PHP Analyst and Developer

TEACHING UNIT 1. INTRODUCTION TO PHP
The History and Evolution of PHP
Features and benefits of PHP
Installing and configuring PHP
Basic PHP syntax
Variables and data types in PHP
Operators and expressions in PHP

TEACHING UNIT 2. OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING IN PHP
Basic concepts of object-oriented programming
Classes and objects in PHP
Properties and methods in PHP
Inheritance and polymorphism in PHP
Interfaces in PHP
Working with exceptions in PHP

TEACHING UNIT 3. WORKING WITH DATABASES IN PHP
Introduction to Databases
Connecting to and managing databases in PHP
SQL queries in PHP
Working with tables and records in PHP
Transactions and error handling in PHP
Using PDO to work with databases in PHP

TEACHING UNIT 4. WEB PROGRAMMING WITH PHP
Introduction to web programming
HTTP and HTTPS protocols
Web form programming in PHP
Form validation in PHP
Cookies and sessions in PHP
Working with files and directories in PHP

TEACHING UNIT 5. PHP FRAMEWORKS
Basic concepts of PHP frameworks
An Introduction to Laravel, Symfony and CodeIgniter
Structure and operation of PHP frameworks
I work with models, views and controllers in PHP frameworks
Using Blade and Twig in PHP frameworks
Deployment and maintenance of web applications using PHP frameworks

TEACHING UNIT 6. WEB APPLICATION SECURITY WITH PHP
Basic concepts of web application security
The most common vulnerabilities in web applications
Attacks via PHP web forms
Protection against XSS, CSRF and SQL injection attacks in PHP
Implementing authentication and authorisation in web applications using PHP
Security testing for web applications using PHP

TEACHING UNIT 7. OPTIMISATION AND PERFORMANCE IN PHP
Techniques for improving the performance of PHP web applications
Measuring and analysing the loading speed of PHP web applications
Web page caching in PHP
Using code profiling tools in PHP
Optimising SQL queries in PHP
Deployment and configuration of web and PHP servers to improve performance