If you're a PHP developer looking for proven solutions to common problems, this cookbook provides code recipes to help you resolve numerous scenarios. By leveraging modern versions of PHP through version 8.2, these self-contained recipes provide fully realized solutions that can help you solve similar problems in your day-to-day work. Whether you're new to development or merely new to PHP, these recipes will help you unpack the most powerful features of this programming language. Author Eric Mann, a regular contributor to php[architect] magazine, frequently makes presentations on software architecture and has built scalable projects for startups and Fortune 500 companies alike.
Eric Mann is director of the Los Angeles–based Labor/Community Strategy Center and cofounder of the Bus Riders Union. He is the author of six books and has worked extensively with many organizations, including the Congress of Racial Equality, Students for a Democratic Society, and the United Auto Workers. He lives in Los Angeles.
I'm not sure why this is called a "cookbook." It's just a normal beginner's programming textbook, and an average one at that. I also felt that the discussion sections were somewhat long-winded and boring.