Part of the preparation for the ZCE for PHP 7.1
1. PHP Basics
- Syntax
- Operators
- Variables
- Control Structures
- Language Constructs and Functions
- Namespaces
- Extensions
- Config
- Performance/bytecode caching
2. Functions
- Arguments
- Variables
- References
- Returns
- Variable Scope
- Anonymous Functions, closures
- Type Declarations
- Quoting
- Matching (String Functions)
- Extracting (String Functions)
- Searching (String Functions)
- Replacing (String Functions)
- Formatting (String Functions)
- PCRE
- NOWDOC
- Encodings
4. Arrays
- Associative Arrays
- Array Iteration
- Array Functions
- SPL, Objects as arrays
- Casting
- Files
- Reading
- Writing
- File System Functions
- Streams
- Contexts
- SQL
- Joins
- Prepared Statements
- Transactions
- PDO
- Instantiation
- Modifiers/Inheritance
- Interfaces
- Return Types
- Autoload
- Reflection
- Type Hinting
- Class Constants
- Late Static Binding
- Magic (_*) Methods
- Instance Methods & Properties
- SPL
- Traits
10. Security
- Configuration
- Session Security
- Cross-Site Scripting
- Cross-Site Request Forgeries
- SQL Injection
- Remote Code Injection
- Email Injection
- Filter Input
- Escape Output
- Encryption, Hashing algorithms
- File uploads
- PHP Configuration
- Password hashing API
- Handling Exceptions
- Errors
- Throwables