PHP – Advanced Programming Techniques (PHP2)

Course content:

• Introduction to OOP - basics and syntax
1. Creating classes and properties; encapsulation - public, protected, private
2. Creating and using fluent interfaces - method chaining
3. Constants, static properties and methods; static usage patterns
4. Magic methods: __construct, __destruct, autoload, __clone, isset/unset, __toString
5. Magic accessors and invokers: __get, __set, __call, __callStatic
6. Class inheritance: extends, implements, abstract and final
7. Creating class patterns and using instanceof checks
8. Namespaces: purpose, syntax and best practices

• OOP - common PHP design patterns
1. Avoiding spaghetti code with clear structure
2. MVC (Model-View-Controller) - correct separation of responsibilities
3. Adapter pattern - adapt an object to behave like another
4. Singleton pattern - ensure a single unique instance
5. Factory pattern - creating objects inside other classes

• OOP - additional practical techniques
1. Doc comments for automatic documentation and tooling
2. Standard PHP Library (SPL) - core functions and interfaces
3. ArrayObject and related structures
4. Iterator interfaces - accessing objects like arrays
5. Autoloading - project structure for autoloading and usage

• Exceptions
1. try, catch, throw constructs and handling flow
2. Exception hierarchy and targeted catching

• Regular expressions and security
1. What regular expressions are and their uses
2. Literals and special characters
3. Modifiers and quantifiers
4. Character classes and sets
5. Using match and replace functions
6. Sanitizing user input; preventing SQL injection and XSS

• Testing
1. Introduction to testing and reasons for automated tests
2. Automated vs manual testing principles
3. Unit testing vs integration testing
4. Mocking techniques
5. Using PHPUnit for practical tests