• Why PHP?
• What is the use of PHP?
• How Php is better than its alternatives (Asp.net, Java, Perl etc.)
• Unique features of php?
• What is a web server?
• Understanding Client and Server Architecture.
• How php works with web server?
• Understanding PHP Architecture.
• Hardware and Software requirements.
• Installing and Configuring WAMP/MAMP servers

• Basic PHP syntax.
• Creating your first PHP script.
• Mixing PHP with HTML.
• Storing and Destroying variables.
• Understanding PHP datatypes.
• Testing for a specific datatype.
• Manipulating variables with PHP Operators.
• Dynamic variables.
• Type casting.
• Strings in PHP.

• Using If-else statement
• The ternary Operator. (Using? Operator).
• The if-elseif-else statement.
• The Switch Statement.

• The while statement.
• The do-while statements.
• The for statement.
• Understanding Break, Continue statements.
• Mixing if-else, if-elseif-else statements with loops.
• Nesting Loops.
• Summary.

• Working with PHP inbuilt String functions and their practical use.
• HTML Strings
• Using Numeric functions.
• Summary

• What are arrays?
• Use of arrays.
• Declaring an array.
• Storing data in arrays.
• Different types of arrays.
• Nesting of arrays.
• Multi dimensional Arrays.
• Associative arrays.
• Looping through arrays.
• PHP Special array Iterators (foreach loop and Array iterators).
• PHP in-built Array functions and their use.
• Making a practical use of arrays.
• Summary

• What is a function?
• Defining a function (User defined functions).
• Returning values from a function.
• Dynamic function calls.
• Variable scope.
• Accessing variables with global statement.
• Accessing variables with static statement.
• Understanding arguments and parameters.
• Setting default values for arguments.
• Passing arguments to function by value.
• Passing arguments to function by reference.
• Testing for a function existence.
• Returning multiple values from a function.
• Making practical use by Building code libraries for code reusability.
• Reusing Code.
• Using Include() and require()

• Sending Text Email with php.
• Adding Html and Graphics to Emails.

• Objects oriented programming
• Define a class
• An Object, Creating an object
• Object properties
• Objectmethods
• Object constructors and destructors
• Class method invocation.
• Access Modifiers.
• Class constants & Class inheritance
• Abstract classes and methods
• Object serialization
• Checking for class and method existence
• Exceptions, Iterators and Summary

• Understanding UNIX timestamp.
• Generating a timestamp for now.
• Generating timestamp for a particular date.
• Associative Array of date and time.
• Formatting date and time.
• Understanding timezones.
• Useful date and Time functions and their uses.
• Validating dates.
• Practical Use in projects.

• Creating a file dynamically with PHP.
• Reading and Writing text files.
• Copying data from one file to another file.
• Deleting a file.
• Working with directories.
• Creating and deleting files inside directories.
• Checking for file existence.
• Determining file size.
• Creating your own Visitors counter for website.

• Forms.
• Super global variables (_POST, _GET, _REQUEST etc.).
• A script to acquire user inputs.
• Handling user inputs.
• Accessing User inputs.
• Combining HTML with PHP code.
• Using hidden fields
• Redirecting users

• Uploading Images.
• Uploading PDF and Other useful files.
• Validating uploaded files.

• What are Regular Expressions?
• Use of Regular Expressions.
• Understanding the basics and Rules of Regular Expressions.
• Joining and Splitting strings.
• Comparing Strings.
• Matching patterns.
• Finding Matches.
• Matching and replacing strings with Regular Expressions.
• Modifiers, Breakup Strings.
• Creating useful applications (like: Swear word filter).
• Validating Form data.

• What is php GD ?
• Basics of php graphics.
• Drawing basic figures.
• Making JPEG, JPG, PNG, GIF images with php.
• Image manipulations and Effects with php.
• Cropping and Resizing Image with php.
• Creating Image thumbnails.
• Rotating an Image with php.

• Understanding Cookies.
• Types of Cookies.
• The use of sessions and cookies.
• Creating and deleting a cookie.
• What are Sessions?
• Starting a Session.
• Working with Session variables.
• Destroying Session variables.
• Passing sessions Ids.
• Authenticating and Authorizing users, using Sessions.
• Practical Applications of Sessions and Cookies.
• Making a website “Remember Me” style form.

• Introduction to Ajax.
• The relationship with Javascript.
• Ajax using XHTML and Javascript.
• XMLHttpRequest Object
• Ajax using XMLHttpRequest
• Ajax Using JQuery and Javascript.
• Submitting a Form without page refresh using Ajax and JQuery.
• Making Practical Applications
• Facebook Style adding Comments Using Ajax.
• Google Style Auto Search Suggestions using Ajax.

• Introduction toMySQL
• Introduction to PHP MyAdmin
• Connecting to the MYSQL
• Selecting a database
• Adding data to a table
• Acquiring the value
• Finding the number of rows
• Inserting data
• Entering and updating data
• Executing multiple queries
• Exporting and Importing data tables