Learning PHP 7 – Antonio Lopez

1 Learning PHP 7
2 JavaScript js

1 PHP is a great language for building web applications It is essentially a server-side scripting language that is also used for general purpose programming PHP 7 is the latest version with a host of new features, and it provides major backwards-compatibility breaks

Key Features

Set up the PHP environment and get started with web programming
Leverage the potential of PHP for server-side programming, memory management, and object-oriented programming (OOP)
This book is packed with real-life examples to help you implement the concepts as you learn

Book Description

This book begins with the fundamentals of PHP programming by covering the basic concepts such as variables, functions, class, and objects You will set up PHP server on your machine and learn to read and write procedural PHP code After getting an understanding of OOP as a paradigm, you will execute MySQL queries on your database Moving on, you will find out how to use MVC to create applications from scratch and add tests Then, you will build REST APIs and perform behavioral tests on your applications

By the end of the book, you will have the skills required to read and write files, debug, test, and work with MySQL

What you will learn

Set up a server on your machine with PHP
Use PHP syntax with the built-in server to create apps
Apply the OOP paradigm to PHP to write richer code
Use MySQL to manage data in your web applications
Create a web application from scratch using MVC
Add tests to your web application and write testable code
Use an existing PHP framework to build and manage your applications
Build REST APIs for your PHP applications
Test the behavior of web applications with Behat

About the Author

Antonio Lopez is a software engineer with more than 7 years of experience He has worked with PHP since university, which was 10 years ago, building small personal projects Later, Antonio started his journey around Europe, working in Barcelona, London, Dublin, and back in Barcelona He has worked in a number of different areas, from web applications to REST APIs and internal tools Antonio likes to spend his spare time on personal projects and start-ups and has a strong vocation in education and teaching

Table of Contents

Setting Up the Environment
Web Applications with PHP
Understanding PHP Basics
Creating Clean Code with OOP
Using Databases
Adapting to MVC
Testing Web Applications
Using Existing PHP Frameworks
Building REST APIs
Behavioral Testing

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