Question

I have been using PHP for quite some time now and was wondering what to study for looking into advanced topic – and what advanced topics those are. Please could you offer ideas on what type of projects or functions of PHP to use (which would give the greatest ability for me to take my PHP knowledge and skill to a higher level).

Answer 1

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PHP has shifted these couple of years and now, more than ever, interoperability is of paramount importance. The single most important piece of PHP code would be the piece that can get along with all other bits.

PHP The Right Way – a quick reference on how to do things
PHP Standards Recommendations – or how to start writing PHP for the world

Advanced Computer Science topics are, for the most part, language agnostic ranging from algorithms to large scale software development.

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original answer:

If you are not already into the two bellow I would seriously suggest you start there.

1. Objects
2. MVC (model view controller)

If you are asking this question you probably feel that there probably is a better way to reuse your code. That there probably is a better way to split logic from structure. If that is so go with the two bellow.

It will probably take a while to get used to Objects but it be worth while.

The one best thing I can suggest you is to embrace a framework.

• codeigniter
• zend framework

You’ll be forced to write your code following standards and you’ll get a much better notion of how advanced php software works.