Re: [PHP] Re: Best Practices Book, Document, Web Site?
Other than coding standards, the other good read is:
(it seems to cover most topics I have ran into while maintaining a
high traffic site implemented in php 5):
http://phplens.com/lens/php-book/optimizing-debugging-php.php
It is 'best practices' from another angle - use of opcode cache (apc
etc..), output buffering and so on.
Coding standards vary a lot, so I would recommend sticking to one
style once a consensus is reached among the team and preferably
enforce it in automated fashion (e.g.
http://pear.php.net/package/PHP_CodeSniffer/ as a svn pre-commit
hook).
The other easily over-looked part I have seen in many php projects is
the code layout and directory structure, including dependency
management (library code vs business logic etc..), and more
importantly only exposing the main 'entry point' scripts (index.php or
controller.php in a MVC model) in a apache doc root. Many times I have
seen poorly laid out code that ends up getting deployed with the
entire code bases exposed in a apache doc root. If care is not taken
(e.g. naming some files .inc and no special apache rules to interpret
them as a php handler), it is a security nightmare with critical files
getting exposed.
I have my own layout suggestion which has worked well for us, and once
mastered, it makes everyone in the team very productive. Maybe this
can be a separate topic in its own right.
Ravi
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Hansen, Mike mike.han...@atmel.com wrote:
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To: pan; php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: RE: [PHP] Re: Best Practices Book, Document, Web Site?
From: pan
Hansen, Mike mike.han...@atmel.com wrote in message
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Is there a PHP Best Practices Book, Document, or web site that has
information similar to Perl Best Practices but for PHP?
Yeah, it's hard to find this stuff.
A google search on {+Best Practices +PHP} returned only
4,340,000 hits.
Maybe, some day, someone will think to write something up.
The problem with this method is that scanning these results reveals
conflicting and contradictory recommendations that are all over the
place. Some are so old they may not even be valid PHP any
more. Reading
even a small subset of these pages is an exercise in frustration. But
that makes sense as there doesn't appear to be any consistency nor
consensus within the community, or even within some of the larger
projects.
Speaking of consensus, based on a recent discussion on the Perl
Beginners mailing list, the Perl Best Practices book is now considered
to be deprecated among the active Perl community. Many of its
recommendations are obsolete and no longer used. It is long
past due for
a major rewrite.
Bob McConnell
Yep. Perl Best Practices is due for a rewrite/update. I came across this page
that attempts to update it:
http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?pbp_module_recommendation_commentary
For PHP, I'll stick with the PEAR recommendations and do the best I can with
whatever is missing.
Thanks.
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RE: [PHP] Re: Best Practices Book, Document, Web Site?
From: pan
Hansen, Mike mike.han...@atmel.com wrote in message
news:7941b2693f32294aaf16c26b679a258d0efdc...@csomb01.corp.atmel.com...
Is there a PHP Best Practices Book, Document, or web site that has
information similar to Perl Best Practices but for PHP?
Yeah, it's hard to find this stuff.
A google search on {+Best Practices +PHP} returned only
4,340,000 hits.
Maybe, some day, someone will think to write something up.
The problem with this method is that scanning these results reveals
conflicting and contradictory recommendations that are all over the
place. Some are so old they may not even be valid PHP any more. Reading
even a small subset of these pages is an exercise in frustration. But
that makes sense as there doesn't appear to be any consistency nor
consensus within the community, or even within some of the larger
projects.
Speaking of consensus, based on a recent discussion on the Perl
Beginners mailing list, the Perl Best Practices book is now considered
to be deprecated among the active Perl community. Many of its
recommendations are obsolete and no longer used. It is long past due for
a major rewrite.
Bob McConnell
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RE: [PHP] Re: Best Practices Book, Document, Web Site?
-Original Message-
From: Bob McConnell [mailto:r...@cbord.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 7:52 AM
To: pan; php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: RE: [PHP] Re: Best Practices Book, Document, Web Site?
From: pan
Hansen, Mike mike.han...@atmel.com wrote in message
news:7941b2693f32294aaf16c26b679a258d0efdc...@csomb01.corp.atm
el.com...
Is there a PHP Best Practices Book, Document, or web site that has
information similar to Perl Best Practices but for PHP?
Yeah, it's hard to find this stuff.
A google search on {+Best Practices +PHP} returned only
4,340,000 hits.
Maybe, some day, someone will think to write something up.
The problem with this method is that scanning these results reveals
conflicting and contradictory recommendations that are all over the
place. Some are so old they may not even be valid PHP any
more. Reading
even a small subset of these pages is an exercise in frustration. But
that makes sense as there doesn't appear to be any consistency nor
consensus within the community, or even within some of the larger
projects.
Speaking of consensus, based on a recent discussion on the Perl
Beginners mailing list, the Perl Best Practices book is now considered
to be deprecated among the active Perl community. Many of its
recommendations are obsolete and no longer used. It is long
past due for
a major rewrite.
Bob McConnell
Yep. Perl Best Practices is due for a rewrite/update. I came across this page
that attempts to update it:
http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?pbp_module_recommendation_commentary
For PHP, I'll stick with the PEAR recommendations and do the best I can with
whatever is missing.
Thanks.
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