• Basics of web development
• How websites work (Client-Server Model)
• Introduction to HTML & CSS (Quick overview)
• Setting up a local server (XAMPP / MAMP)

• What is PHP? History and usage
• PHP syntax and structure
• Variables and data types
• Operators and expressions
• PHP constants

• Conditional statements (if, else, else, if, switch)
• Loops (while, do-while, for, for each)
• Break and continue

• Defining and calling functions
• Function parameters and return values
• Variable scope and global variables
• Built-in functions

• Creating forms with HTML
• GET and POST methods
• Retrieving and validating user input
• Form security (basic sanitization)

• Indexed and associative arrays
• Array functions
• String manipulation and functions

• Reading and writing files
• File handling functions
• Uploading files
• Handling file errors

• Introduction to databases
• Introduction to MySQL
• Creating and managing databases
• Tables, records, and fields
• SQL basics: SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE

• Connecting to MySQL using mysqli or PDO
• Performing queries from PHP
• Fetching data (procedural and object-oriented)
• Displaying data in HTML

• Create, Read, Update, Delete operations
• Building a simple CRUD app with PHP & MySQL
• Data validation and feedback

• Understanding sessions and cookies
• Creating login/logout systems
• Session management and security tip

• Types of errors in PHP
• Error reporting
• Try-Catch blocks
• Debugging techniques

Design and develop a real-world mini project:

• Example: Student Management System / Blog / To-do App
• Combine all learned concepts
• Bonus (Optional): Advanced Topics
• Object-Oriented PHP (Classes, Inheritance, etc.)
• PDO for database interaction
• Basic REST API with PHP