Introduction to web development and PHP.

Setting up a local development environment.

Writing and executing your first PHP script.

PHP syntax, comments, and variables.

Conditional statements (if, else, switch).

Loops (for, while, do-while) & control structures.

Boolean logic and operators.

Defining and calling functions.

Function parameters and return values.

Indexed and associative arrays.

String manipulation and built-in functions.

HTML forms and form handling.

Form validation and sanitization.

Introduction to OOP concepts.

Classes, objects, properties, methods.

Constructors, destructors, visibility.

Inheritance, encapsulation, polymorphism.

Introduction to databases and MySQL.

Connecting to MySQL using PHP.

Executing SQL queries in PHP.

Preventing SQL injection.

Basic CRUD operation- Create, Read, Update, Delete

Cookies and sessions.

Error handling and debugging techniques.

Regular expressions for pattern matching.

Sending emails using PHP.

PHP security practices.

Introduction to PHP frameworks.

Building a web application using a framework.

RESTful API development with PHP.

Integrating PHP with HTML, CSS, JavaScript.

Templating engines and separation of concerns.

Building dynamic web pages with PHP.

AJAX and asynchronous requests.

Advanced database interactions.

Introduction to Object-Relational Mapping (ORM).

Working with an ORM library (Eloquent in Laravel)

User authentication and registration systems.

Hashing and salting passwords securely.

Role-based access control (RBAC).

Implementing login/logout functionality.

Design patterns: MVC architecture.

Creating a complete dynamic web application.

Implementing user authentication, CRUD operations

Frontend enhancements using JavaScript and AJAX.

Preparing a PHP application for production.

Hosting options and considerations.

Version control with Git.

Collaborative development using GitHub or GitLab.