PHP Master Write Cutting-Edge Code

Lorna Mitchell, Davey Shafik & Matthew Turland

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Preface
- Who Should Read This Book
- What's in This Book
- Where to Find Help
  - The SitePoint Forums
  - The Book's Website
- The SitePoint Newsletters
- The SitePoint Podcast
- Your Feedback
- Acknowledgments
  - Lorna Mitchell
  - Davey Shafik
  - Matthew Turland
- Conventions Used in This Book
  - Code Samples
  - Tips, Notes, and Warnings
1. Object Oriented Programming
- Why OOP?
  - Vocabulary of OOP
- Introduction to OOP
  - Declaring a Class
  - Class Constructors
  - Instantiating an Object
  - Autoloading
  - Using Objects
  - Using Static Properties and Methods
  - Objects and Namespaces
- Object Inheritance
- Objects and Functions
  - Type Hinting
  - Polymorphism
  - Objects and References
  - Passing Objects as Function Parameters
  - Fluent Interfaces
- public, private, and protected
  - public
  - private
  - protected
  - Choosing the Right Visibility
  - Using Getters and Setters to Control Visibility
  - Using Magic __get and __set Methods
- Interfaces
  - SPL Countable Interface Example
  - Counting Objects
  - Declaring and Using an Interface
  - Identifying Objects and Interfaces
- Exceptions
  - Handling Exceptions
  - Why Exceptions?
  - Throwing Exceptions
  - Extending Exceptions
  - Catching Specific Types of Exception
  - Setting a Global Exception Handler
  - Working with Callbacks
- More Magic Methods
  - Using __call() and __callStatic()
  - Printing Objects with __toString()
  - Serializing Objects
- Objective Achieved
2. Databases
- Persistent Data and Web Applications
- Choosing How to Store Data
- Building a Recipe Website with MySQL
  - Creating the Tables
- PHP Database Objects
  - Connecting to MySQL with PDO
  - Selecting Data from a Table
  - Data Fetching Modes
  - Parameters and Prepared Statements
  - Binding Values and Variables to Prepared Statements
  - Inserting a Row and Getting Its ID
  - How many rows were inserted, updated, or deleted?
  - Deleting Data
- Dealing with Errors in PDO
  - Handling Problems When Preparing
  - Handling Problems When Executing
  - Handling Problems When Fetching
- Advanced PDO Features
  - Transactions and PDO
  - Stored Procedures and PDO
- Designing Databases
  - Primary Keys and Indexes
  - MySQL Explain
  - Inner Joins
  - Outer Joins
  - Aggregate Functions and Group By
  - Normalizing Data
- Databases—sorted!
3. APIs
- Before You Begin
  - Tools for Working with APIs
  - Adding APIs into Your System
- Service-oriented Architecture
- Data Formats
  - Working with JSON
  - Working with XML
- HTTP: HyperText Transfer Protocol
  - The HTTP Envelope
  - Making HTTP Requests
  - HTTP Status Codes
  - HTTP Headers
  - HTTP Verbs
- Understanding and Choosing Service Types
  - PHP and SOAP
  - Describing a SOAP Service with a WSDL
- Debugging HTTP
  - Using Logging to Gather Information
  - Inspecting HTTP Traffic
- RPC Services
  - Consuming an RPC Service: Flickr Example
  - Building an RPC Service
- Ajax and Web Services
  - Cross-domain Requests
- Developing and Consuming RESTful Services
  - Beyond Pretty URLs
  - RESTful Principles
  - Building a RESTful Service
- Designing a Web Service
- Service Provided
4. Design Patterns
- What Are Design Patterns?
  - Choosing the Right One
  - Singleton
  - Traits
  - Registry
  - Factory
  - Iterator
  - Observer
  - Dependency Injection
  - Model-View-Controller
- Pattern Formation
5. Security
- Be Paranoid
- Filter Input, Escape Output
  - Filtering and Validation
- Cross-site Scripting
  - The Attack
  - The Fix
  - Online Resources
- Cross-site Request Forgery
  - The Attack
  - The Fix
  - Online Resources
- Session Fixation
  - The Attack
  - The Fix
  - Online Resources
- Session Hijacking
  - The Attack
  - The Fix
  - Online Resources
- SQL Injection
  - The Attack
  - The Fix
  - Online Resources
- Storing Passwords
  - The Attack
  - The Fix
  - Online Resources
- Brute Force Attacks
  - The Attack
  - The Fix
  - Online Resources
- SSL
  - The Attack
  - The Fix
  - Online Resources
- Resources
6. Performance
- Benchmarking
- System Tweaks
  - Code Caching
  - INI Settings
- Databases
- File System
  - Caching
- Profiling
  - Installing XHProf
  - Installing XHGui
- Summary
7. Automated Testing
- Unit Testing
  - Installing PHPUnit
  - Writing Test Cases
  - Running Tests
  - Test Doubles
  - Writing Testable Code
  - Testing for Views and Controllers
- Database Testing
  - Database Test Cases
  - Connections
  - Data Sets
  - Assertions
- Systems Testing
  - Initial Setup
  - Commands
  - Locators
  - Assertions
  - Database Integration
  - Debugging
  - Automating Writing Tests
- Load Testing
  - ab
  - Siege
- Tried and Tested
8. Quality Assurance
- Measuring Quality with Static Analysis Tools
  - phploc
  - phpcpd
  - phpmd
- Coding Standards
  - Checking Coding Standards with PHP Code Sniffer
  - Viewing Coding Standards Violations
  - PHP Code Sniffer Standards
- Documentation and Code
  - Using phpDocumentor
  - Other Documentation Tools
- Source Control
  - Working with Centralized Version Control
  - Using Subversion for Source Control
  - Designing Repository Structure
  - Distributed Version Control
  - Social Tools for Coding
  - Using Git for Source Control
  - The Repository as the Root of the Build Process
- Automated Deployment
  - Instantly Switching to a New Version
  - Managing Database Changes
  - Automated Deployment and Phing
- Ready to Deploy
A. PEAR and PECL
- What is PEAR?
- What is PECL?
- Installing Packages
  - PEAR Channels
  - Using PEAR Code
- Installing Extensions
  - Compiling Extensions by Hand
- Creating Packages
- Package Versioning
- Creating a Channel
- Now What?
B. SPL: The Standard PHP Library
- ArrayAccess and ArrayObject
- Autoloading
- Working with Directories and Files
- Countable
- Data Structures
  - Fixed-size Arrays
  - Lists
  - Stacks and Queues
  - Heaps
  - Priority Queues
  - Functions
C. Next Steps
- Keep Reading
- Attending Events
- User Groups
- Online Communities
- Open Source Projects
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