The PHP language has been around for quite some time now. What started out as a humble set of scripts, soon turned into a powerful scripting language. The rise of various frameworks and platforms paved the way into the hearts of many developers. Over time, PHP coding standards sprung out, along with numerous testing solutions. These gave it the solid enterprise foothold it has today.
The latest PHP 7.1 release brings forth enormous amount of improvements, both from the language syntax and overall performance perspective. There has never been a better time to dig into a PHP than now.
Throughout this book, we will be covering a wide range of topics. These might seem seemingly random at first, but they reflect a minimum skill level PHP developers are required to possess nowadays.
