- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Only available on web
About This Book
Take advantage of PHP 8's powerful features to create basic web applications, solve code tests (required for most job interviews nowadays), and begin moving towards more advanced PHP concepts. This book provides an introduction to PHP 8, including modules, attributes, JIT compiler, and union types, as well as related frameworks such as Symfony.
You will explore fundamental PHP concepts through both practical and hands-on examples. You'll not only gain a solid understanding of PHP fundamentals, but will also be prepared to handle new concepts and technologies as they emerge.
After working through the book and its associated demo code, you will be able to build your first basic web application.
What You Will Learn
- Develop web applications with PHP 8
- Use Vagrant, Docker, JSON API and more
- Work with data, form data, arrays, objections, exceptions, regex, and more
- Utilize PHP frameworks like Laravel and Symfony
Who This Book Is For
Those new to PHP 8 or PHP in general. Some prior experience in web development and DB handling is recommended.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Front Matter
- 1. Getting Started
- 2. PHP Fundamentals
- 3. Functions, Classes, and Traits
- 4. Data and Data Types
- 5. Form Data
- 6. Arrays
- 7. Sessions and Cookies
- 8. Objects
- 9. PHP Exceptions, Validation, and Regular Expressions
- 10. PHP and MySQL Working Together
- 11. Data
- 12. Website with a DB
- 13. Introduction to Frameworks
- 14. Introduction to Laravel
- 15. Introduction to Symfony
- 16. A Basic Symfony Application
- Back Matter