New fresh chapter out of the oven - C programming for PHP developers

This is a work in progress and will include an introduction course of C language adjusted for PHP developers. Beginners should be able to follow it also.

Why the C language?

• in the group there are people starting with their programming journey and C is actually a very good way to start programming to better understand of something lower level
• chapters will also include a brief introduction into writing PHP extensions

More coming up soon...

Beginners many times still use the prehistoric ext/mysql for accessing the MySQL database with PHP. Also some first results on Google still point to old tutorials. Probably we'll need another introduction to mysqli for such cases with some of the following parts:

• some basic tutorial with copy/paste and working solutions how to use the mysqli
• connecting to a database
• retrieving results from database table
• retrieving one result from database
• counting
• SQL injection explained for beginners

Noted here for the not so distant future to create a new FAQ/article content.

• added note about reserved keywords in ini format
• updated Config::class
  • static methods should not be used in object context
  • added default value for Config::get method
  • method Config::set throws RuntimeException if the environment key is set to non-development environment

Many users look for useful open source PHP libraries, packages and scripts. It would be more expressive and useful to have also a simple list of these.

The chapter has been started here: https://github.com/wwphp-fb/php-resources/blob/master/packages/packages.md

TODO:

• [x] Add some PDO and mysqli wrappers
• [x] Add more libraries and packages from GitHub

Add an FAQ entry about how to use wildcard subdomains, what are they etc. here: https://github.com/wwphp-fb/php-resources/blob/master/faq/general/wildcard-subdomains.md

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My name is Alexander Shvets, I'm the owner of sourcemaking.com. Your design pattern content is taken from our website without permission.

Please, take it down.

This patch is a work in progress and includes several improvements for the OOP chapter:

• New content: Autoloading
• New content: SOLID
• Design patterns improvements

Dompdf library also works ok for creating PDF documents with PHP and should be added on this list: https://github.com/wwphp-fb/php-resources/blob/master/packages/pdf.md

New article(/s) idea: Encryption; Hashing (possibly as two separate articles, or as a single comparative article for both).

• What is encryption? (Basic outline of what encryption is; A simplified introduction to encryption).
• What is hashing? (Basic outline of what hashing is; A simplified introduction to hashing).
• What is the difference between encryption and hashing?

See:

• https://www.facebook.com/groups/2204685680/permalink/10154840776145681/
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/2204685680/permalink/10154798264310681/

Some more useful resources and info are needed for CodeIgniter FAQ: https://github.com/wwphp-fb/php-resources/blob/master/faq/frameworks/codeigniter.md

Description of Object pool pattern and how to use it PHP https://github.com/wwphp-fb/php-resources/blob/master/articles/oop/design-patterns/object-pool.md

Some pages are currently added there to have an overview of what's coming up in the group docs. TODO: add missing content for pages like these:

• https://docs.php.earth/c/php-extensions/ ...

There are many things answered so far on a decent level, yet some are still missing and might be handy to have:

• [ ] List of trustworthy and quality company/project name generators (optionally with domain checking)
• [ ] Searching with PHP (databases and other data)
• [ ] OOP vs. procedural vs... (a PHP related comparison of programming paradigms)
• [ ] Where to find PHP jobs
• [ ] "Google it" complaint type of post/question There were many posts where group members repeat and waste their time explaining benefits of allowing beginner questions etc.
• [ ] Including files (*.inc files and *.php)
• [ ] When sending emails, how to avoid getting emails in the spam folder?
• [ ] How to work with emails during development
• [ ] Random strings, numbers
• [ ] ...TBD...

(this list is in preparation)

TODO:

• [ ] Reorganize and sort list of all frameworks by sections
• [ ] Improve and update advice which framework should beginners, intermediates, professionals, ninjas, grandmas learn