PHP 7 Programming Cookbook

Conventions

In this book, you will find a number of text styles that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles and an explanation of their meaning.

Code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles are shown as follows: "Finally, take the class LotsProps defined in the third bullet point and place it in a separate file, chap_10_oop_using_getters_and_setters_magic_call.php."

A block of code is set as follows:

protected static function loadFile($file)
{
    if (file_exists($file)) {
        require_once $file;
        return TRUE;
    }
    return FALSE;
}

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant ...