PHP Backend Development

About Course

This course is a practical, beginner-friendly guide to building real-world backend systems using procedural PHP. Instead of jumping straight into frameworks, you’ll first master the core fundamentals that power every PHP application.

You’ll learn how to handle forms, process user input safely, interact with databases, and build dynamic web features using clean and structured procedural code. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to develop secure, functional backend systems without relying on complex tools.

This course focuses on doing, not just watching—with hands-on examples and mini-projects that simulate real-life scenarios.

Course Content

The PHP Engine – First Steps
Understand how a web server reads PHP and learn the basic grammar of the language.

Client vs. Server (How PHP works)

08:46
Variables & Data Types

42:35
Operators and Math

13:17

Making Decisions & Organizing Data
Give your code a brain by teaching it how to make choices and handle lists of information.

The Bridge – Handling HTML Forms
The most important module. Learn how to securely grab the data users type into your HTML forms.

The Capstone – Building a Dynamic Application
Focus: Tying together HTML forms, procedural PHP logic, and Sessions into a working multi-page application.

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About Course

Course Content

The PHP Engine – First Steps
Understand how a web server reads PHP and learn the basic grammar of the language.

Client vs. Server (How PHP works)

Variables & Data Types

Operators and Math

Making Decisions & Organizing Data
Give your code a brain by teaching it how to make choices and handle lists of information.

Logic and Conditionals (if / else)

Arrays (Lists of Data)

Loops (foreach)

The Bridge – Handling HTML Forms
The most important module. Learn how to securely grab the data users type into your HTML forms.

The Superglobals ($_GET and $_POST)

Processing Form Data safely

Reausability

The Capstone – Building a Dynamic Application
Focus: Tying together HTML forms, procedural PHP logic, and Sessions into a working multi-page application.

Part A: The Guided Project (Instructor Guide)

Capstone Assignment: The Secure IT Support Desk

About Course

Course Content

The PHP Engine – First Steps Understand how a web server reads PHP and learn the basic grammar of the language.

Client vs. Server (How PHP works)

Variables & Data Types

Operators and Math

Making Decisions & Organizing Data Give your code a brain by teaching it how to make choices and handle lists of information.

Logic and Conditionals (if / else)

Arrays (Lists of Data)

Loops (foreach)

The Bridge – Handling HTML Forms The most important module. Learn how to securely grab the data users type into your HTML forms.

The Superglobals ($_GET and $_POST)

Processing Form Data safely

Reausability

The Capstone – Building a Dynamic Application Focus: Tying together HTML forms, procedural PHP logic, and Sessions into a working multi-page application.

Part A: The Guided Project (Instructor Guide)

Capstone Assignment: The Secure IT Support Desk

Student Ratings & Reviews

The PHP Engine – First Steps
Understand how a web server reads PHP and learn the basic grammar of the language.

Making Decisions & Organizing Data
Give your code a brain by teaching it how to make choices and handle lists of information.

The Bridge – Handling HTML Forms
The most important module. Learn how to securely grab the data users type into your HTML forms.

The Capstone – Building a Dynamic Application
Focus: Tying together HTML forms, procedural PHP logic, and Sessions into a working multi-page application.