PHP DEVELOPER ROADMAP

@TheCodeholic
 PREREQUISITES & BASICS 25 days
0 days 1 day 1 day 7-10 days

Register on ChatGPT How Internet & Basics of HTTP Protocol Basics of JavaScript
or Claude.ai Websites work

You need to start using AI from Learn: What IP Address? What is What is HTTP Protocol? How to include JavaScript in
day 1. Avoiding it will not help. Server? What is DNS? How What Status codes are HTML document? Create
domains work? there? functions, Create Objects, etc...

Follow Necessary Browser request/response Basics of HTML & CSS Git & Github
people flow
You need to follow people What happens internally when you What is HTML? Learn common What is VCS? How they
who are sharing knowledge in type youtube.com in your browser. tags. Create content. Create work? The basic commands.
your area. Forms. Basics of CSS

0 days 1 day 5-7 days 3-5 days

 CREATE YOUR WEBSITE 6 days
1-3 days 1-2 days 1 day
Create a static Host Your Website ??Purchase your own
website domain??

Take existing template or You can use some free hosting For more proffessional look, it's
create new one using HTML, services and even use their always better to have a custom
CSS, JS. domain. domain.
 51 days
3-5 days 2-3 days 3-5 days 3-5 days
Relational Databases Setup & Syntax, Basics Working with Databases Autoloading &
Composer

How they work? What is table? Variables, Types, Numbers, Reading, Writing, Updating Learn how to create your own
What is foreign Key? What are Strings, Arrays, and Deleting data from the autoloader, What is composer,
relations? Conditionals,Loops, Functions database using PHP how to create a composer
package.

Practice PHP Specifics Practice Practice

Create Simple Projects with HTML, Dates, Including files, Working with Create Projects with current Rebuild the same projects with
CSS and JS. Practice on writing FS, JSON, Basics of OOP, CURL, knowledge and put everything on composer and autoloading.
SQL Queries. Sessions, Cookies Github. Improve and update on Github.

5-7 days 10-12 days 5-7 days 5-7 days

 53 days
3-5 days 5-7 days 5-7 days 2-3 days
Practice with Third Party OOP In Depth More Practice Build Portfolio
Packages Website

Use third party packages to create Inheritance, Abstraction, Use Advanced OOP featues, Move your portfolio website in your
projects. Ex: Use OpenAI API Encasulation, Polimorphism, like abstraction and create MVC Framework.
package. Interfaces, Traits, Namespaces more projects

MVC

Create a Portfolio OOP In Depth Build your own Learn APIs

MVC Framework
Create a Website or use Github to Static, constants, magic methods, Custom Routing, MVC, Forms & What is API, How to interact with
show all your work. Add images and Attributes, Latest PHP additions, Validation, Migrations, Login & APIs, Create your own API, Create
videos and demo links if possible. etc... Registration, Password Encryption, a Project using API.
Middlewares, Composer Package.

3-5 days 5-7 days 10-12 days 5-7 days

 30 days
LEARN POPULAR PHP FRAMEWORK
LARAVEL COURSE

thecodeholic.com
 16 days
PROJECT DEPLOYMENT

5-7 days 3-5 days 1 day 2 days

Rebuild Your Projects Rebuild New Website Purchase your own Learn Deployment
domain
Use Popular framework to Rebuild Recreate your existing website If you have not purchased your Deploy Your Project on custom
Your Projects. with top PHP Framework own domain do it now. domain.
 15 days
LEARN JAVASCRIPT FRAMEWORK
 SOME ADVANCED CONCEPTS 37 days
1-2 days 3-5 days 7-10 days
Terminal & Linux Docker AI Prompting
Commands

How to use terminal to connect to How to use existing images, Master how to talk to AI correct
server, use basic commands to dockerize existing application or to get most out of it.
setup services. create new images

Web Server Design Patterns DevOps

Configuration
Learn NGINX, Apache setup and Learn the common Design Patterns Learns DevOps basics to shift your
Configuration. to help guide others. skills to the next level

2-3 days 5-7 days 7-10 days

WORK FEW HOURS EVERY DAY INCLUDING WEEKENDS

8 months
FROM ZERO TO UPPER INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
 WORK FEW HOURS ON EVERY WEEK DAY

10 months
FROM ZERO TO UPPER INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
 GENERAL ADVICES
Create accounts in all social platforms: FB, X, TikTok,
Insta, YouTube
Document your journey: Make notes, Write Posts on
Social Platforms, Create Videos
Explore others’ work. Contribute in Open Source
Projects
Use AI on every step of your learning. Use it as your
coach or mentor

For human coaching send me DM at @TheCodeholic