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An Introduction to Functional Programming in PHP

A Brief History of PHP and Functional Programming Defining Functional Programming The Benefits of Functional Programming Relevance to a PHP Developer Functional Programming in Other Contexts PHP is Getting Better Summary: Introduction to Functional Programming in PHP Quiz: Introduction to Functional Programming in PHP Challenge 1: Product of Numbers Challenge 2: Square of Sum of Numbers

Core Concepts: Functional Programming in PHP

Functional Programming and Object-Oriented Programming

Immutable lists

Temporal Coupling

Transient Mutation

Referential Transparency

REPL Environments For Functional Programming

Summary: Functional Programming Core Concepts

Quiz: Functional Programming Core Concepts

Challenge 1: Remove Temporal Coupling

Challenge 2: Referentially-Transparent Function

Composition and Helper Functions

Function Composition in PHP Currying and Partial Application The Map, Filter, and Fold Functions Transducers Helper Functions Summary: Composition and Helper Functions Quiz: Composition and Helper Functions Challenge 1: Replica of PHP's "max" Function Challenge 2: Language Processing with Transducer

Error Handling in Functional Programming

Exceptions in PHP Non-exception Error Handling Techniques The Maybe and Either Monads The Railway Pattern Summary: Error Handling in Functional Programming Quiz: Error Handling in Functional Programming Challenge 1: Eliminate Exceptions Using the Either Monad Challenge 2: Error Messages Using Maybe Monad

Functors in PHP

The Category Theory Functors in PHP Programming Monads Practical Monads Other Practical Monads Summary: Functors in PHP Quiz: Functors in PHP Challenge 1: REPL with IO Monad Challenge 2: Writer Monad

Parallelization of Tasks in PHP

Threading in PHP Multithreading Extensions in PHP Multiprocessing in PHP Message Brokers Summary: Parallelization of Tasks in PHP Quiz: Parallelization of Tasks in PHP Challenge 1: Sentence Formatting Using PCNTL Challenge 2: Sentence Formatting Using RabbitMQ

Recursion, Pattern Matching, and Property Testing

Recursion in PHP Pattern Matching in PHP Property Testing with Eris Summary: Recursion, Pattern Matching, and Property Testing Quiz: Recursion, Pattern Matching, and Property Testing Challenge 1: Recursive Count Function Challenge 2: Property Testing with Eris

Phonebook Application — A Simple Project

Phonebook Overview Building the Phonebook App Implementation of Registry Functionalities The Phonebook App Summary: Phonebook Application

Conclusion

Appendix

Required Installations Additional Material Terminology

Quiz: Functional Programming Core Concepts

Assess your knowledge about functional programming core concepts through a quiz.

1

(Fill in the blank.) The mathematical function, $f(x, y) = (x + y)^2$ , has an arity of ________.

A)

2

B)

3

C)

4

D)

5

Question 1 of 50 attempted

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