You're reading from PHP 8 Programming Tips, Tricks and Best Practices A practical guide to PHP 8 features, usage changes, and advanced programming techniques

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801071871

Length 528 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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PHP

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Author (1):

Doug Bierer

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: PHP 8 Tips

2. Chapter 1: Introducing New PHP 8 OOP Features FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Learning about PHP 8's Functional Additions

4. Chapter 3: Taking Advantage of Error-Handling Enhancements

5. Chapter 4: Making Direct C-Language Calls

6. Section 2: PHP 8 Tricks

7. Chapter 5: Discovering Potential OOP Backward-Compatibility Breaks

8. Chapter 6: Understanding PHP 8 Functional Differences

9. Chapter 7: Avoiding Traps When Using PHP 8 Extensions

10. Chapter 8: Learning about PHP 8's Deprecated or Removed Functionality

11. Section 3: PHP 8 Best Practices

12. Chapter 9: Mastering PHP 8 Best Practices

13. Chapter 10: Improving Performance

14. Chapter 11: Migrating Existing PHP Apps to PHP 8

15. Chapter 12: Creating PHP 8 Applications Using Asynchronous Programming

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Chapter 5: Discovering Potential OOP Backward-Compatibility Breaks

This chapter marks the beginning of Part 2 of the book, PHP 8 Tricks. In this part, you'll discover the dark corners of PHP 8: the place where backward-compatibility breaks exist. This part gives you insight into how to avoid problems before migrating an existing application to PHP 8. You will learn what to look for in your existing code that could cause it to stop working after a PHP 8 upgrade. Once you master the topics presented in this part of the book, you will be well equipped to modify existing code in such a manner that it continues to function normally following a PHP 8 upgrade.

In this chapter, you will be introduced to new PHP 8 features specific to object-oriented programming (OOP). The chapter provides you with plenty of short code examples that clearly illustrate the new features and concepts. This chapter is critical in helping you quickly take advantage of the power of PHP 8 as you adapt the...