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Best practices for managing PHP projects

Best practices for managing PHP projects

From the course: Linux for PHP Developers

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Best practices for managing PHP projects

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- [Instructor] So far, we've been learning about Linux and installing and configuring services. It's time to use our development environment. In this chapter, our focus will be installing PHP applications and frameworks that will take advantage of all our work. We'll start by discussing some best practices for managing PHP projects gleaned from years of success and mistakes. Then, we'll install Composer for PHP dependency management. Once it's in place, we can start with applications, starting with WordPress, a content management system, then Drupal, a content management framework. After that, we'll install three different popular PHP frameworks, Symfony, CodeIgniter, and Laravel. When working on multiple projects at the same time in the same development environment, there are a few best practices that I recommend. Let's start with installation tips. When installing an application, inform yourself about the system requirements first. For example, if the application is written in PHP…

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