Web Development (PHP) Course in Pakistan

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The picture that stops you guessing later.

• Request and response
  DNS, server, browser. What actually happens between typing an address and seeing a page.
• HTML that describes meaning hands on
  Semantic structure, forms and accessibility that costs nothing to get right.
• CSS layout that holds hands on
  Flexbox and grid, built rather than nudged.
• Mobile first, because your users are hands on
  A mid-range Android on a patchy connection is the real target here.

Modern PHP, not what the internet remembers from 2010.

• Types, arrays and strings hands on
  Including the comparison rules that bite beginners.
• Functions, classes and namespaces hands on
  Object orientation as a way to organise, not as ceremony.
• Composer and the ecosystem hands on
  Dependencies, autoloading, and judging whether a package is safe to add.
• Errors and exceptions hands on
  Failing loudly in development and gracefully in production.

MySQL, which is what the local hosting market runs.

• Designing tables that will not hurt later hands on
  Keys, relationships, indexes, and the cost of the wrong shape.
• SQL you will actually write hands on
  SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY, and reading a query someone else left behind.
• Prepared statements hands on
  SQL injection demonstrated working, then closed.
• Migrations hands on
  Schema as versioned code rather than a change someone made in phpMyAdmin.

The framework almost every local PHP job expects.

• Routing, controllers and Blade hands on
  The request lifecycle, followed end to end.
• Eloquent and relationships hands on
  Models, eager loading, and the N+1 query that quietly ruins performance.
• Validation and form requests hands on
  Validating on the server, always — client-side is a convenience, never a control.
• Authentication and authorisation hands on
  Who someone is versus what they may do, and the bug where changing an id in the URL reads someone else's record.
• Queues, jobs and scheduled tasks hands on
  Work that should not happen while a user waits.
• Testing a Laravel application hands on
  Feature tests that exercise a real route against a real database.

The parts a client never asks for and always needs.

• The common web vulnerabilities, demonstrated hands on
  Injection, XSS, CSRF and broken access control — shown working, then fixed.
• File uploads done safely hands on
  The single most commonly mishandled feature in local PHP applications.
• Caching and query optimisation hands on
  Measuring first, then fixing the thing that is actually slow.
• Handling money correctly
  Never floats, always minor units — and rounding rules that reconcile to the rupee.

Live, and still live next month.

• Git in a team hands on
  Branches, pull requests, review, and resolving a conflict calmly.
• Deploying to a VPS or shared host hands on
  Both routes, because clients here use both.
• Environment config, secrets and backups hands on
  Including restoring a backup, not merely taking one.
• Logging, errors and rollback hands on
  Knowing it broke before the client rings, and being able to undo it.

A complete Laravel application, deployed · 5 weeks

Authentication, roles, a real domain problem, a live URL and a README a stranger could follow. Must include a test suite that runs.

Team build

A second application built in a pair or trio using branches and pull requests. The git history is part of what is marked.

A final assessment marked out of 100; the pass mark is 50, with 120 minutes to complete it.

• Front end and responsive behaviour (15 marks)
• PHP and database design (25 marks)
• Laravel, practical (35 marks)
• Security and deployment (25 marks)

Students who pass the final assessment and have project work verified by their trainer receive a completion letter. It states attendance, the assessment result and the projects verified, and carries a code any employer can check at the verification page.

Pakistan's National Vocational & Technical Training Commission publishes a course-contents document for the trades it funds. This programme is mapped to CIT (Web, Software & Mobile Web Development) — 12 weeks, 5 hours a day, 300 contact hours.

Published by NAVTTC and reproduced here so you can check our syllabus against it. We teach it to those hours: 300 contact hours over 12 weeks, the same as the standard. Read the NAVTTC document.

Roles this prepares you for

• Junior PHP / Laravel Developer
  The most common web development vacancy in Pakistan.
• Web Developer (agency)
  Client sites and business systems.
• Freelance Web Developer
  Requires the business skills taught in the Freelancing course as well.

What is the fee for the Web Development (PHP) course?

The course fee is PKR 60,000. The fee and syllabus are published on this page before you apply.

How long is the Web Development (PHP) course?

It runs for 3 Months, with 300 contact hours.

Can I join from another city?

On campus in Faisalabad, or live online from anywhere in Pakistan. You can apply online from any city.

Do I need any experience before joining?

The course is pitched at intermediate level. Recommended before you start: Free: Web Development Basics; Comfortable typing and using a computer.

How am I assessed, and what certificate do I get?

There is a final assessment marked out of 100; the pass mark is 50. Students who pass and have project work verified by their trainer receive a completion letter with a verification code that any employer can check.

What jobs can this course lead to?

It is aimed at roles such as Junior PHP / Laravel Developer, Web Developer (agency), Freelance Web Developer. BvLogic Academy does not guarantee a job, an income or a timeframe.

Interested in this programme?

Apply now, or try the subject free first: there is no reason to pay before you know you like it.