diff --git a/_posts/16-10-01-Books.md b/_posts/16-10-01-Books.md index 5971e5f..bf3e5c3 100644 --- a/_posts/16-10-01-Books.md +++ b/_posts/16-10-01-Books.md @@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ anchor: books ## Books {#books_title} -There are a lot of books around for PHP but some are sadly now quite old and no longer contain accurate information. -There are even books published for "PHP 6" which does not exist, and will not now ever exist. The next major version of -PHP will be named "PHP 7" because of those books. +There are many PHP books; sadly some are now quite old and no longer accurate. In particular, avoid books on "PHP 6", a version that will now never exist. The next major release of PHP after 5.6 was "PHP 7", [partly because of this](https://wiki.php.net/rfc/php6). This section aims to be a living document for recommended books on PHP development in general. If you would like your book to be added, send a PR and it will be reviewed for relevancy. @@ -23,6 +21,7 @@ for modern, secure, and fast cryptography. * [Build APIs You Won't Hate](https://apisyouwonthate.com/) - Everyone and their dog wants an API, so you should probably learn how to build them. +* [Modern PHP](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920033868.do) - covers modern PHP features, best practices, testing, tuning, deployment and setting up a dev environment. * [Building Secure PHP Apps](https://leanpub.com/buildingsecurephpapps) - Learn the security basics that a senior developer usually acquires over years of experience, all condensed down into one quick and easy handbook * [Modernizing Legacy Applications In PHP](https://leanpub.com/mlaphp) - Get your code under control in a series of