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

Publishing on Packagist

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First of all, you need to create an account. This is fairly straightforward. You also need to confirm that your project composer.json file is in good order, and you have updated GitHub or another repository with all the latest changes.

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Things to check before you publish

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The first one is that you have a decent README.md file. This file should sit at the root of your repository and should contain clear, concise instructions on how to use your package. The contents of this file will form the bulk of the content on the page for your...