PHP 7 Quick Scripting Reference

✍ Scribed by Mikael Olsson (auth.)

• Publisher: Apress
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 138
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This pocket reference guide has been updated with the new PHP 7.0 release. It is a condensed, code-rich scripting and syntax handbook for the PHP scripting language. PHP 7 Quick Scripting Reference presents the essential PHP script in a well-organized format.
You won’t find any technical jargon, bloated samples, drawn out history lessons or witty stories in this book. What you will find is a Web scripting language reference that is concise, to the point and highly accessible. The book is packed with useful information and is a must-have for any PHP programmer or Web developer.
In it, you will find a concise reference to the PHP 7 scripting language syntax. It includes short, simple and focused code examples and a well laid out table of contents and a comprehensive index allowing easy review.
What you’ll learn
What is new in PHP 7 and how to get started with it
What are variables, operators, strings, arrays, conditionals, loops and other language constructs
How to group and reuse code with functions, methods and namespaces
How to use object-oriented features such as classes, inheritance, abstract classes and interfaces
How to import files and retrieve user data
What are type declarations and type conversions
How to test variables, create references and use overloading methods
How to store user data with cookies and sessions
How to deal with errors through error handling, exception handling and assertions
Who this book is for
This book is a handy, pocket quick scripting syntax reference for experienced PHP as well as perhaps other programmers and Web developers even new to PHP.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Using PHP....Pages 1-4
Variables....Pages 5-8
Operators....Pages 9-13
String....Pages 15-17
Arrays....Pages 19-21
Conditionals....Pages 23-25
Loops....Pages 27-30
Functions....Pages 31-38
Class....Pages 39-44
Inheritance....Pages 45-47
Access Levels....Pages 49-51
Static....Pages 53-55
Constants....Pages 57-59
Interface....Pages 61-63
Abstract....Pages 65-67
Traits....Pages 69-70
Importing Files....Pages 71-74
Type Declarations....Pages 75-78
Type Conversions....Pages 79-80
Variable Testing....Pages 81-85
Overloading....Pages 87-89
Magic Methods....Pages 91-96
User Input....Pages 97-101
Cookies....Pages 103-103
Sessions....Pages 105-106
Namespaces....Pages 107-112
References....Pages 113-115
Advanced Variables....Pages 117-119
Error Handling....Pages 121-125
Exception Handling....Pages 127-129
Assertions....Pages 131-132
Back Matter....Pages 133-136

✦ Subjects

Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems