PHP Programming for Beginners

This beginner path introduces the core concepts of PHP, a scripting language commonly used in web development. You will learn to display output, write comments, store data in variables and arrays, and perform mathematical operations.

You will control program flow with conditional statements and use several types of loops to process repeated tasks and collections. You will also define functions, work with parameters and return values, manage variable scope, and explore recursion and built-in functions.

The path concludes with object-oriented programming in PHP. You will create classes and objects and apply concepts such as encapsulation, getters and setters, and method overriding.

Syllabus

Write basic PHP programs using output statements, comments, variables, operators, and arrays
Control program flow with if, elseif, ternary, and switch statements
Implement while, do-while, for, foreach, and nested loops
Define and call functions with parameters and return values
Manage variable scope and apply recursion and built-in functions
Create PHP classes and objects using encapsulation and method overriding