PHP Fundamentals
Core PHP Skills for Dynamic Web Development
Learn PHP from the ground up by mastering variables, arrays, functions, loops, conditionals, forms, and embedding PHP in HTML — everything you need to build dynamic, data-driven websites.
About This Course
What You’ll Learn:
✅ The fundamentals of PHP and how it powers the web
✅ Setting up your development environment (XAMPP, MAMP, Docker, and more)
✅ Writing your first PHP script and understanding PHP syntax
✅ Working with variables, data types, arrays, and strings
✅ Controlling program flow with conditionals and loops
✅ Creating and using functions efficiently
✅ Handling user input, forms, and validation for secure web applications
✅ Embedding PHP in HTML and structuring reusable code
✅ Debugging, error handling, and best practices
✅ A hands-on final project to put your PHP skills to the test!
By the end of this series, you’ll have a strong foundation in PHP development, enabling you to create dynamic websites, process user input, and build real-world applications. Get ready to code and bring your web development ideas to life! 💻🔥
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Course Roadmap
Many PHP tutorials either focus on isolated syntax exercises or jump into frameworks without showing how the language works in context.
This course takes a different approach. You’ll learn core PHP concepts step by step, including variables, arrays, functions, loops, conditionals, forms, and embedding PHP in HTML, all applied to real code examples.
The curriculum is structured as a continuous journey — each lesson builds on the last, giving you confidence to create dynamic, data-driven web pages and solid foundational PHP skills.
Meet Your Instructor
Hi, I’m Bob Cravens — a software developer, consultant, and educator with years of experience building and maintaining real-world web applications.
I run a technology consulting company where I help clients design, build, and evolve production systems. That experience directly shapes how I teach. The patterns, tradeoffs, and decisions you’ll see in this course aren’t theoretical — they’re the same ones I use when building software that has to be understood, maintained, and extended over time.
I created this course because too many PHP tutorials either focus on isolated syntax exercises or jump straight into frameworks, making it hard to understand how PHP really works. PHP is the backbone of dynamic web applications — and mastering it from the ground up makes everything else easier.
My goal with this course isn’t just to show you PHP syntax or features, but to help you truly understand how to structure and write maintainable, practical PHP code for dynamic websites.
If you want a solid, practical foundation in PHP that prepares you for building real web applications and later diving into frameworks or advanced projects, this course is designed for you.
If you want to get in touch, shoot me an email bob.cravens@tekfoundry.com.
Why This Series?
Many PHP tutorials either focus on isolated syntax exercises or jump straight into frameworks. That can be useful for reference — but it doesn’t help you truly understand how PHP works in real web applications.
This series takes a different approach.
Instead of jumping between disconnected examples, you’ll explore PHP concepts step by step. You’ll see how variables, arrays, functions, loops, conditionals, and form handling fit together, and how understanding the fundamentals makes building dynamic, data-driven websites easier.
The videos are intentionally thorough. Not to waste time — but to show complete thought processes, real examples, and practical techniques — the kind of depth short tutorials often skip.
By the end of the series, you won’t just know PHP syntax — you’ll understand how to structure, reason about, and maintain PHP code for dynamic web applications, giving you confidence to tackle more advanced projects or frameworks.
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