Create A Subscription Service With Stripe And Php

You build a multiple level subscription plan registration page using Stripe that registers new customers.

What you'll learn
Understand how Stripe handle recurring payments for subscription services.
Use the Stripe API to add new customers to free and paid subscription plan.
Handle login and content access using PHP session management.
Create a tiered framework for UI, network requests, database and Stripe interface.
Understand the maintenance of subscriptions on the Stripe dashboard.
How to set up a development environment for building Stripe subscription transactions.
Requirements
PHP: Beginner to intermediate skills.
Javascript: Beginner to intermediate skills
HTML: Beginner to intermediate skills
CSS: Beginner skill with some experience.
PHP Web server: Need to have access to a running web server with PHP 5.3.3 or later.
SQL: Beginner to intermediate skills. We use SQLite in the course.
Stripe Account: You need a Stripe testing account. How to set one up is covered in the course.
Web Developer Tools: You should know how to open web developer tools in a web browser and navigate. We use Chrome web developer tools in the course materials. You can use others if you prefer.
Code editor of your choice.
Stripe Stripe Checkout Form: We use the Stripe Checkout Form with AJAX and Javascript. You will be able to follow along and understand if you have no experience with the Stripe Checkout Form. However we do not go into depth about the code behind it. If you want a more in-depth learning experience on the Stripe Checkout Form we recommend our companion course offered here on Udemy: Learn Stripe PHP: Make Checkout Webpages
Description
What is this course about? This course is a primer for using Stripe with PHP to build a subscription service. You build a new account page that allows customers to pay with their credit cards for recurring automatic billing.Why take this course? Ecommerce is an essential skill for all web developers using PHP. Often the hurdle of where to start is high for newcomers to eCommerce. Stripe is a well known platform and is being add into PHP sites everyday. Stripe is great place to start and this course can be a great ice breaker for you to learn more on your own or take additional courses I am offering on Stripe. This course is also a good experience for combining HTML, CSS, Javascript, JQuery and PHP for a solution. If you have completed my Learn Stripe PHP: Make Checkout Webpages course on Udemy, this is a great course to take next.Visual Step by Step eBooks Included! Often following along by video is not convenient. So every video in this course includes a page by a PDF eBook you can also use. The eBooks are full sized visuals you see in the videos.Who might find this course useful? This course is for those who are new to Stripe and prefer not to use documentation to learn. Keep in mind that Stripe provides many examples and documentation a competent PHP programmer could follow. So if you are that type of person, consider looking at that option before enrolling in this course. However if you want a laid back deep dive into the basics, this could be helpful to intermediate and higher level skilled developers.Are you ready to take this course? Students for this course are new to intermediate in their PHP, Javascript, JQuery, CSS and HTML skills. You are familiar with these technologies and have had some experience. This course will stay on the light side of their use but at the same time provide production quality solutions you can use in simple applications. We use the Stripe Checkout Form with AJAX with Javascript. We also use Stripe PHP Exceptions. You will be able to follow along and understand if you have no experience with the Stripe Checkout Form and Stripe PHP Exceptions. However we do not go into depth about the code behind them. If you want a more in-depth learning experience on the Stripe Checkout Form and Stripe PHP Exception we recommend our companion course offered here on Udemy: Learn Stripe PHP: Make Checkout Webpages

Overview

Section 1: About The Course

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Instruction Guide

Lecture 3 Course Files Download

Section 2: Development Environment Setup

Lecture 4 Overview

Lecture 5 Section Practice Files Guide

Lecture 6 Web Server Configuration

Lecture 7 Account Setup and Dashboard

Lecture 8 Understanding Stripe API Keys

Lecture 9 Installing the Stripe PHP Library

Lecture 10 Using a Database with PHP

Lecture 11 Testing PDO and SQLite3 Installations

Lecture 12 Using a MySQL Database

Section 3: Understanding the Project UI

Lecture 13 Overview

Lecture 14 Section Practice Files Guide

Lecture 15 Explore Pages and Login Access

Lecture 16 Understanding the Content Access Plan

Section 4: Adding Stripe Recurring Plans

Lecture 17 Overview

Lecture 18 Section Practice Files Guide

Lecture 19 Create and Edit in Dashboard

Lecture 20 Create Plans using API

Lecture 21 Creating a Network Data Source

Lecture 22 Loading in the Client

Lecture 23 Integrate with User Interface

Section 5: Building the Database

Lecture 24 Overview

Lecture 25 Section Practice Files Guide

Lecture 26 Connection and Creation

Lecture 27 Create customers Table

Lecture 28 Add Customer Records

Lecture 29 Test Adding Customer Records

Section 6: Completing the Subscription Checkout Form

Lecture 30 Overview

Lecture 31 Section Practice Files Guide

Lecture 32 Understanding the UI Validation

Lecture 33 Sending Data to the Server

Lecture 34 Receiving Data on the Server

Lecture 35 Adding to customers Table

Lecture 36 Adding Checkout to UI

Lecture 37 Process Checkout on Server

Lecture 38 Final Testing - Setup

Lecture 39 Final Testing - Free Basic Plan

Lecture 40 Final Testing - Paid Plus Plan

Section 7: Implementing User Login and Logout Sessions

Lecture 41 Overview

Lecture 42 Section Practice Files Guide

Lecture 43 Get Customer Record by User Id and Password

Lecture 44 Test Get Customer Record by User Id and Password

Lecture 45 Managing State Data

Lecture 46 Add Network Requests

Lecture 47 Testing Network Requests

Lecture 48 Enabling the User Interface

Lecture 49 Understanding the Navigation Menu Bar

Lecture 50 Testing the User Interface

Section 8: User Account Management

Lecture 51 Overview

Lecture 52 Display Customer Account

Lecture 53 Changing Password

Lecture 54 Email Contact Form

Lecture 55 Forgotten Password Recovery

Section 9: Using Webhook Event Notifications

Lecture 56 Overview

Lecture 57 Creating Endpoints in Dashboard

Lecture 58 Handling Event Notifications

Lecture 59 Using Ultrahook

Section 10: Plan Management

Lecture 60 Overview

Lecture 61 Process Invoice Payment Notifications

Lecture 62 Handle Expired Paid Plans on Login

Lecture 63 Preview Upgrades and Downgrades Network Request

Lecture 64 Preview Upgrades and Downgrades User Interface

Lecture 65 Upgrading and Downgrading Plans Network Request

Lecture 66 Upgrading and Downgrading Plans User Interface

Section 11: Extras

Lecture 67 Wrap up

Developers who want to begin learning about Stripe for Subscriptions using PHP.,This course uses the copy and paste method for code follow along. We do not type code but rather focus analyzing, testing and understanding the code snippets you paste.,Developers who have skills and experience to learn from vendor supplied examples and API documentation may find that Stripe provides above average resources for your learning style.