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Evolution and History

What is PHP? Introduction to PHP
PHP Versions and Features

Development Environment Installing PHP

Basic PHP Syntax

Variables and Scope WAMP XAMPP MAMP

Data Types Learn the Fundamentals LAMP

Casting Data Types Local Server

echo print
Arrays if/else switch match
var_dump print_r
Null Coalescing Operator
Output and Debugging Indexed Arrays
Null Safe Operator
Constants Associative Arrays

Multi-dimensional Arrays

Function Declaration Conditionals

Parameters / Return Values

Functions Loops
Default / Optional Params

Named Arguments
Anonymous Functions
File Handling

HTTP Methods Callback Functions

Arrow Functions
$_GET $_POST require require_once
Recursion
$_REQUEST include include_once
Variadic Functions
$_SERVER Include and Require Files

Super Global Variables

CSV Processing Reading Files

JSON Processing Writing Files

HTTP / Request Handling XML Processing File Permissions

File Operations File Operations

Form Processing
Cookies
File Uploads State Management
Sessions

Working with Databases Input Validation SQL Injection

XSS Prevention CSRF Protection

PDO MySQLi Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) Password Hashing Auth Mechanisms

Database Connectivity Database Transactions Sanitization Techniques

Connection Pooling Basics of Security

Performance Optimization

Database Migrations Classes and Objects

Advanced Database Techniques Constructor / Destructor

Properties and Methods

Object Oriented Programming OOP Fundamentals Access Specifiers

Static Methods and Properties

Polymorphism
Inheritance
Abstract classes

Interfaces

Traits More OOP Concepts Frameworks & Tools

Namespaces

Magic methods Composer Laravel Symfony

Dependency injection Popular Frameworks

Packagist

Type Declarations
Autoloading
PHPUnit Pest
Package Management
Testing Tools
PSR Standards

PHP-FIG External Integrations Static Analysis Style Tools

cURL Guzzle

PHPStan PHPCodeSniffer
Advanced PHP Topics
Psalm Phan PHP CS Fixer

Profiling Techniques Executing System Commands Xdebug

Caching Strategies Process Control Zend Debugger

Memory Management Environment Variables Debugging Tools

Configuration Tuning Configuration Files

Opcode Caching System Interactions

Apache
PHP-FPM
Nginx
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Performance Optimization
Web Servers

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