Short Coding Course — South Africa
Server-Side Web Development with MySQL
PHP powers over 75% of the web — including WordPress. This course covers PHP from fundamentals to building dynamic, database-driven web applications. You'll work with forms, sessions, MySQL, OOP and produce a working web application by course end.
Install XAMPP/Laragon, understand how PHP integrates with HTML, variables, data types and operators.
if/else, loops, user-defined functions, scope and returning values.
Indexed and associative arrays, array functions, string manipulation.
GET vs POST, form handling, input sanitisation and validation.
Session management, user login/logout, remember me with cookies.
Read, write and upload files; directory functions.
Connect to MySQL, perform CRUD with prepared statements using PDO.
Classes, objects, inheritance, interfaces, traits and namespaces.
Error types, try/catch, custom error handlers and logging.
Build a complete user authentication + CRUD application from scratch.
All courses are taught by experienced bootcamp instructors of the Code College team — with a total of 30+ years of industry experience in the team.
You write code from day one. Every concept is reinforced with real exercises and a practical project you keep.
Attend in-person at our Woodmead (JHB) campus or join 100% online from anywhere.
Receive a Code College certificate on completion — recognised by employers across South Africa.
Book the PHP Course today — full-time (5 days) or part-time. Johannesburg, Cape Town and online.