PHP Book for Advanced Programmers

Question

Hi!I am contributing to a Laravel project written in PHP7.4.I am looking for an up-to-date book to conceptually learn PHP for advanced programmers. It seems PHP has changed a lot in the recent years, so I would like to find a book which is relevant for current best practices in PHP.What I am not looking for:- a book aimed at beginners in programming (e.g. I don't need to learn what a for-loop is).- a book only about MySQL and web development with PHP.Thanks!

datashaman · Accepted Answer

Not a book per se, but (since you mention Laravel) the Laravel framework documentation is excellent for high-level best practices for PHP web development.
https://laravel.com/docs/7.x/
I reference this site when I'm unsure which approach to follow with PHP.
https://phptherightway.com/
If interoperability is important, the recommended standards make good reading.
https://www.php-fig.org/