PHP

 

Here you will find the best compilation of PHP programming tutorials in PDF, all in English.

PHP is the most popular and used server-side programming language today , with which we can generate dynamic content web pages .

It is a simple and powerful programming language, easy to learn and implement, with which CMS as popular as WordPress and web services as important as Facebook work .

If you are interested in learning web development, learning PHP is essential for you.

And if you are a regular WordPress user, a basic knowledge of this language will be tremendously useful for any modification or customization that you want to make on the code, themes, functions, hooks ...

As a mandatory requirement before learning PHP, prior knowledge of HTML and CSS , the absolute basis of the web , will be necessary . We also recommend that you also acquire some knowledge of mySql , the database most commonly used with this language.

With the tutorials that we bring you you can start programming PHP from scratch  or acquire an advanced level  , specialize in object-oriented programming in PHP, etc.

To practice with this language, we recommend you use XAMPP , a software that acts as a local server on our computer, with which we can view the result of our code in our own web browser.

We encourage you to start with the tutorials 😉

We hope you enjoy them and they are useful to you 🙂

 

PROGRAMMING MANUAL IN PHP

This manual is brought to us by  Marcelo Maraboli , which he shares from his page maraboli.cl

He quickly introduces us to what the PHP language is , and from the beginning he shows us practical examples teaching us the fundamentals of this language, such as variables, operations with numbers and strings, handling of forms by post  or how to connect and use a database MySQL .

Nice PDF tutorial to boot.

Note: due to recent changes to mySql, please note that you will have to replace all the 'mysql' statements with their current version, 'mysqli'

Author  Marcelo Maraboli

LicenseCC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Size              60 pg / 1.2 mb

Level                      Beginner

          

 PHP PROGRAMMING THROUGH EXAMPLES

This manual written by  Manuel Palomo Duarte is shared on the website of the University of Cádiz .

This is another tutorial aimed at beginners, in which you will learn what PHP is, how to implement it, and you will find practical examples with basic functionalities, such as operating with text strings, creating dynamic HTML tables, creating an image gallery, working with a database. MySQL data or use session variables.

It also gives us an introduction to object-oriented programming in PHP.

Another good tutorial to start with.

Note: due to recent changes to mySql, please note that you will have to replace all the 'mysql' statements with their current version, 'mysqli'

Author      University of Cádiz

LicenseCC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Size          59 pg / 1.0 mb

Level        Beginner

         

 PROGRAMMING IN PHP5 BASIC LEVEL

This tutorial, by  Carlos Vázquez Mariño , is an excellent manual to acquire a medium level of PHP.

Here we will find a more extensive documentation, a more detailed in-depth on each concept, and a fairly complete and well-organized glossary of instructions and functions. The only thing we miss is a chapter dedicated to databases, but we can fill this gap with the following PDF that we offer.

I really recommend this manual. If you really want to learn PHP, we suggest you start with this one.

Author  Carlos Vázquez Mariño

LicenseCC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Size          180 pg / 4.1 mb

Level         Beginner / Intermediate

          

 PHP + MySQL FROM SCRATCH

This manual has been written by  Francisco Minera belonging to the Redusers community .

It is a very comprehensive, detailed and practical manual specifically focused on the manipulation of mySql databases through PHP, an essential feature of any dynamic web page.

And we will not only learn this, but also develop at a medium level in commands and mySql querys.

Very practical and recommended if you want to expand your knowledge in MySQL , which is a natural evolution in web development.

Author      Adrian W. West

LicenseCC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Size          437 pg / 6.3 mb

Level         Intermediate

          

 OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING FOR PHP5

Written by  Juan Zapata for Subforce training , in this tutorial we will delve fully into the world of object-oriented programming in PHP, the most versatile paradigm in terms of programming.

Although this programming language did not initially support this type of programming, this support has been progressively introduced and today it has a strong implementation due to its great power and versatility.

If you already know how to make dynamic web pages in PHP, we invite you to take the next step with this manual and become a true developer of systems in PHP.

Author      Hasin Hayder

LicenseCC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Size           268 pg / 3.8 mb

Level         Advanced