Basics

• Need for PHP
• PHP Evolution
• PHP Usage
• PHP Comments
• PHP Script Life cycle

Variable and constants

• Variables
• Constants
• Data Types
• Special Characters

Operators

• Arithmetic
• Assignment
• Comparison
• Concatenation
• Logical Operators
• Bitwise Operators
• Unary Operators

Conditionals

• If-else
• Switch
• Ternary Operator

Loop constructs

• While
• For
• For each
• Do while
• Continue
• Break

Strings

• Basics
• Single quoted
• Double quoted
• Heredoc
• Nowdoc

Arrays

• Basics
• Specifying Array
• Accessing array elements
• Creating/modifying Array
• Reading array values
• Removing array values
• Array Traversal
• Useful PHP Array functions

Functions

• Basics
• User-defined functions
• Function arguments
• Returning values
• Variable Functions
• Built-in Functions
• Anonymous Functions

Classes

• Basics
• Class Property
• Class Constants
• Constructor and Destructor
• Class Visibility
• Object Inheritance
• Class Abstraction
• Object Interfaces
• Traits
• Overloading
• Object Iteration
• Object Cloning
• Objects and references

File Handling

• Basics
• Creating a file
• Opening a File
• Reading from a file
• Writing to a file
• Appending a file
• Closing a file
• Deleting a file
• Useful Functions

Database

• Basics
• Database Connection
• Table Creation
• Inserting Data
• Database Updation
• Deleting Records
• Searching Records
• Other Table Operations
• MySQL Error Handling

Cookies management

• Cookies
• setcookie
• setrawcookie
• Cookie Setting or Removal
• Accessing Cookies
• Expiring Cookies

Session

• Basics
• Session Internals
• Session Creation
• Deleting Sessions and Variables
• Custom Session Handlers
• Session Upload Progress
• Sessions and security
• Sessions Functions

Forms

• Basics
• Create a Basic Form
• Input control or “control”
• Receiving Form Data
• Variables From External Sources
• Image Submission

Miscellaneous

• Security
• Optimization
• Installation
• Error Handling