor an if else statement into a ternary in PHP
3:33

Refactor an if else statement into a ternary

Use a switch statement for conditional logic in PHP
4:12

Use a switch statement for conditional logic

Use a match statement for data checks in PHP
3:07

Use a match statement for data checks

Arrays & loops

Create a list using an array in PHP
1:11

Create a list using an array

Display array contents with a foreach loop in PHP
1:56

Display array contents with a foreach loop

Use an array key to determine the current iteration in PHP
1:26

Use an array key to determine the current iteration

Create a key-value store within an array in PHP
2:19

Create a key-value store within an array

Create a nested or multidimensional array in PHP
2:34

Create a nested or multidimensional array

Count the elements in an array in PHP
2:32

Count the elements in an array

Display array contents with a for loop in PHP
3:38

Display array contents with a for loop

Continue or break out of a loop in PHP
2:18

Continue or break out of a loop

Functions

Understand the purpose of a function in PHP
1:34

Understand the purpose of a function

Create a function in PHP
1:52

Create a function

Understand function and global scope in PHP
1:53

Understand function and global scope

Call functions with return values in PHP
3:33

Call functions with return values

Pass arguments to functions in PHP
2:28

Pass arguments to functions

Define function return and argument types in PHP
2:19

Define function return and argument types

Use type coercion and strict data types in PHP
4:26

Use type coercion and strict data types

Include or require files in PHP
4:18

Include or require files

Classes

Create and instantiate a class in PHP
2:13

Create and instantiate a class

Run code when creating a class with a constructor in PHP
2:23

Run code when creating a class with a constructor

Create class properties in earlier PHP versions
2:47

Create class properties in earlier PHP versions

Create promoted properties in PHP 8 classes
2:12

Create promoted properties in PHP 8 classes

Retrieve public class properties with arrow syntax in PHP
1:43

Retrieve public class properties with arrow syntax

Understand scope in PHP classes
4:01

Understand scope in PHP classes

Refactor functions into classes in PHP
3:18

Refactor functions into classes

Define and use namespaces in PHP
4:19

Define and use namespaces

Replace require statements with the Composer class autoloader in PHP
4:13

Replace require statements with the Composer class autoloader