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

Chapter 12: The Awesomeness That Is 8.1

I've been eagerly waiting to write this chapter until the feature freeze date for the upcoming (at the time of writing) PHP 8.1. The features that have made it into this release are amazing. For a lowly point release, it seriously packs a punch. PHP releases have a habit of being like that these days.

I only have one chapter, so I don't have an opportunity to do a deep dive into all of the new features, and I have the difficult task of deciding which features to cover and in how much depth. By the time you're reading this, the chances are that PHP 8.1 has been released, and I would definitely encourage you to use it.

If you want to read the full list of features and changes, you can take a look at this file:

php-src/UPGRADING at master · php/php-src · GitHub

https://git.io/JBE7t

This UPGRADING document is the most up-to-date authoritative list of changes at the time of writing.

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