Resources

Various resources, such as books, websites and articles, for improving your PHP development skills and knowledge.

Useful PHP-related websites.

Nomad PHP - A online PHP learning resource.
PHP Best Practices - A PHP best practice guide.
PHP FIG - The PHP Framework Interoperability Group.
PHP Mentoring - Peer to peer PHP mentorship organization.
PHP Package Development Standards - Package development standards for PHP.
PHP School - Open Source Learning for PHP.
PHP Security - A guide to PHP security.
PHP The Right Way - A PHP best practice quick reference guide.
PHP UG - A website to help people locate their nearest PHP user group (UG).
PHP Versions - Lists which versions of PHP are available on several popular web hosts.
PHP Weekly - A weekly PHP newsletter.
PHPTrends - An overview of fastest growing PHP libraries.
Securing PHP - A newsletter about PHP security and library recommendations.
Seven PHP - A website that interviews members of the PHP community.
PHP Annotated Monthly - A monthly digest of PHP news.

Useful websites related to web development.

Atlassian Git Tutorials - A series of Git tutorials.
Hg Init - A series of Mercurial tutorials.
Learning Linux - A website for learning Linux.
Semantic Versioning - A website explaining semantic versioning.
Servers for Hackers - A newsletter about server management.
The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) - An open software security community.
WebSec IO - A web security community resource.

Fantastic PHP-related books.

Functional Programming in PHP - This book will show you how to leverage these new PHP5.3+ features by understanding functional programming principles
Grumpy PHPUnit - A book about unit testing with PHPUnit by Chris Hartjes.
Mastering Object-Orientated PHP - A book about object-orientated PHP by Brandon Savage.
Modern PHP New Features and Good Practices - A book about new PHP features and best practices by Josh Lockhart.
Modernizing Legacy Applications in PHP - A book about modernizing legacy PHP applications by Paul M. Jones.
PHP 7 Upgrade Guide - An ebook covering all of the features and changes in PHP 7 by Colin O'Dell.
PHP Pandas - A book about learning to write PHP by Dayle Rees.
Scaling PHP Applications - An ebook about scaling PHP applications by Steve Corona.
Securing PHP: Core Concepts - A book about common security terms and practices for PHP by Chris Cornutt.
Signaling PHP - A book about catching PCNTL signals in CLI scripts by Cal Evans.
The Grumpy Programmer's Guide to Building Testable PHP Applications - A book about building testing PHP applications by Chris Hartjes.
XML Parsing with PHP - This book covers parsing and validating XML documents, leveraging XPath expressions, and working with namespaces as well as how to create and modify XML files programmatically.
Domain-Driven Design in PHP - Real examples written in PHP showcasing DDD Architectural Styles.

Books related to general computing and web development.

Elasticsearch: The Definitive Guide - A guide to working with Elasticsearch by Clinton Gormley and Zachary Tong.
Eloquent JavaScript - A book about JavaScript programming by Marijn Haverbeke.
Head First Design Patterns - A book that expains software design patterns.
Pro Git - A book about Git by Scott Chacon and Ben Straub.
The Linux Command Line - A book about the Linux command line by William Shotts.
The Tangled Web — Securing Web Applications - A book about securing web applications by Michal Zalewski.
Understanding Computation - A book about computation theory by Tom Stuart.
Vagrant Cookbook - A book about creating Vagrant environments by Erika Heidi.

Fantastic PHP-related videos.

Nomad PHP Lightning Talks - 10 to 15 minute Lightning Talks by PHP community members.
PHP UK Conference - A collection of videos from the PHP UK Conference.
Programming with Anthony - A video series by Anthony Ferrara.
Taking PHP Seriously - A talk outlining PHP's strengths by Keith Adams of Facebook.

Podcasts with a focus on PHP topics.

PHP Town Hall - A casual PHP podcast by Ben Edmunds and Phil Sturgeon.
Voices of the ElePHPant Interviews with the people that make the PHP community special.
PHP Roundtable - The PHP Roundtable is a casual gathering of developers discussing topics that PHP nerds care about.

PHP-releated reading materials.

Composer Primer - A Composer primer.
Composer Stability Flags - An article about Composer stability flags.
Composer Versioning - An article about Composer versioning.
Create Your Own PHP Framework - A series of articles on how to make your own PHP framework by Fabien Potencier.
Don't Worry About BREACH - An article about the BREACH hack and CSRF tokens.
On PHP 5.3, Lambda Functions and Closures - An article about lambda functions and closures.
PHP Is Much Better Than You Think - An article about the PHP language and ecosystem.
PHP Package Checklist - A checklist for successful PHP package development.
PHP Sucks! But I Like It! - An article about the pros and cons of PHP.
Preventing CSRF Attacks - An article on preventing CSRF attacks.
Seven Ways to Screw Up BCrypt - An article about correct BCrypt implementation.
The 2018 Guide to Building Secure PHP Software - A guide to building secure PHP software.
Use Env - An article about using the unix environment helper.

Reading materials related to the PHP internals or performance.

Disproving the Single Quotes Myth - An article about performance of single and double quoted strings.
How Big Are PHP Arrays (And Values) Really? - An article about array internals.
How Foreach Works - A detailed StackOverflow answer about foreach.
How Long is a Piece of String - An article about string internals.
PHP Evaluation Order - An article about evaluation order in PHP.
PHP Internals Book - An online book about PHP internals, written by three core developers.
PHP RFCs - The home of PHP RFCs (Request for Comments).
Print vs Echo, Which One is Faster? - An article about print and echo performance.
The PHP Ternary Operator. Fast or Not? - An article ternary performance.
Understanding OpCodes - An article about opcodes.
When Does Foreach Copy? - An article about the internals of foreach.
Why Objects (Usually) Use Less Memory Than Arrays - An article about object and array internals.
You're Being Lied To - An article about internal ZVALs.
Collecting Garbage: 1 2 3 - A series about the PHP garbage collection internals.
PHP Source Code for Developers: 1 2 3 4 - A series about the PHP source code.

Fantastic PHP-related magazines.

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