15 Best PHP Courses on Coursera
We compared 15 PHP courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $79.00. 2 come from a named university or institution, including University of Michigan and University of Colorado System. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 15
- Price range
- $49.00 – $79.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 19 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to this topic by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $49.00 to $79.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Web Applications for Everybody
Offered by University of Michigan
This Specialization is an introduction to building web applications for anybody who already has a basic understanding of responsive web design with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. Web Applications for Everybody is your introd...
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2
Basic Cryptography and Programming with Crypto API
Offered by University of Colorado System
In this MOOC, we will learn the basic concepts and principles of crytography, apply basic cryptoanalysis to decrypt messages encrypted with mono-alphabetic substitution cipher, and discuss the strongest encryption techni...
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3
Build & Deploy PHP Tutorial Sites with Apache Web Server
Offered by EDUCBA
Learners will install and configure a local Apache environment, create reusable PHP components, develop core website pages, and implement contact and email functionality to build a fully working tutorials website. By the...
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4
Build and Implement a Dynamic Fruits & Veg App Using Apache
Offered by EDUCBA
Learners will describe core web server concepts, construct user-facing pages, develop backend architecture, implement order workflows, and evaluate admin features within a complete fruits and vegetables buying applicatio...
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5
Complete Web Development: HTML, CSS, JS & PHP Projects
Offered by Packt
This specialization features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress throug...
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6
Create & Deploy Company Websites Using Apache & PHP
Offered by EDUCBA
By the end of this course, learners will be able to configure an Apache-powered development environment, create modular PHP components, design structured content pages, and evaluate a fully functional company website. Th...
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Core WordPress Development Concepts
Offered by Packt
This comprehensive course will guide you through the essential concepts and skills for WordPress development. By the end, you will have a strong understanding of how to extend and customize WordPress websites with hooks,...
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8
Full-Stack Web Development: PHP, HTML, CSS & JavaScript
Offered by Board Infinity
The Full-Stack Web Development Specialization equips you with the skills to design and deploy modern, responsive web applications end to end. Across three courses, you’ll build engaging UIs with HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript,...
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9
AJAX Next Level: Authentication, Servers, Projects & More
Offered by Packt
Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as yo...
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10
Learn Secure Coding with Bob and Alice
Offered by John Wiley & Sons
This specialization provides a structured pathway through the principles, practices, and technologies required to build secure software systems. Beginning with foundational secure coding concepts, learners examine major...
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11
Core Web Application Security Testing
Offered by Packt
This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the co...
$49.00listed price -
12
Intermediate Web Development and Backend Basics
Offered by Packt
This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the co...
$49.00listed price -
13
Create Your First WordPress Plugin & Build a WordPress Site
Offered by Packt
This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the co...
$49.00listed price -
14
Secure Coding in Laravel
Offered by Infosec
With Laravel, a PHP language framework, websites and apps are built faster and easier than ever before. With all of this tooling, abstraction and speed, however, it can be easy to forget or overlook security. In this cou...
$49.00listed price -
15
Generative AI-Powered Assistant for Developers
Offered by Packt
This specialization enables developers to leverage generative AI to optimize coding efficiency, accelerate code generation, and integrate AI-powered automation into development workflows. In the first course, "Generative...
$49.00listed price
Best PHP Courses on Coursera compared
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 15 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $79.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $30.00. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Coursera. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 2 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of Michigan and University of Colorado System — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
Open the provider’s own page and check three things this comparison cannot tell you: when the course was last updated, what the syllabus actually covers in its later sections, and what recent learners say. Prices shown here are the provider’s listed price when we last rebuilt this page on 19 September 2026 — they change often, and a promotion can move them substantially. We earn a commission if you enrol through our links, which costs you nothing and never affects the order courses appear in.