The PHP Practitioner

We all start somewhere. When it comes to web development with PHP, well, your first stop is this series. Designed specifically and exclusively for beginners, here, you'll learn the fundamentals of PHP - all the way down to defining variables and arrays. If you feel somewhat unprepared for the content at Laracasts, this "PHP for beginners" series should be your next stop. New lessons are published every Thursday, so don't fall behind!

• Step 1: Get PHP Installed
• Step 2: Install a Proper Code Editor
• Step 3: Variables
• Step 4: PHP and HTML
• Step 5: Separate PHP Logic From Presentation
• Step 6: Understanding Arrays
• Step 7: Associative Arrays
• Step 8: Booleans
• Step 9: Conditionals
• Step 10: Functions
• MySQL 101
• Classes 101
• Intro to PDO
• PDO Refactoring and Collaborators
• Hide Your Secret Passwords
• Make a Router
• Dry Up Your Views
• Array Filtering
• Forms, Request Types, and Routing
• Dynamic Inserts With PDO
• Composer Autoloading
• Your First DI Container
• Refactoring to Controller Classes
• Switch to Namespaces
• Meet Your Batteries Included Framework: Laravel