PHP Beyond the web

Course overview

Learn how to write CLI scripts, desktop software, network servers and more using the PHP you already know.

16 chapters
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The Book

PHP Beyond the web16 chapters

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  1. Welcome

  2. 1. Introduction

  3. 2. Understanding the CLI SAPI, and why you need to

  4. 3. Development tools

  5. 4. User facing software

  6. 5. System software

  7. 6. Interacting with other software

  8. 7. Talking to the system

  9. 8. Performance & stability - profiling and improving

  10. 9. Distribution and deployment issues

  11. 10. Where now? or, Thanks & feedback

  12. Appendix A : Compiling and installing PHP and its extensions

  13. Appendix B : File & data format libraries for PHP

  14. Appendix C : Sources of help

  15. Appendix D : Interesting libraries, tools, articles and projects

  16. Appendix E : Integrated Development Environments for PHP