Matthew Machaj is Educator's Introduction to PHP course. As a self-taught PHP developer, Matthew understands first-hand the difficulties encountered by newcomers to PHP. He focuses on the topics most relevant to web developers looking to build their skill set by learning to add dynamic content and advanced functionality to their websites. Matthew focuses his lessons on actual code and builds on a web application using new skills learned throughout the series. Topics covered include setting up the development environment, arrays, type casting, user-defined functions, and loops.

Course Introduction 12:13
How PHP & The Web Work 15:32
Setting Up Your Development Environment 33:11
Your First PHP Script 12:41
Basic PHP Syntax 40:24
Variables & Numeric Data Types 16:38
String Data Type 18:06
Include Files & Web Application Introduction 38:43
Arrays 34:00
Web Application Development 27:38
Script Input & The GET Method 30:18
Accessing Form Data in PHP 32:01
Web Application Development 20:20
Expression & Operators 31:56
Web Application Development 20:51
Boolean & Null Data Types 20:11
Type Casting 22:41
Introduction to Functions 52:20
Constants 19:24
Web Application Development 26:29
Conditional Control Structures 18:58
Error Handling 19:08
Logical & Ternary Operators 23:22
Web Application Development 19:27
More Conditional Control Structure 20:49
Nested Conditional Control Structures 24:49
Web Application Development 28:20
Sending Email Using PHP 43:50
User-Defined Functions 56:00
Variable Scope 31:37
Web Application Development 28:27
Optional Parameters 19:35
Web Application Development 23:07
Introduction to Conditional Loops 57:20
More on Conditional Loops 35:50
Web Application Development 22:07
For & Foreach Loops 29:28
Web Application Development 25:58
Conditional Loop Wrap-Up 23:12
Variable-Length Parameter Lists 22:16
Web Application Development 38:36
Miscellaneous Topics 31:49