PHP objects, patterns, and practice
by Matt Zandstra · first published 2008
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…feel for the language and what the commands can do. I learned quite a bit more on how many of the commands work than what other books covered. You will still need a good OOP book, for OOP I've liked PHP Objects, Patterns and Practice by Matt Zandstra Some Classic Computing Non-Fiction (circa 80s and earlier): * Soul of a New Machine - Tracy Kidder * Fire in the Valley - Paul Freiberger and Michael Swaine * Hackers - Steve Levy *…
on “Ask HN: My Birthday's Tomorrow, I Need Book Recommendations” ↗PHP 5 Objects, Patterns, and Practice has a lot of advanced stuff. http://www.amazon.com/PHP-5-Objects-Patterns-Practice/dp/159... Zend PHP Study Guide has the basics without much examples. http://www.amazon.com/architects-Zend-Certification-Study-Gu...
on “A good book to re-learn php?” ↗Since you're not a beginner programmer, I recommend PHP Objects, Patterns and Practice http://www.amazon.com/Objects-Patterns-Practice-Experts-Sour...
on “PHP 5.4.0 released” ↗…foreseeable future. That said, I do have some book recommendations and some useful links. Books: * PHP & MySQL: Novice to Ninja by Tom Butler * PHP 8 - Quick Scripting Reference by Mikael Olsson * PHP 8 Objects, Patterns, and Practice by Matt Zandstra * Programming PHP (2020) by Kevin Tatroe and Peter MacIntyre Links: * https://phptherightway.com * https://www.php-fig.org/psr/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20230110234256/https://www.cases...
on “PHP in 2024” ↗Yes, see: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39989663 --- Books: * PHP & MySQL: Novice to Ninja by Tom Butler * PHP 8 - Quick Scripting Reference by Mikael Olsson * PHP 8 Objects, Patterns, and Practice by Matt Zandstra * Programming PHP (2020) by Kevin Tatroe and Peter MacIntyre I personally found them to be really good. I learned a lot from the first book especially. You can find the code from the…
on “PHP 8.5” ↗…and PHP 5 Advanced), the Powers books (PHP Solutions and PHP Object-Oriented Solutions), and Shiflett's 'Essential PHP Security' (the PHPSec guide is required reading also). The two Apress Pro books ('PHP Objects, Patterns and Practice' and 'Pro PHP'), 'Essential PHP Tools', 'PHP5 Power Programming' (Andi Gutmans is a coauthor) and 'Advanced PHP Programming' by Schlossnagle are up next, although I'm currently working through SICP. (Note:…
on “Ask HN: What programming language are you currently learning?” ↗