PHP Tutorial Index

Ma Mahalakshmi V Updated 14 Nov 2026

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All 256 lessons of the PHP tutorial, grouped by section in learning order. Each title links to the lesson file.

Sections

Section	Lessons	Level
PHP Tutorial	1–62	Beginner
PHP Functions	63–77	Beginner
PHP Arrays	78–93	Beginner
PHP Superglobals	94–103	Beginner
PHP RegEx	104–110	Intermediate
PHP Forms	111–119	Intermediate
PHP Advanced	120–148	Intermediate
PHP OOP	149–179	Intermediate
Modern PHP (8.x)	180–191	Advanced
MySQL Database	192–213	Intermediate
PHP XML	214–220	Intermediate
PHP - AJAX	221–227	Intermediate
PHP Security	228–239	Advanced
PHP Tools & Deployment	240–249	Advanced
PHP Projects	250–256	Advanced

PHP Tutorial

#	Lesson
1	PHP Home
2	PHP Intro
3	PHP Install
4	PHP Built-in Web Server
5	PHP Syntax
6	PHP Tags
7	PHP and HTML
8	PHP Comments
9	PHP Multiline Comments
10	PHP Variables
11	Variables Scope
12	Static Variables
13	Variable Variables
14	PHP Echo and Print
15	PHP printf and sprintf
16	PHP Data Types
17	PHP Booleans
18	PHP NULL
19	PHP Strings
20	String Functions
21	Modify Strings
22	Concatenate Strings
23	Slicing Strings
24	Escape Characters
25	String Interpolation
26	Heredoc and Nowdoc
27	Search in Strings
28	Multibyte Strings
29	PHP Numbers
30	PHP Floats
31	PHP Casting
32	PHP Type Juggling
33	PHP Math
34	PHP Random Numbers
35	PHP Constants
36	PHP Magic Constants
37	PHP Operators
38	Arithmetic Operators
39	Assignment Operators
40	Comparison Operators
41	Increment and Decrement Operators
42	Logical Operators
43	Null Coalescing Operator
44	Spaceship Operator
45	Operator Precedence
46	PHP If...Else...Elseif
47	PHP If
48	PHP If Operators
49	PHP If...Else
50	PHP Shorthand if
51	PHP Nested if
52	PHP Switch
53	PHP Match
54	Alternative Syntax
55	PHP Loops
56	While Loop
57	Do While Loop
58	For Loop
59	Foreach Loop
60	Nested Loops
61	Break Statement
62	Continue Statement

PHP Functions

#	Lesson
63	PHP Functions
64	User-defined Functions
65	Function Arguments
66	Default Argument Values
67	Pass by Reference
68	Named Arguments
69	Variadic Functions
70	Return Values
71	Type Declarations in Functions
72	Recursive Functions
73	Variable Functions
74	Anonymous Functions
75	Closures
76	Arrow Functions
77	First-class Callable Syntax

PHP Arrays

#	Lesson
78	PHP Arrays
79	Indexed Arrays
80	Associative Arrays
81	Create Arrays
82	Access Array Items
83	Update Array Items
84	Add Array Items
85	Remove Array Items
86	Sorting Arrays
87	Multidimensional Arrays
88	Array Destructuring
89	Array Spread Operator
90	Search in Arrays
91	Merge Arrays
92	array_map, array_filter and array_reduce
93	Array Functions

PHP Superglobals

#	Lesson
94	PHP Superglobals
95	$GLOBALS
96	$_SERVER
97	$_REQUEST
98	$_POST
99	$_GET
100	$_FILES
101	$_COOKIE
102	$_SESSION
103	$_ENV

PHP RegEx

#	Lesson
104	PHP RegEx
105	RegEx Patterns
106	RegEx Modifiers
107	preg_match
108	preg_replace
109	preg_split
110	PHP RegEx Functions

PHP Forms

#	Lesson
111	PHP Form Handling
112	PHP Form Validation
113	PHP Form Required
114	PHP Form URL and E-mail
115	Form Input Sanitizing
116	Escaping Output (htmlspecialchars)
117	Checkbox, Radio and Select Inputs
118	Sticky Forms
119	PHP Form Complete

PHP Advanced

#	Lesson
120	PHP Date and Time
121	Date Formatting
122	DateTime Class
123	Timezones
124	PHP Include
125	Include vs Require
126	PHP File Handling
127	PHP File Open and Read
128	PHP File Create and Write
129	File Delete, Rename and Copy
130	PHP Directories
131	PHP CSV Files
132	PHP File Upload
133	PHP Cookies
134	PHP Sessions
135	PHP Filters
136	PHP Filters Advanced
137	PHP Callback Functions
138	PHP JSON
139	PHP Exceptions
140	Error Handling
141	Custom Error Handler
142	Error Logging
143	HTTP Headers and Redirects
144	Output Buffering
145	Sending Email
146	PHP cURL
147	Consuming REST APIs
148	PHP Generators

PHP OOP

#	Lesson
149	PHP What is OOP
150	PHP Classes and Objects
151	The $this Keyword
152	PHP Properties
153	PHP Methods
154	PHP Constructor
155	Constructor Property Promotion
156	PHP Destructor
157	PHP Access Modifiers
158	Readonly Properties
159	PHP Inheritance
160	Method Overriding
161	The final Keyword
162	PHP Class Constants
163	PHP Abstract Classes
164	PHP Interfaces
165	Polymorphism
166	PHP Traits
167	PHP Static Methods
168	PHP Static Properties
169	Late Static Binding
170	Magic Methods
171	Object Cloning
172	Comparing Objects
173	Anonymous Classes
174	PHP Enums
175	PHP Namespaces
176	Autoloading Classes
177	PHP Iterables
178	Iterators
179	Object Serialization

Modern PHP (8.x)

#	Lesson
180	Strict Types
181	Union Types
182	Nullable Types
183	Mixed and Never Types
184	Nullsafe Operator
185	PHP Attributes
186	PHP Fibers
187	Readonly Classes
188	Property Hooks (PHP 8.4)
189	Asymmetric Visibility (PHP 8.4)
190	Reflection API
191	SPL Data Structures

MySQL Database

#	Lesson
192	MySQL Database
193	MySQL Connect
194	MySQL Create DB
195	MySQL Create Table
196	MySQL Insert Data
197	MySQL Get Last ID
198	MySQL Insert Multiple
199	MySQL Prepared
200	MySQL Select Data
201	MySQL Where
202	MySQL Order By
203	MySQL Delete Data
204	MySQL Update Data
205	MySQL Limit Data
206	MySQL Joins with PHP
207	Pagination with PHP
208	PDO Introduction
209	PDO Connect
210	PDO Prepared Statements
211	PDO Fetch Modes
212	PDO Transactions
213	PDO Error Handling

PHP XML

#	Lesson
214	PHP XML Parsers
215	PHP SimpleXML Parser
216	PHP SimpleXML - Get
217	PHP XML Expat Parser
218	PHP DOM Parser
219	PHP XMLReader
220	PHP XMLWriter

PHP - AJAX

#	Lesson
221	AJAX Intro
222	AJAX PHP
223	AJAX Database
224	AJAX XML
225	AJAX Live Search
226	AJAX Poll
227	AJAX with JSON

PHP Security

#	Lesson
228	Security Introduction
229	Password Hashing
230	SQL Injection Prevention
231	XSS Prevention
232	CSRF Protection
233	Session Security
234	Secure Cookies
235	File Upload Security
236	Filesystem Security
237	Error Reporting in Production
238	Hiding PHP
239	Encryption with Sodium

PHP Tools & Deployment

#	Lesson
240	PHP Configuration (php.ini)
241	PHP Command Line (CLI)
242	Composer
243	PSR-4 Autoloading
244	Installing Extensions (PECL / PIE)
245	Debugging PHP
246	OPcache & Performance
247	Garbage Collection
248	PHP-FPM
249	Migrating to PHP 8

PHP Projects

#	Lesson
250	Project: Contact Form with Email
251	Project: Login & Registration System
252	Project: CRUD App with MySQL
253	Project: Image Upload Gallery
254	Project: Shopping Cart with Sessions
255	Project: Simple Blog
256	Project: REST API with PHP

PHP Tutorial Index

Sections

PHP Tutorial

PHP Functions

PHP Arrays

PHP Superglobals

PHP RegEx

PHP Forms

PHP Advanced

PHP OOP

Modern PHP (8.x)

MySQL Database

PHP XML

PHP - AJAX

PHP Security

PHP Tools & Deployment

PHP Projects

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