Table of Contents

Part One : Function Programming in PHP 7.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Functional Programming - the basics.- 3. Basic Functional Programming.- 4. Working with Functions.- Part Two : Application Development Strategies.- 5. Strategies for High Performance Applications.- 6. Managing Business Logic with Functions.- 7. Using FP in Object-Oriented & Procedural Applications.- 8. Using Helper Libraries in Your Application.- 9. Processing "Big Data" with Functional PHP.- 10. Afterword: Where to now?.- Appendices.- A. Installing PHP and Libraries.- B. Command Line PHP.- C. Functional Programming Resources.

About the Author

Rob Aley has been programming commercially and academically in a variety of programming languages, with over 10 years of PHP experience since graduating in Computer Science from the University of Leeds in 1999.
Having had a varied career working in industries from coffee to condoms, as well as doing freelance software development, Rob is now a “Database Programmer” at the University of Oxford working in healthcare related data analysis. He uses PHP almost exclusively now, out of choice.
When he's not working or writing books, he spends time with his wife, three young children, and most importantly his cat.