Course:Advanced PHP Web Development - Online

→ Prerequisite: Proficiency in PHP programming and web development fundamentals is required. Completion of a basic PHP course or equivalent knowledge is assumed.

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→ Rationale: Advanced PHP development builds on the fundamentals of PHP programming and enables you to create complex, feature-rich web applications. This course focuses on advanced PHP topics and techniques for building robust, scalable web applications.

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→	Unit 1: Advanced PHP Features 1.1 - Understanding namespaces and autoloading. 1.2 - Traits, anonymous classes, and type hinting. 1.3 - Exception handling and custom error handling.
→	Unit 2: Database Interaction with PDO 2.1 - Introduction to PHP Data Objects (PDO). 2.2 - Prepared statements for secure database queries. 2.3 - Transactions and handling errors in database operations.
→	Unit 3: Building Secure Web Applications 3.1 - Handling authentication and authorization. 3.2 - User input validation and filtering. 3.3 - Implementing security best practices.
→	Unit 4: Web Services and APIs with PHP 4.1 - Consuming and creating RESTful APIs. 4.2 - Working with JSON and XML data. 4.3 - Authentication in API development.
→	Unit 5: Caching and Performance Optimization 5.1 - Caching techniques to improve web application performance. 5.2 - Output caching and opcode caching. 5.3 - Profiling and optimizing PHP code.
→	Unit 6: Advanced Object-Oriented PHP 6.1 - Advanced OOP concepts in PHP. 6.2 - Design patterns (e.g., Singleton, Factory, Dependency Injection). 6.3 - Building extensible and maintainable code.
→	Unit 7: Real-Time Web Applications 7.1 - Introduction to WebSockets and server-sent events. 7.2 - Building real-time chat applications. 7.3 - Scalability considerations.
→	Unit 8: Advanced Web Development Frameworks 8.1 - Exploring advanced features of popular PHP frameworks (e.g., Laravel, Symfony). 8.2 - Extending and customizing web applications with frameworks. 8.3 - Deployment and maintenance of advanced web applications.