Matt Zandstra Books

Focusing on PHP development, this updated edition emphasizes object-oriented programming, design principles, and best practices, specifically tailored for PHP 8. It introduces new features such as attributes, constructor property promotion, and typed properties. The book aims to provide a strong foundation in object support while teaching essential software design principles. Additionally, it equips readers with the necessary tools and practices for developing, testing, and deploying reliable code, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of modern PHP development.

Backed by a tireless development community, PHP has been a model of language evolution over its 10+ year history. Borne from a contract developer's pet project, these days you'll find PHP powering many of the world's largest web sites, including Yahoo!, Digg, EA Games, and Lycos.PHP Objects, Patterns, and Practice, Second Edition shows you how to meld the power of PHP with the sound enterprise development techniques embraced by professional programmers. Going well beyond the basics of object-oriented development, you'll learn about advanced topics such as working with static methods and properties, abstract classes, interfaces, design patterns, exception handling, and more. You'll also be exposed to key tools such as PEAR, CVS, Phing, and phpDocumentor.What you'll learn Write solid, maintainable code by embracing object-oriented techniques and design patterns Create detailed, versatile documentation using the powerful phpDocumentor automated documentation system Gain new flexibility during the development process by managing your code within a CVS repository and using the Phing build system Capitalize upon the quality code of others by using the PEAR package management solution Who this book is for PHP developers seeking to embrace sound development techniques such as object-orientation, design patterns, testing, and documentation.

This work offers five sections that guide the reader through PHP4 from the basics to the advanced functions. The first section of the book teaches the fundamentals of PHP. Building upon what has been taught in the first section, sections two through four show how to apply that knowledge in order to interact with the user by creating and managing forms, cookies and authentication. It also teaches how to access databases and how to integrate system components, e-mail, LDAP, network sockets and much more. The final section of the book covers advanced functionality including how to debug and optimize scripts, maintain script securit, and extend PHP with API.

This book delves into advanced PHP development, emphasizing the creation of robust systems with PHP 8.3. It covers essential tools and best practices, introducing features like read-only classes and enumerations. New chapters focus on modern technologies such as Docker, Vagrant, and Ansible, alongside refactoring tools and command-line PHP usage, providing a comprehensive guide for developers looking to enhance their skills and adopt contemporary practices in PHP programming.

Focusing on the fundamentals of object-oriented programming, this comprehensive guide offers a deep dive into developing robust systems with PHP. The updated 7th edition is structured into two volumes: the first explores object fundamentals and design patterns, while the second emphasizes tools and best practices. With enhancements for PHP 8.3, it provides readers with the latest techniques and insights to create elegant, efficient applications.