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PHP 7 Programming Cookbook
Doug Bierer
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PHP 7 Programming Cookbook
Doug Bierer
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About This Book
Over 80 recipes that will take your PHP 7 web development skills to the next level!
About This Book
- This is the most up-to-date book in the market on PHP
- It covers the new features of version 7.x, best practices for server-side programming, and MVC frameworks
- The recipe-based approach will allow you to explore the unique capabilities that PHP offers to web programmers
Who This Book Is For
If you are an aspiring web developer, mobile developer, or backend programmer, then this book is for you as it will take your PHP programming skills to next level. Basic knowledge of PHP programming is assumed.
What You Will Learn
- Use advanced PHP 7 features, such as the Abstract Syntax Tree, Uniform Variable Syntax, Scalar Type Hints, Generator Delegation, Anonymous Classes, and the Context Sensitive Lexer
- Discover where and when PHP 5 code needs to be re-written to avoid backwards-compatibility breaks
- Improve the overall application security and error handling by taking advantage of classes that implement the new throwable interface
- Solve practical real-world programming problems using PHP 7
- Develop middle-wareclasses that allow PHP developers to gluedifferent open source libraries together seamlessly
- Define and Implement PSR-7 classes
- Create custom middleware using PSR-7 compliant classes
- Test and debug your code, and get to know the best practices
In Detail
PHP 7 comes with a myriad of new features and great tools to optimize your code and make your code perform faster than in previous versions. Most importantly, it allows you to maintain high traffic on your websites with low-cost hardware and servers through a multithreading web server.
This book demonstrates intermediate to advanced PHP techniques with a focus on PHP 7. Each recipe is designed to solve practical, real-world problems faced by PHP developers like yourself every day. We also cover new ways of writing PHP code made possible only in version 7. In addition, we discuss backward-compatibility breaks and give you plenty of guidance on when and where PHP 5 code needs to be changed to produce the correct results when running under PHP 7. This book also incorporates the latest PHP 7.x features.
By the end of the book, you will be equipped with the tools and skills required to deliver efficient applications for your websites and enterprises.
Style and approach
This book takes a recipe-based approach, with real-world examples that can serve as building blocks for a larger application. Each recipe is self-contained with no external dependencies. This book follows a problem-solution strategy so you understand how to deal with various scenarios you may encounter while using PHP 7 in your daily activities.
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PHP 7 Programming Cookbook
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Sections
Getting ready
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Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
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1. Building a Foundation
Introduction
PHP 7 installation considerations
How to do it...
Installing directly from source
Installing PHP 7 from pre-compiled binaries
Installing a *AMP package
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Using the built-in PHP web server
How to do it...
Defining a test MySQL database
How to do it...
Installing PHPUnit
Implementing class autoloading
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Hoovering a website
How to do it...
How it works...
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Building a deep web scanner
How to do it...
How it works...
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Creating a PHP 5 to PHP 7 code converter
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
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2. Using PHP 7 High Performance Features
Introduction
Understanding the abstract syntax tree
How to do it...
How it works...
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Understanding differences in parsing
How to do it...
How it works...
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Understanding differences in foreach() handling
How to do it...
How it works...
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Improving performance using PHP 7 enhancements
How to do it...
How it works...
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Iterating through a massive file
How to do it...
How it works...
Uploading a spreadsheet into a database
Getting ready...
How to do it...
How it works...
Recursive directory iterator
How to do it...
How it works...
3. Working with PHP Functional Programming
Introduction
Developing functions
How to do it...
How it works...
Hinting at data types
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Using return value data typing
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
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Using iterators
How to do it...
How it works...
Writing your own iterator using generators
How to do it...
How it works...
4. Working with PHP Object-Oriented Programming
Introduction
Developing classes
How to do it...
How it works...
See also...
Extending classes
How to do it...
How it works...
Using static properties and methods
How to do it...
How it works...
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Using namespaces
How to do it...
How it works...
Defining visibility
How to do it...
How it works...
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Using interfaces
How to do it...
How it works...
Using traits
How to do it...
How it works...
Implementing anonymous classes
How to do it...
How it works...
5. Interacting with a Database
Introduction
Using PDO to connect to a database
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Building an OOP SQL query builder
How to do it...
How it works...
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Handling pagination
How to do it...
How it works...
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Defining entities to match database tables
How to do it...
How it works...
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Tying entity classes to RDBMS queries
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Embedding secondary lookups into query results
How to do it...
How it works...
Implementing jQuery DataTables PHP lookups
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
6. Building Scalable Websites
Introduction
Creating a generic form element generator
How to do it...
How it works...
Creating an HTML radio element generator
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Creating an HTML select element generator
How to do it...
How it works...
Implementing a form factory
How to do it...
How it works...
Chaining $_POST filters
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Chaining $_POST validators
How to do it...
How it works...
Tying validation to a form
How to do it...
How it works...
7. Accessing Web Services
Introduction
Converting between PHP and XML
How to do it...
How it works...
Creating a simple REST client
How to do it...
Creating a streams-based REST client
Defining a cURL-based REST client
How it works...
There's more...
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Creating a simple REST server
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Creating a simple SOAP client
How to do it...
How it works...
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Creating a simple SOAP server
How to do it...
How it works...
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8. Working with Date/Time and International Aspects
Introduction
Using emoticons or emoji in a view script
How to do it...
How it works...
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Converting complex characters
How to do it...
How it works...
Getting the locale from browser data
How to do it...
How it works...
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Formatting numbers by locale
How to do it...
How it works...
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Handling currency by locale
How to do it...
How it works...
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Formatting date/time by locale
How to do it...
How it works...
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Creating an HTML international calendar generator
How to do it...
Refining internationalized output
How it works...
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Building a recurring events generator
How to do it...
How it works...
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Handling translation without gettext
How to do it...
How it works...
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9. Developing Middleware
Introduction
Authenticating with middleware
How to do it...
How it works...
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Using middleware to implement access control
How to do it...
How it works...
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Improving performance using the cache
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
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Implementing routing
How to do it...
How it works...
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Making inter-framework system calls
How to do it...
How it works...
Using middleware to cross languages
How to do it...
10. Looking at Advanced Algorithms
Introduction
Using getters and setters
How to do it...
How it works...
Implementing a linked list
How to do it...
How it works...
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Building a bubble sort
How to do it...
How it works...
Implementing a stack
How to do it...
How it works...
Building a binary search class
Ho...