PHP and WordPress PHP Crash Course

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1. Run through PHP features and syntax.
2. Run through WordPress PHP features and helper functions.
3. Set up coding standards, talk about package management, check out debugging.

Lessons

Part 1: PHP

• Intro and setup.
• Types: strings, ints, floats, boolean, arrays, object, NULL, resource
• declaring variables
• functions anonymous and named
• arrays and syntax
• conditional
• loops
• objects and syntax
• classes: properties, method, scope (private, protected, public)
• Templating with PHP
• Superglobals and getting server and browser info.
• Adding docblock comments.

Part 2: WordPress

• Intro to the world of WordPress PHP, the Codex, and Dev Resources
• The Loop
• Globals
• Template tags
• Conditionals
• WP helper functions
• Vaidating, sanitizing, and escaping data
• Enqueue functions and concept
• Plugin API
• Custom Post Types
• WP_Query
• wpdb

Part 3: Standards and Debugging

• Setup PHPCS
• Kint and Whoops
• xDebug
• Packagist and packages