Build secure, database-driven web applications with PHP 8 and MySQL: forms, sessions, PDO, CRUD, login, safe uploads, MVC-style structure, JSON APIs and deployment on shared hosting.
PHP and MySQL power a large share of the websites that Ugandan businesses, schools and organisations use every day, from small shops to large content systems. Knowing how to build a proper database-driven application in PHP is a practical skill that local employers and freelance clients ask for, and shared hosting that runs PHP is cheap and widely available.
This course takes you from a working XAMPP set-up to a deployed application. You will write modern PHP 8 code, handle forms and sessions, talk to MySQL with PDO and prepared statements, build create, read, update and delete (CRUD) screens, register and log in users with password_hash, and defend your code against the most common attacks: cross-site scripting (XSS), cross-site request forgery (CSRF) and SQL injection. You will then organise code in an MVC-style structure with simple routing, add JSON endpoints, and put the finished application on shared hosting.
The course assumes you can write HTML and CSS, understand tables and queries in SQL, and know basic JavaScript. Security is taught throughout, not as an afterthought, because a web application that works but is not safe is a liability to the people who trust it with their data.
5 modules · 18 lessons · 5 h 44 min · 6 quizzes
Install XAMPP, run your first PHP page, learn the core language and receive data from HTML forms safely.
Create MySQL tables, connect from PHP with PDO and build complete create, read, update and delete screens using prepared statements.
Register and log in users with sessions and password hashing, then defend against XSS, CSRF and SQL injection and handle file uploads safely.
Organise a growing application with includes, controllers, views and models, route requests through one entry point and publish JSON endpoints.
Configure errors and secrets properly, deploy to shared hosting and bring everything together with a final project checklist.
29 questions. Pass with 70% or more to earn your certificate.
Learn how websites work and build your own from scratch with HTML and CSS: text, links, images, forms, layout, mobile-friendly design and a finished three-page site.
Learn JavaScript from the first line: variables, decisions, loops, functions, the DOM and events. Build a to-do list, tip calculator, quiz and tabs, then learn debugging and fetch.
Go from basic scripts to real projects: modern JavaScript, working with APIs, Git and Node.js, quality and security, then publish your site online with free hosting.
