Learning PHP

So you want to learn some PHP ?

Info for people who already know how to code

PHP for people who know how to code

Library recommendations

• Static analysis tools - A curated list of static analysis tools for PHP.

Best practices

• Exceptions - How to use exceptions successfully, and avoid bad patterns.
• Interfaces for external apis - People make several common mistakes when using external apis.

Good docs

• Java exception anti-patterns - An article from 2006 about common anti-patterns regarding exceptions in Java.
• Unit testing tips

External links

• Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names - A list of assumptions your systems probably make about names. All of these assumptions are wrong. Try to make less of them next time you write a system which touches names.
• What Color is Your Function? - A list of assumptions your systems probably make about names. All of these assumptions are wrong. Try to make less of them next time you write a system which touches names.