You're reading from The Art of Modern PHP 8 Learn how to write modern, performant, and enterprise-ready code with the latest PHP features and practices

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800566156

Length 420 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

PHP

Tools

MySQL

Concepts

Server Side Web Development

Author (1):

Joseph Edmonds

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1 – PHP 8 OOP

2. Chapter 1: Object-Oriented PHP FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Inheritance and Composition, Encapsulation and Visibility, Interfaces and Concretions

4. Chapter 3: Advanced OOP Features

5. Section 2 – PHP Types

6. Chapter 4: Scalar, Arrays, and Special Types

7. Chapter 5: Object Types, Interfaces, and Unions

8. Chapter 6: Parameter, Property, and Return Types

9. Section 3 – Clean PHP 8 Patterns and Style

10. Chapter 7: Design Patterns and Clean Code

11. Chapter 8: Model, View, Controller (MVC) Example

12. Chapter 9: Dependency Injection Example

13. Section 4 – PHP 8 Composer Package Management (and PHP 8.1)

14. Chapter 10: Composer For Dependencies

15. Chapter 11: Creating Your Own Composer Package

16. Section 5 – Bonus Section - PHP 8.1

17. Chapter 12: The Awesomeness That Is 8.1

18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary – end of the book

It's come to the end of the book. I really hope you have enjoyed reading this book and have learned at least a couple of things. I've certainly enjoyed writing it!

It's been a long journey, and we've covered a huge amount of content. However, I'll do my best to summarize the whole book in only a few paragraphs.

In Part 1, we looked at object-oriented PHP. Chapter 1, Object-Oriented PHP was a quick introduction to object-oriented PHP and a lifeline for anyone who doesn't already know it – hopefully if you didn't, then you took a bit of time to learn it before tackling the rest of the book. Chapter 2, Inheritance and Composition, Encapsulation and Visibility, Interfaces and Concretions, looked at inheritance in particular and contrasted this with the more modern "composition" style, which results in neater, easier-to-test code. Chapter 3, Advanced OOP Features, involved checking out some of the...