PHP Cookbook

If you’re a PHP developer looking for proven solutions to common problems, this cookbook provides code recipes to help you resolve numerous scenarios. By leveraging modern versions of PHP through version 8.2, these self-contained recipes provide fully realized solutions that can help you solve similar problems in your day-to-day work.

Whether you’re new to development or merely new to PHP, these recipes will help you unpack the most powerful features of this programming language. Author Eric Mann, a regular contributor to php[architect] magazine, frequently makes presentations on software architecture and has built scalable projects for startups and Fortune 500 companies alike.

Who This Book Is For

This book is for any engineer who has ever built or maintained a web application or website built in PHP. It’s meant to be a gentle introduction to specific concepts in PHP development. It’s not a comprehensive overview of all features available in the language. Ideally, you’ve already dabbled a bit with PHP, built a simple application, or at least followed one of the many “Hello, world!” examples littering the internet.

• Learn the type system of modern PHP
• Build efficient applications composed of functions and objects
• Understand key concepts such as encryption, error handling, debugging, and performance tuning
• Explore the PHP package/extension ecosystem
• Learn how to build basic web and basic command-line applications
• Work securely with files on a machine, both encrypted and in plain text

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Variables

Chapter 2. Operators

Chapter 3. Functions

Chapter 4. Strings

Chapter 5. Numbers

Chapter 6. Dates and Times

Chapter 7. Arrays

Chapter 8. Classes and Objects

Chapter 9. Security and Encryption

Chapter 10. File Handling

Chapter 11 . Streams

Chapter 12. Error Handling

Chapter 13. Debugging and Testing

Chapter 14. Performance Tuning

Chapter 15. Packages and Extensions

Chapter 16. Databases

Chapter 17. Asynchronous PHP

Chapter 18. PHP Command Line

About the Author

Eric Mann has worked as a software engineer for almost two decades. He has built scalable projects for early-stage startups and for members of the Fortune 500. Eric presents frequently on software architecture and has been a regular contributor to php[architect] Magazine.