Ask HN: PHP Book for Advanced Programmers

1 points by malikolivier 5 years ago | 1 comment

Hi!

I am contributing to a Laravel project written in PHP7.4.

I am looking for an up-to-date book to conceptually learn PHP for advanced programmers. It seems PHP has changed a lot in the recent years, so I would like to find a book which is relevant for current best practices in PHP.

What I am not looking for:

- a book aimed at beginners in programming (e.g. I don't need to learn what a for-loop is).

- a book only about MySQL and web development with PHP.

Thanks!

datashaman 5 years ago |

Not a book per se, but (since you mention Laravel) the Laravel framework documentation is excellent for high-level best practices for PHP web development.

https://laravel.com/docs/7.x/

I reference this site when I'm unsure which approach to follow with PHP.

https://phptherightway.com/

If interoperability is important, the recommended standards make good reading.

https://www.php-fig.org/