This book covers a wide range of topics starting with the introduction of web applications, including client-side and server-side scripting, different categories of web applications, and the installation process of popular server environments like WAMP, LAMP, XAMPP, and MAMP. The book contains the basics of PHP, including its history, features, and advantages, with setting up a PHP development environment. It covers PHP basics like variables, constants, data types, operators, control structures, and functions, providing a solid foundation for web development. Next, you will learn about forms, user input, cookies, and sessions, creating web pages with GUI components, validating user input both client-side and server-side, and handling cookies and sessions in PHP. It also covers PHP strings, file handling, and database operations, including connecting to a MySQL database and using database handling functions. Lastly, you will get the hang of object-oriented programming, security, debugging, and performance optimization using PHP frameworks and working with APIs and web services.

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• About the Author
• About the Reviewer
• Acknowledgement
• Preface
• Table of Contents
• Section - I: Fundamentals of PHP Development
  • 1. Introduction to Web Application
    • Introduction
    • Structure
    • Objectives
    • Features of web applications
    • Categories of Web applications
      • Client-side scripting
      • Server-side Scripting
      • Web servers
      • Local server
      • Remote server
      • Static website
      • Dynamic website
        • Static website vs. dynamic website
    • WAMP, LAMP, XAMPP, and MAMP server
      • WAMP for Windows operating systems
      • LAMP for Linux operating systems
      • XAMPP for cross-platform
      • MAMP for macOS
      • The Installation process of XAMPP
    • Conclusion
    • Points to remember
  • 2. Introduction to PHP
    • Introduction
    • Structure
    • Objectives
    • History of PHP
      • Features of PHP
      • Advantages of PHP
    • Setting up a PHP development environment
      • Elements required to execute PHP script
    • Working of PHP
    • Lexical structure of PHP
    • PHP case sensitivity
    • Keywords of PHP
    • Basic building blocks of PHP
    • Conclusion
    • Points to remember
  • 3. PHP Basics
    • Introduction
    • Structure
    • Objectives
    • Variables in PHP
    • Constants in PHP
    • Variable scope
    • Data types in PHP
    • Type juggling
    • Type casting
    • Operators and expressions
    • Comments in PHP
    • Control structures
      • Conditional statements
      • Loop statements
    • Break and continue statement
    • Functions in PHP
    • Defining PHP function
    • Calling to function
    • Default parameter
    • Parameter passing to a function
    • Conclusion
    • Points to remember
  • 4. PHP Arrays
    • Introduction
    • Structure
    • Objectives
    • Arrays in PHP
      • Indexed arrays
        • Process to add a new element to an indexed array in PHP
      • Associative arrays
        • Process to access elements in an associative array in PHP
      • Multi-dimensional array
        • Two-dimensional array
        • Three-dimensional array
    • Array functions
      • Sorting in PHP
      • Functions for extracting data from array
      • Adding and removing elements of array
      • Shifting elements of an array
      • Reversing arrays
    • Conclusion
    • Points to remember
• Section - II: Web Development with PHP
  • 5. PHP Forms and User Input
    • Introduction
    • Structure
    • Objectives
    • Creating a webpage using GUI components
    • Form in PHP
      • Browser and server role in web development
    • Submitting form data in PHP using GET() & POST()
      • Difference between GET() & POST() methods
    • Multiple forms in a single webpage
      • Displaying validation errors
    • Webpage validation
      • Client-side validation (JavaScript)
      • Server-side validation (PHP)
      • Displaying validation errors
    • Validating user input
    • Processing form data with PHP
    • Cookies in PHP
      • Accessing cookies with PHP
      • Check the cookie is set or not
      • Modify and delete cookies values
        • Modify a Cookie
        • Delete a Cookie
    • Session in PHP
    • Conclusion
    • Points to remember
  • 6. PHP Strings
    • Introduction
    • Structure
    • Objectives
    • Creating and manipulating strings
      • String declaration
      • Concatenation
      • Accessing characters
      • Substring extraction
      • String interpolation
      • String functions
      • String length
      • String indexing and slicing
      • Escape sequences
    • Types of strings
    • Escape sequences in PHP
    • String functions
    • Printing strings in PHP
    • Comparing strings
    • Conclusion
    • Points to remember
  • 7. PHP File Handling
    • Introduction
    • Structure
    • Objectives
    • File handling in PHP
    • File functions
    • Conclusion
    • Points to remember
  • 8. PHP Database Operations
    • Introduction
    • Structure
    • Objectives
    • Introduction to databases
    • Database integration with PHP applications
    • Creating table in PHP
    • Connecting to MYSQL database
    • Database handling functions
    • Conclusion
    • Points to remember
• Section - III: Advanced PHP Concepts and Best Practices
  • 9. Object-Oriented Programming in PHP
    • Introduction
    • Structure
    • Objectives
    • Object-oriented concepts supported by PHP
    • Creating classes
    • Creating objects
    • Constructor and destructor
      • Constructor
      • Destructor
    • Properties and methods
      • Properties (attributes)
      • Methods (functions)
    • Encapsulation
      • Access specifier
        • Inheritance
        • $this variable
    • Overloading and overriding
      • Method overloading
      • Method overriding
    • Abstract classes
    • Polymorphism
    • Interface
    • Final keyword
    • References
    • Conclusion
    • Points to remember
  • 10. PHP Security
    • Introduction
    • Structure
    • Objectives
    • Common security threats
      • Mitigating vulnerabilities
    • Securing your PHP code
    • Protecting against SQL injection attacks
    • User authentication and authorization
    • Protecting your PHP web application from cyber-attacks
    • Net solutions to build secure PHP websites
    • Conclusion
    • Points to remember
  • 11. PHP Best Practices and Advanced Topics
    • Introduction
    • Structure
    • Objectives
    • Use modern PHP versions
    • Advanced topics
    • Debugging and error handling
    • Performance optimization
    • Using PHP frameworks
    • APIs and web services
      • API
      • Web services
    • Adopting WebSockets
    • Leverage asynchronous programming
    • Conclusion
    • Points to remember
• Index