PHP in Action

Preface

The story behind this book is personal. A few years ago, I came to the realization that what I had done in my professional life until then was not quite up to my own expectations. Though not dramatic enough to qualify as a midlife crisis, this realization got me thinking in new ways.

I was doing web programming in PHP at the time. I was in an isolated position in the company I was working for, so I decided to put my own work under the microscope. I asked myself, “How can I boost myself to a higher level of performance?” One idea that occurred to me was to review my own work at the end of every day. What did I do that was most successful? How could I do more of that? What was less successful? How could I do less of that?

The task that ...