Why is PHP Awesome

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Why PHP Is AwesomeHonest.

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The Team

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Speaking today

Jeremy Coates @phpcodemonkey

Steph Cook @stephcook22

Damien Walsh @themainframe

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– w3techs.com

“PHP is used by 81.8% of all the websites whose server-side programming language we

know.”

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So why the reputation

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PHP has moved on.

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The dark ages…

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//genearate a filename... $fn_temp = preg_replace("/[^a-zA-Z0-9\s]/", "", $_POST[‘f_n’]);

//Does it exist? while(file_exists("/home/cocoder/.data/{$fn_temp}{$n}/")) $n++;

?> <h1>Project Created!</h1> <?php //DB... $return_id = cc_core::make_project( $_POST['n_name'], ($fn_temp.$n), $_SESSION['user_id'] ); ?>

i

Magic strings…

Suddenly… HTML

Highly procedural

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Now…

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public function editAction(Request $request) { $this->form->handleRequest($request); $entity = $this->form->getData();

if ($this->form->isValid()) { $this->em = $this->doctrine->getManager(); $this->em->persist($entity); $this->em->flush(); } return $this->render( ‘TestBundle:Items:edit.html.twig', array( 'entity' => $entity, 'form' => $this->form->createView() ) ); }

Interact with Model

Render View

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The cool stuffTo make your projects easier

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curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php

Composer

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{ "require": { "monolog/monolog": "1.2.*" }}

Composercomposer.json:

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Composerinclude ‘classes/Foo.class.php’; include ‘classes/Bar.class.php’; include ‘classes/OtherStuff.class.php’; include ‘classes/MyClass.class.php’; include ‘classes/AnotherClass.class.php’;

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Composer

include ‘vendor/autoload.php’;

... $foo = new Foo();

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Silex

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{ "require": { "silex/silex": "~1.1" }}

Silexcomposer.json:

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Silexrequire_once __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';

$app = new Silex\Application();

$app->get('/hello/{name}', function($name) use($app) {

return 'Hello '.$app->escape($name);

});

$app->run();

Fire up composer.

Create the App

Run it.

Be safe!

Add a route

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Twig

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<ul>

{% for user in users %} <li> {{ user.name }} </li> {% else %} <li> <strong>No users have been found.</strong> </li>{% endfor %}

</ul>

Twig

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Xdebug!Install the extension Install the browser extension Setup for integration with IDE (NetBeans, PHPStorm) Press Play Refresh your page Profit

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Codeception

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$I = new WebGuy($scenario); $I->wantTo('create a wiki page'); $I->amOnPage('/'); $I->click('Pages'); $I->click('New'); $I->see('New Page');

Codeception

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Full Stack FrameworksSymfony2 & Zend Framework 2

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Types of Projects

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Manchester Digital has revealed that 32% of digital organisations in the region were forced

to refuse work in 2013 due to a lack of resource, despite 83% of businesses experiencing

growth.

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Get involved!

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PHPNW

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Have we convinced you yet

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All resources over here:!http://bit.ly/phpawesome