PHP & Laravel learning path: everything to study, topic by topic

PHP tags, echo/print, comments, variable declarations with $, superglobals, type juggling, comparison operators (== vs ===), control structures (if, switch, match)

Scalar types (int, float, string, bool), compound types (array, object), special types (null, resource), type declarations, union types, intersection types, enums (PHP 8.1+), type casting, and type coercion

Function declarations, parameters (by value/reference), default values, variadic functions, return types, anonymous functions, closures (use keyword), arrow functions (fn =>), first-class callable syntax, named arguments

Indexed arrays, associative arrays, multidimensional arrays, array functions (map, filter, reduce, sort), string functions, regular expressions (preg_match, preg_replace), string interpolation, heredoc/nowdoc syntax, array destructuring

Class definitions, properties, methods, constructors, visibility (public/protected/private), static members, inheritance, abstract classes, readonly properties, constructor promotion, magic methods (__construct, __toString, __get, __set, __call)

Interface declarations, implementing multiple interfaces, traits for code reuse, trait conflict resolution, abstract trait methods, interface constants, fibers (PHP 8.1+), readonly classes (PHP 8.2+)

Namespace declarations, use statements, aliasing, PSR-4 autoloading standard, Composer autoloader, classmap vs PSR-4, spl_autoload_register, vendor directory structure, composer.json configuration

Try-catch-finally blocks, exception hierarchy, custom exceptions, error levels, set_error_handler, set_exception_handler, Error vs Exception (PHP 7+), Throwable interface, logging errors, production error handling strategies

Route definitions (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE), route parameters, named routes, route groups, route model binding (implicit/explicit), resource routes, API resource routes, route caching, fallback routes, rate limiting

Controller creation, single-action controllers, resource controllers, dependency injection in controllers, middleware registration and groups, middleware parameters, terminable middleware, form requests, request lifecycle

Blade syntax ({{ }}, {!! !!}), template inheritance (@extends, @section, @yield), components and slots, directives (@if, @foreach, @auth), including sub-views, Blade service injection, custom Blade directives, anonymous components

Built-in Artisan commands, creating custom commands, command signatures and arguments, scheduling commands, closure commands, command output and prompts, tinker REPL, generating boilerplate (make:model, make:controller, etc.)

Eloquent models, mass assignment, query scopes (local/global), accessors and mutators, attribute casting, soft deletes, model events, query builder vs Eloquent, chunking results, cursor iteration, model factories

Creating migrations, schema builder methods (create, table, drop), column types, indexes and foreign keys, migration rollback, seeders and factories, column modifiers (nullable, default, unique), migration squashing

One-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-many, has-many-through, polymorphic relations, eager loading (with/load), lazy loading, N+1 problem, pivot tables, relationship counting, constraining eager loads, touching parent timestamps

Validation rules, form request classes, custom validation rules, conditional validation, array validation, error messages, validating nested data, bail rule, after validation hooks, validation of API requests vs web requests

Laravel authentication scaffolding, guards, providers, Sanctum for API tokens, Passport for OAuth2, multi-auth, remember me, email verification, password reset, social authentication (Socialite), two-factor authentication

Gates and policies, defining abilities, authorizing actions in controllers, Blade authorization directives, policy auto-discovery, resource authorization, guest users, policy responses, middleware-based authorization, role-based access patterns

Queue drivers (Redis, SQS, database), creating jobs, dispatching jobs, job middleware, job chaining, batched jobs, rate limiting, failed jobs and retries, Horizon dashboard, queue workers and supervisord

Event classes, listener classes, event discovery, queued listeners, event subscribers, model observers, broadcasting events (Pusher, WebSocket), broadcast channels, private vs presence channels, event-driven architecture patterns

PHPUnit in Laravel, feature tests vs unit tests, HTTP tests (get, post, assertStatus), database testing (RefreshDatabase, assertDatabaseHas), mocking and faking (Mail::fake, Queue::fake, Event::fake), browser tests with Dusk, test factories, testing API endpoints, test coverage strategies

API resources and resource collections, API versioning, JSON responses, pagination, rate limiting, API authentication (Sanctum tokens), CORS configuration, OpenAPI/Swagger documentation, RESTful best practices, API error handling, conditional attributes in resources

Caching strategies (Redis, Memcached, file), query optimization, lazy collections, database indexing, config/route/view caching, OPcache, queue optimization, profiling with Telescope and Debugbar, CDN integration, response caching, database connection pooling

Laravel Forge, Envoyer, Docker with Laravel Sail, environment configuration (.env), zero-downtime deployment, Nginx/Apache configuration, SSL/TLS, supervisor for queue workers, CI/CD pipelines, health checks, logging with Monolog, Laravel Vapor (serverless)