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Resources for PHP

Table of Contents

• Must read
• Tutorials
• Videos
• Books
• Online schools
• Reference
• LAMP: Linux, Apache, MySql, PHP
• HTML / HTML 5
• CSS
• JavaScript
• Protocols
• Tools
• IDEs
• Graphic tools
• Frontend
• Webdesign
• Frameworks
• Micro Frameworks
• Libraries
• Model-View-Controller
• Object-oriented programming
• Design patterns
• Best Practices
• Architecture
• Domain Driven Design (DDD)
• Templating
• View libraries (frontend)
• Database basics
• Database books
• Relational database management system (RDBMS)
• Database normalization
• Prepared Statements
• NoSQL
• Database tutorials
• Database libraries
• Database tools
• Standards
• Errors and exception handling
• Unit testing
• Documentation
• PHP Sessions
• Router and Dispatcher
• Text translations
• Dependency injection
• Version control
• Security
• Continuous integration and Continuous Delivery
• Community and News

Must read

• http://www.phptherightway.com/
• Roadmap to becoming a web developer in 2017 - https://github.com/kamranahmedse/developer-roadmap

Tutorials

• Laravel PHP Practitioner (Free) - https://laracasts.com/skills/php
• PHP Pandas - https://daylerees.com/php-pandas/
• Hacking with PHP - http://www.hackingwithphp.com/
• PHP Essentials - http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/PHP_Essentials
• PHP 101: PHP For the Absolute Beginner - https://devzone.zend.com/6/php-101-php-for-the-absolute-beginner/
• Make your own blog beginners tutorial - https://ilovephp.jondh.me.uk/en/tutorial/make-your-own-blog
• https://www.codecademy.com/tracks/php
• http://www.w3schools.com/php/
• https://www.tutorialspoint.com/php/
• https://devzone.zend.com/welcome-to-php/
• https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/php/

Videos

• PHP Programming - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27dR_sLaM74
• The New Boston's Youtube Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/course?list=EC442FA2C127377F07
• Codecourse - https://www.youtube.com/codecourse/videos

Books

• Modern PHP: New Features and Good Practices
• Learning PHP 7 - http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9781785880544.do
• Phparchitect's Zend PHP 5 Certification Study Guide
• Free Programming Books - https://github.com/vhf/free-programming-books/blob/master/free-programming-books.md#php

Online schools

• PHP - http://knpuniversity.com/tracks/php
• PHP - https://www.codecademy.com/learn/php
• Symfony - http://knpuniversity.com/tracks/symfony
• Treehouse - https://teamtreehouse.com/learn-to-code/php
• CodeAcademy - https://www.codecademy.com/learn/php

Reference

• PHP Manual - http://de1.php.net/manual/en/index.php
• Language Reference - http://de1.php.net/manual/en/langref.php

LAMP: Linux, Apache, MySql, PHP

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_HTTP_Server
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySQL
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP

HTML / HTML 5

• HTML - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext_Markup_Language
• HTML5 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5
• HTML5 Tutorial - http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp
• A Basic HTML5 Template - https://www.sitepoint.com/a-basic-html5-template/
• Introduction to HTML- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/HTML/Introduction_to_HTML
• DOM - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document_Object_Model

CSS

• Cascading Style Sheets - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascading_Style_Sheets
• CSS Tutorial - http://www.w3schools.com/css/
• Introduction to CSS - http://www.csstutorial.net/css-intro/introductioncss-part1.php
• Introduction to CSS Selectors - https://www.sitepoint.com/web-foundations/introduction-css-selectors/

JavaScript

• JavaScript aka ECMAScript - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript
• Basic JavaScript - http://speakingjs.com/es5/ch01.html
• JSON - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript_Object_Notation
• JSON - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/JSON
• JavaScript Tutorial - http://www.w3schools.com/js/default.asp
• Eloquent JavaScript - http://eloquentjavascript.net/
• You Don't Know JS (book series) - https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS
• Awesome JavaScript Learning - https://github.com/micromata/awesome-javascript-learning

Protocols

• HTTP - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext_Transfer_Protocol
• Hypertext Transfer Protocol / HTTP - http://mikiwiki.org/wiki/Hypertext_Transfer_Protocol
• HTTP Request / Response, GET und POST - http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_httpmethods.asp
• HTTPS - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext_Transfer_Protocol_Secure
• FTP - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol
• SSH - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell
• SMTP - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol
• POP3 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Office_Protocol
• IMAP - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Message_Access_Protocol
• Ajax - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/AJAX

Tools

• XAMPP - Apache, MariaDB, PHP - https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html
• Composer - dependency management - https://getcomposer.org/
• Packagist - package management - https://packagist.org/
• Xdebug - debugger - http://xdebug.org/
• WinSCP - FTP and SFTP client - https://winscp.net
• Putty - telnet client - http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
• PoEdit - gettext translations editor - https://poedit.net/
• Smartgit - git client - http://www.syntevo.com/smartgit/

IDEs

• PHPStorm ($) - https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/
• Netbeans - http://netbeans.org/features/php/
• Zend Studio ($) - http://www.zend.com/en/products/studio
• Text Editor - https://notepad-plus-plus.org/

Graphic tools

• Adobe Photoshop ($) - http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html
• Adobe Fireworks ($) - http://www.adobe.com/products/fireworks.html
• Gimp - https://www.gimp.org/
• IrfanView - http://www.irfanview.com/

Frontend

• jQuery - https://jquery.com/ | http://www.w3schools.com/jquery/
• HTML5 - http://www.w3schools.com/html/html5_intro.asp
• CSS3 - http://www.w3schools.com/css/css3_intro.asp
• Bootstrap - HTML, CSS, and JS framework - http://getbootstrap.com/ | http://www.w3schools.com/bootstrap/
• Font Awesome - CSS fonts - http://fontawesome.io/

Webdesign

• Anatomy of a Modern Website - http://www.touchstonesoftworks.com/blog/8_pillars_modern_web_development

Frameworks

• Laravel - http://laravel.com/
• Symfony - https://symfony.com/
• CakePHP - https://cakephp.org/
• Zend - http://framework.zend.com/

Micro Frameworks

• Slim - https://www.slimframework.com/

Libraries

• Awesome PHP (libraries) - https://github.com/ziadoz/awesome-php

Model-View-Controller

• MVC - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%E2%80%93view%E2%80%93controller
• MVC overview - https://www.reddit.com/r/PHP/comments/5w3k8h/getting_started_with_symfony/de72hg6/
• MVC for Noobs - https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/mvc-for-noobs--net-10488
• A Better Understanding Of MVC https://www.bennadel.com/blog/2379-a-better-understanding-of-mvc-model-view-controller-thanks-to-steven-neiland.htm
• Thin controllers, fat models - http://de.slideshare.net/damiansromek/thin-controllers-fat-models-proper-code-structure-for-mvc
• Best Practices Controllers - http://symfony.com/doc/current/best_practices/controllers.html
• MVC for advanced PHP developers - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16356420/mvc-for-advanced-php-developers/16356866#16356866

Object-oriented programming

• Classes and Objects - http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.php
• Mastering Object Oriented PHP - ebook - http://www.masteringobjectorientedphp.com/
• Objektorientierte Programmierung (german) - https://www.php-einfach.de/experte/objektorientierte-programmierung-oop/
• OOP mit PHP5 (german) - http://www.peterkropff.de/site/php/oop.htm
• Object-Oriented Bootcamp - https://laracasts.com/series/object-oriented-bootcamp-in-php
• SOLID Principles in PHP - https://laracasts.com/series/solid-principles-in-php

Design patterns

• Design Patterns for Humans™ - https://github.com/kamranahmedse/design-patterns-for-humans
• DesignPatternsPHP - http://designpatternsphp.readthedocs.io/
• Several design patterns in PHP - https://github.com/domnikl/DesignPatternsPHP
• Videos - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLplJltxWVIbLVL3ZX3I6b_uvBsnYVaRJn

Best Practices

• KISS - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle | https://people.apache.org/~fhanik/kiss.html
• Don’t repeat yourself (DRY) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_repeat_yourself
• Return early, return often - http://blog.humphd.org/vocamus-1421/
• Global Variables Are Bad - http://stackoverflow.com/a/10525602
• thin controllers and fat models - http://symfony.com/doc/current/best_practices/controllers.html
• SOLID (Wiki) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOLID_(object-oriented_design)
• The First 5 Principles of Object Oriented Design - https://scotch.io/bar-talk/s-o-l-i-d-the-first-five-principles-of-object-oriented-design
• How to write SOLID code that doesn’t suck - https://medium.com/web-engineering-vox/how-to-write-solid-code-that-doesnt-suck-2a3416623d48#.61pr1ym4b
• YAGNI - http://deviq.com/yagni/ | https://blog.codinghorror.com/kiss-and-yagni/
• You Arent Gonna Need It - http://c2.com/xp/YouArentGonnaNeedIt.html
• YAGNI, Cargo Cult and Overengineering
• PHP Dos and Don’ts aka Programmers I Don’t Like - https://blog.radwell.codes/2016/11/php-dos-donts-aka-programmers-dont-like/
• Object Calisthenics - https://medium.com/web-engineering-vox/improving-code-quality-with-object-calisthenics-aa4ad67a61f1#.ggel1wt46
• Composition over inheritance - https://www.thoughtworks.com/pt/insights/blog/composition-vs-inheritance-how-choose
• Clean Code PHP - https://github.com/jupeter/clean-code-php

Architecture

• The Clean Architecture - https://8thlight.com/blog/uncle-bob/2012/08/13/the-clean-architecture.html
• Creating services you won’t hate - https://www.brandonsavage.net/creating-services-you-wont-hate/

Domain Driven Design (DDD)

• Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software
• Implementing Domain-Driven Design

Templating

• Getting started with php templating - https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/10/getting-started-with-php-templating/
• Twig - https://twig.symfony.com/

View libraries (frontend)

• Mustache.js - https://mustache.github.io/
• Handlebars.js - Minimal Templating on Steroids - http://handlebarsjs.com/
• Vue.js - https://vuejs.org/
• React - https://reactjs.org/

Database basics

• Database - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database
• Database model - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_model
• The only proper PDO tutorial - https://phpdelusions.net/pdo
• SQL Tutorial - http://www.w3schools.com/sql/default.asp
• Datenbank Grundlagen (german) - http://www.datenbank-grundlagen.de/
• ERM -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entity%E2%80%93relationship_model
• Datenbank-Grundlagen Tutorial (german) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLXZYr-o4T4
• Datenbank-Grundlagen Tutorial: Primärschlüssel (german) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mpkg0RnkMkw

Relational database management system (RDBMS)

• MySQL - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySQL | http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/
• MariaDB - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MariaDB | https://mariadb.org/
• Microsoft SQL Server - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_SQL_Server
• Oracle - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_Database
• SQLite - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQLite

Database books

• High Performance MySQL: Optimization, Backups, and Replication

Database normalization

• Database normalization - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_normalization
• Der Königsweg: Normalisierung (german) - https://www.hdm-stuttgart.de/~riekert/lehre/db-kelz/chap4.htm
• Normalisierung (german) - http://www.datenbanken-verstehen.de/datenbanken/datenmodellierung/normalisierung/
• MySQL - Normalisierung (german) - http://www.peterkropff.de/site/mysql/normalisierung.htm

Prepared Statements

• Prepared statement - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prepared_statement
• Prepared statements - Protection from SQL injections - https://phpdelusions.net/pdo#prepared
• PHP Prepared Statements - http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_mysql_prepared_statements.asp

NoSQL

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NoSQL

Database libraries

• Phinx - database migrations - https://phinx.org/
• Query Builder - https://github.com/cakephp/database - http://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/orm/query-builder.html

Database tools

• SQLyog - https://github.com/webyog/sqlyog-community/wiki/Downloads
• PHPMyAdmin - MySQL Database Web Interface - https://www.phpmyadmin.net/
• MySQL Workbench - http://www.mysql.com/products/workbench/

Standards

Follow common PHP conventions for object-oriented code, and established industry best practices: PSR-1, PSR-2, PSR-4.

• PHP Framework Interop Group - http://www.php-fig.org/
• PSR-1 Basic Coding Standard
• PSR-2 Coding Style Guide
• PSR-3 Logger Interface
• PSR-4 Autoloader
• PSR-5 PHPDoc
• Standard PHP package skeleton - https://github.com/php-pds/skeleton
• A skeleton repository for League Packages - https://github.com/thephpleague/skeleton
• Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 - http://semver.org/

Errors and exception handling

• Errors and Exceptions - http://www.phptherightway.com/#errors_and_exceptions
• Error Handling PHP Best Practices - http://bestpractices.thecodingmachine.com/php/error_handling.html
• Exceptions - http://php.net/manual/en/language.exceptions.php
• Predefined Exceptions - http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.exceptions.php
• SPL Exceptions - http://php.net/manual/en/spl.exceptions.php
• Errors and error handling - http://php.net/manual/en/pdo.error-handling.php

Unit testing

• PHPUnit - testing framework - https://phpunit.de/
• PHPUnit Explained - book - https://phpunitexplained.com/
• Database Testing - https://phpunit.de/manual/current/en/database.html
• Best practices for database testing with PHPUnit - http://stackoverflow.com/a/3817970
• Database Tests With PHPUnit - https://qafoo.com/blog/090_database_tests_with_phpunit.html
• Database Fixture Setup in PHPUnit - https://qafoo.com/blog/091_database_fixture_setup_in_phpunit.html
• Unit test, Integration Test, Smoke test, Regression Test - http://stackoverflow.com/a/520116
• Unit Testing, Integration Testing and Functional Testing - https://codeutopia.net/blog/2015/04/11/what-are-unit-testing-integration-testing-and-functional-testing/
• The correct way to use integration tests - https://zeroturnaround.com/rebellabs/the-correct-way-to-use-integration-tests-in-your-build-process/
• The Test Pyramid - https://martinfowler.com/bliki/TestPyramid.html
• The Way of Testivus (pdf) - http://www.agitar.com/downloads/TheWayOfTestivus.pdf
• https://speakerdeck.com/mensemedia/100-percent-code-coverage-via-automated-tests-in-symfony-applications

Documentation

• Introduction to PhpDoc - https://www.sitepoint.com/introduction-to-phpdoc/
• The PHPDoc standard (PSR-5) for comments -- https://github.com/phpDocumentor/fig-standards/blob/master/proposed/phpdoc.md
• PHPDoc wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHPDoc
• PHPDoc basic syntax - https://www.phpdoc.org/docs/latest/references/phpdoc/basic-syntax.html
• Anatomy of a DocBlock - https://phpdoc.org/docs/latest/guides/docblocks.html
• Your First Set of Documentation - https://phpdoc.org/docs/latest/getting-started/your-first-set-of-documentation.html

PHP Sessions

• PHP 5 Sessions - http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_sessions.asp
• Session Handling - https://secure.php.net/manual/en/book.session.php
• Cookie - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie
• Session Management - https://symfony.com/doc/current/components/http_foundation/sessions.html

Router and Dispatcher

• FastRoute- https://github.com/nikic/FastRoute
• Route - http://route.thephpleague.com/
• Slim - https://www.slimframework.com/
• Symfony: The Routing Component - http://symfony.com/doc/current/components/routing.html

Text translations

• PoEdit - gettext translations editor - https://poedit.net/
• gettext - http://php.net/manual/de/book.gettext.php
• The Translation Component - http://symfony.com/doc/current/components/translation.html

Dependency injection

• PSR-11 Container interface standard - https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards/blob/master/proposed/container.md
• Common Container Interface (PHP FIG PSR-11) - https://packagist.org/packages/psr/container
• Containers interoperability - https://github.com/container-interop/container-interop
• Container implementation - http://container.thephpleague.com/getting-started/
• Dependency Injection with Auryn - http://shadowhand.me/dependency-injection-with-auryn/
• The Clean Code Talks - Don't Look For Things! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlfLCWKxHJ0
• Dependency Injection and Dependency Inversion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ojsn11XY0X8

Version control

• What is version control - https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/what-is-version-control
• Github - https://github.com
• Got 15 minutes and want to learn Git? - https://try.github.io/levels/1/challenges/1
• gittutorial - A tutorial introduction to Git- https://git-scm.com/docs/gittutorial
• git - the simple guide - http://rogerdudler.github.io/git-guide/
• How to contribute to an open source project on GitHub - http://blog.davidecoppola.com/2016/11/howto-contribute-to-open-source-project-on-github/

Security

• Web security essentials - http://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/2017/01/16/web-security-essentials/
• PHP Security Cheat Sheet - https://www.owasp.org/index.php/PHP_Security_Cheat_Sheet
• PHP The Right Way - Security - http://www.phptherightway.com/#security
• XSS - https://www.sitepoint.com/php-security-cross-site-scripting-attacks-xss/
• HTML encoding - http://php.net/manual/en/function.htmlspecialchars.php
• What ENT_* should I use for htmlspecialchars? - https://3v4l.org/PvRtm
• The latest information about secure PHP software - https://paragonie.com/blog

Continuous integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD)

• Continuous Delivery
• Continuously delivering PHP projects - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOwPJg-F4h0
• PHP Deployment Explained - book - https://phpdeploymentexplained.com/
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28608015/continuous-integration-vs-continuous-delivery-vs-continuous-deployment
• https://www.sitepoint.com/whats-continuous-deployment/
• https://www.sitepoint.com/php-continuous-integration-travis-ci/

Community / News

• https://twitter.com/official_php
• https://www.reddit.com/r/PHPhelp/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/PHP/
• http://www.phpweekly.com/