PHP & MySQL Syllabus for Beginners | Learn Web Development

PHP & MySQL Syllabus for Beginners

A practical course designed for beginners to learn PHP & MySQL from scratch with real-world examples.

📘 Module 1: Introduction to Web & PHP

• What is a website & how it works
• Client vs Server-side technologies
• Installing XAMPP / WAMP / MAMP
• First PHP file (`hello.php`)
• PHP syntax and tags
• Echo and print
• PHP comments

📘 Module 2: PHP Basics

• Variables and data types
• Constants
• Operators (Arithmetic, Comparison, Logical)
• Conditional statements (`if`, `else`, `switch`)
• Loops (`for`, `while`, `do…while`, `foreach`)
• Arrays: Indexed, Associative, Multidimensional

📘 Module 3: Functions & Strings

• Defining and calling functions
• Function parameters and return values
• Common string functions: strlen(), substr(), str_replace()
• Date & Time in PHP

📘 Module 4: Forms & User Input

• Creating HTML forms
• Handling form data with $_GET and $_POST
• Form validation (required fields, email format)
• File uploads
• Basic sanitization of input

📘 Module 5: MySQL Basics

• Intro to MySQL & phpMyAdmin
• Creating databases & tables
• Basic SQL: SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE

📘 Module 6: PHP & MySQL Integration

• Connecting to MySQL using mysqli
• Insert, fetch, update, and delete data using PHP
• Displaying data in HTML tables
• Using loops to fetch multiple rows

📘 Module 7: Sessions, Cookies & Security

• Working with Sessions and Cookies
• Login/Logout system using Sessions
• Password hashing with password_hash() & password_verify()
• Preventing SQL Injection with Prepared Statements
• Intro to XSS prevention

📘 Module 8: Mini Project – CRUD + Login

• User Registration & Login
• CRUD operations for Posts/Products/Students
• Dashboard with content listing
• Logout functionality

✅ Optional Topics

• Intro to PHP OOP
• File Handling
• Sending Emails with PHP
• Working with JSON
• Deploying PHP website on a live server