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Learning PHP 7

Build powerful real-life web applications in a simple way using PHP7 and its ecosystem.

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited
By: Antonio L Zapata (GBP)  
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|Sep 2025
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Learn the art of PHP programming through this example-rich book filled to the brim with tutorials every PHP developer needs to know

Key Features

  • Set up the PHP environment and get started with web programming
  • Leverage the potential of PHP for server-side programming, memory management, and object-oriented programming (OOP)
  • This book is packed with real-life examples to help you implement the concepts as you learn

Book Description

PHP is a great language for building web applications. It is essentially a server-side scripting language that is also used for general purpose programming. PHP 7 is the latest version with a host of new features, and it provides major backwards-compatibility breaks.

This book begins with the fundamentals of PHP programming by covering the basic concepts such as variables, functions, class, and objects. You will set up PHP server on your machine and learn to read and write procedural PHP code. After getting an understanding of OOP as a paradigm, you will execute MySQL queries on your database. Moving on, you will find out how to use MVC to create applications from scratch and add tests. Then, you will build REST APIs and perform behavioral tests on your applications.
By the end of the book, you will have the skills required to read and write files, debug, test, and work with MySQL.

What you will learn

  • Set up a server on your machine with PHP
  • Use PHP syntax with the built-in server to create apps
  • Apply the OOP paradigm to PHP to write richer code
  • Use MySQL to manage data in your web applications
  • Create a web application from scratch using MVC
  • Add tests to your web application and write testable code
  • Use an existing PHP framework to build and manage your applications
  • Build REST APIs for your PHP applications
  • Test the behavior of web applications with Behat

Who this book is for

If you are a web developer or programmer who wants to create real-life web applications using PHP 7, or a beginner who wants to get started with PHP 7 programming, this book is for you. Prior knowledge of PHP, PHP 7, or programming is not mandatory.

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction to PHP
  2. Web applications with PHP
  3. Understanding PHP basics
  4. Creating clean code with OOP
  5. Using Databases
  6. Adapting to MVC
  7. Testing web applications
  8. Using existing PHP frameworks
  9. Building REST APIs
  10. Behavioral testing
https://github.com/packtpublishing/learning-php-7
PDF ISBN: 978-1-78588-341-5
Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
Copyright owner: © 2016 Packt Publishing Limited
Publication date: 2025
Language: English
Pages: 414
Related subjects:
Computer sciences,
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