Pro PHP: Patterns, Frameworks, Testing and More

by Kevin McArthur

Taking care to focus solely on those topics that will have the most impact on experienced PHP developers, Pro PHP is written for readers seeking to take their understanding of both PHP and sound software development practices to the next level. Advanced object-oriented features, documentation, debugging, software patterns, and the Standard PHP Library are just a few of the topics covered in extensive detail.

Author and noted PHP expert Kevin McArthur also examines emerging practices and trends such as the MVC architecture as applied to PHP, with special emphasis placed upon the increasingly popular Zend Framework.

With Ajax and web services crucial to the success of today's web applications, the book concludes with several chapters covering JSON, the SOAP extension, and advanced web services topics.

If you're seeking to go beyond the basics, Pro PHP is the book for you.

Genres: Programming

373 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Trekka12]

For a more Advanced deep-dive into the more complex concepts of PHP coding and development. Covers OOP and MVC architecture, etc.

[Laith]

Very well written technical text. This book does a good job of explaining at both a basic and more advanced level some of the more useful object oriented programing techniques and their implementation via the PHP language.

[Sam]

Excellent guide the the more advanced features of PHP, including a very detailed look at the SPL, modern programming OOP patterns and introduction to frameworks. Highly recommended.

[Steve]

This is an excellent advanced book for PHP programmers, covering many pragmatic topics.

[Daniel Morris]

Excellent!