PHP 7 Programming Cookbook: Over 80 recipes that will take your PHP 7 web development skills to the next level!

Great book if you start on page 53. The beginning is a tad bit confusing. But if you pick and chose what you want to learn about or start at chapter 3 it is phenomenal. Straight, to the point, with lots and lots of information.

I can't say the book is bad, but for my intended purpose of studying for a certification exam, it was all but useless. If you're simply looking to expand your PHP toolset then it would be good.

In general, great coverage on some of the latest features for PHP. Some of the examples were a bit on the obscure side, so examples which would be more useful to people would probably be more interesting, but I really did like the coverage of the new concepts and especially enjoyed the algorithms chapter of the book! Buy this book if you are looking specifically for some of the excellent features that differentiate PHP7 from the previous versions as this book does well to highlight those things.

I've known Doug for long time and I was happy to have had the opportunityto review his last PHP book especially because it is focused on PHP7, oneof PHP version with the most impressive performance increase of ever and alot of brand new nice features.I liked so much the pragmatic approach of the book and the "learn byexample" style of all chapters, because it allows to understand immediatelynot only why a feature was introduced but also how to use it efficiently inreal and common problems of a developer life.Among all, I've appreciated mainly chapters about common advancedalgorithms and most used design patterns, both explained very well andsimple.Definitely recommended!

I was the Technical Reviewer on this book. It is focused on PHP 7, the latest version of PHP most likely the version with the highest performance.The book is clearly written, full of real examples that help the reader to understand the dynamics of the web. Also in the book it is included some fundamental Design Patterns for each developer.I recommend to read it.

This book will get you up to speed on PHP 7 through lots of very good code examples. A must-read for any developer that wants to unlock the benefits of using PHP 7!

Super reference for php 7.x

Low quality print from a XEROX copier by "Amazon Germany", low quality typesetting with MS Word, avoid printed editionIt's unfortunately one of these low cost on-demand books, with low-quality-everything (typesetting, spelling & grammar mistakes, bad thick paper, ...). In general these "Packt-Publishing" books seem to be lower-quality (content) than other well known programming books.