Basic Scripting, Conditional and Looping Constructs

1. PHP Scripting Fundamentals
2. Print Statement
3. Code Blocks
4. Primitive Data Types
5. Defining Constants and Variables
6. Looping Constructs
7. while, do… while, for, exit and break
8. True and False Expressions
9. if, else and elseif
10. switch/case Statement
11. The ? (Ternary) Operator

1. Using Include Files
2. The Require Statement
3. Modularizing Code with Functions
4. Defining and Using Basic Functions

1. Logical Operators
2. Relational Operators
3. Bitwise Operators
4. Other Operators
5. PHP7 Null Coalescing operator
6. PHP7 Spaceship Operator

1. Introduction to Functions
2. Declaring Functions
3. Scope
4. Passing Arguments to Functions
5. Local and Global Scope
6. Passing Arguments to Functions by Value and Reference
7. Variable Scoping and Return Values
8. Recursion
9. Coercive and Strict Type Declarations for Parameters and Return Values
10. Optional and REST Parameters
11. Argument Unpacking
12. Generator Return Expressions
13. Dynamic Function Calls
14. Predefined PHP Functions

1. What are Arrays?
2. Usage of Arrays in PHP
3. Array Indexing
4. Initializing Arrays
5. Operating on Arrays
6. Sorting Arrays
7. One-Dimensional and Multi-Dimensional Arrays
8. Associative Arrays
9. Array Functions
10. Forms and Arrays in Web Applications

1. Defining Object Oriented Programming
2. Creating New Objects in PHP
3. PHP Object Syntax
4. Using Predefined PHP OOP Libraries
5. Implementing New Classes
6. Extending Classes
7. Understanding Private, Public and Protected
8. Inheriting Methods and Properties
9. Overriding Methods and Properties

Introduction

1. Overview
2. Installation and Composer
3. Configuration

1. Request Lifecycle
2. Basic Routing
3. Route Parameters
4. Views
5. Views Data
6. Redirects
7. Custom Responses
8. Response Shortcuts

1. Creating Controllers
2. Controller Routing
3. RESTful Controllers

1. Creating Templates
2. PHP Output
3. Controller Structures
4. Templates Inheritance

1. Introduction
2. Environment
3. Creating and Running Tests
4. HTTP Tests
5. Browser Tests

Advanced Routing

1. Named Routes
2. Secure Routes
3. Parameter Constraints
4. Route Groups
5. Route Prefixing
6. Domain Routing

URL Generation

1. The current URL
2. Generating Framework URLs
3. Asset URLs
4. Generation Shortcuts

Request Data

1. Retrieval
2. Old Input
3. Uploaded Files
4. Cookies

Forms

1. Opening Forms
2. Form Fields
3. Form Buttons
4. Form Macro
5. Form Security

Validation

1. Simple Validation
2. Validation Rules
3. Error Messages
4. Custom Validation Rules
5. Custom Validation Messages

Databases

1. Abstraction
2. Configuration
3. Preparing

Schema Builder

1. Creating Tables
2. Column Types
3. Column Modifiers
4. Updating Tables
5. Dropping Tables
6. Schema Tricks

Migrations

1. Basic Concept
2. Creating Migrations
3. Running Migrations
4. Rolling Back
5. Migration tricks

Eloquent

1. Models, Tinker, Legacy DBs
2. Scopes - Global Scopes and Traits
3. Accessors and Mutators
4. Creating and Updating
5. Advanced Where and When
6. Relationships
7. Relationship Queries
8. Querying Relationship Children
9. Collections

Elixir

1. Installing Node.JS
2. Installing Elixir Repertoire Designer
3. Installing Database Drivers and Additional Class Files
4. Adding Data Source
5. Adding Page Title Header
6. Populating the Report
7. Sorting and Grouping
8. Labelling
9. Creating Elixir Task
10. Compiling with Laravel Elixir and Running Elixir

Authentication, Security and Subscriptions

1. Using policies and guard to protect user pages
2. Adding feature flags to hide features from users
3. Implementing Socialite to allow users to login with Facebook
4. Adding custom middleware to protect the user admin area
5. Using Laravel to set up a subscription site
6. Creating an interface for the user to manage subscriptions
7. Creating an admin interface for subscriptions

Testing and Debugging Application

1. Generating test
2. Using tests to think through your code TDT (Test Driven Thinking)
3. Using VCR for API testing
4. Getting your code onto GitHub
5. Using Travis to run tests with every push
6. Launching Gulp watch into your workflow
7. Using Mockery to test your controllers
8. Troubleshooting application

Advanced Features

1. Building an Artisan command
2. Creating scheduler to notify users of new comics
3. Setting up e-mail notices
4. Adding clean URLs for the users profile page
5. Using pusher for live notifications
6. Adding a blog area to update users on new features

Deployment

1. Setting up Server
2. Setting up Travis to auto deploy when all is passing
3. Working with your .env file
4. Testing application on production
5. Making a composer package out of our client

Implementing RESTful Servers with PHP

1. Understanding RESTful Servers
2. Benefits of PHP for Implementing RESTful Servers
3. Using HTTP Verbs to Access Data
4. Understanding RESTful URIs
5. Defining PHP Objects to Access RESTful URIs
6. Effective Use of OOP Inheritance

JSON Security

1. Introduction
2. Middleware Authentication
3. Authorizers
4. Controller Authorization
5. Helpers
6. Conclusion