Overview of PHP

Installing XAMPP for local server setup

Syntax and Structure

Comments in PHP

Variables and Data types (String, Integer, Boolean, Array)

Operators (Arithmetic, Comparison, Logical, Assignment, Increment/Decrement)

Conditional statements (if, if…else, if…else if…else)

Loops (for, while, do-while, foreach)

Defining and calling functions

Function parameters and return values

Indexed arrays and Associative arrays

Traversing arrays with foreach loop

Creating HTML forms and submitting data to PHP

Retrieving form data using $_GET, $_POST, $_REQUEST

Displaying form data in PHP

Client-side vs server-side validation

Basic form validation (required fields, email validation, etc.)

Connecting to MySQL with mysqli (MySQL Improved) and PDO (PHP Data Objects)

Performing basic CRUD operations (Create, Read, Update, Delete) with MySQL queries

What are sessions and how do they work?

Starting a session with session_start()

Storing and retrieving session variables

Destroying sessions

Creating a simple REST API with PHP

Overview of Laravel

Introduction to MVC architecture (Model-View-Controller)

Features of Laravel: Eloquent ORM, Blade, Routing)

Installing Laravel using Composer

Installing Laravel via composer create-project

Running the first Laravel app using php artisan serve

Overview of key directories: app, config, resources, routes

Creating forms using HTML and Blade

CSRF protection with @csrf

Handling form submissions in controllers

Displaying validation errors in views

Custom validation rules and messages

Setting up and configuring the .env file for database connection

Basic database configuration in config/database.php

Running migrations with php artisan migrate

CRUD operations

Creating, handling and destroying sessions

What is WordPress? (Difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org)

WordPress terminology (Themes, Plugins, Widgets, Pages, Posts, etc.)

Choosing a domain name and hosting provider

Installing WordPress (via cPanel or hosting platform)

Introduction to WordPress Dashboard

Basic Settings Overview (Site Title, Tagline, Permalinks, etc.)

Overview of the WordPress Dashboard interface

Customizing the Site Title and Tagline Understanding the difference between Pages and Posts

Media Library (Uploading images, videos, and files)

How to install a WordPress theme (via the Dashboard)

Customizing the theme (using the WordPress Customizer)

Site Identity (Logo, Favicon)

Colors, Fonts, and Layout

Menu setup

Difference between Pages and Posts

Creating and publishing a Page (About, Contact, etc.)

Creating a Post (Blogging basics)

Categories vs. Tags – how to organize your content

Adding Media (Images, Videos) to Posts and Pages

Installing and activating plugins

Essential plugins for beginners (SEO, security, backups, forms)

Managing plugins (updating, deactivating, deleting)