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http://net.tutsplus....-and-learn-php/

An oldie topic I forgot I had book marked. A great place if you are starting out, or the curb any existing bad habits!

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Getting started in PHP can be a daunting experience. With that in mind, these 20 tips will teach you how to follow best practices, and save lives…kitty lives.

• Program as Often as You Possibly Can
  
• Get Familiar with the PHP Manual
  
• Read the Comments!
  
• Take Advantage of the Huge Online PHP Community
  
• Don't Put Off Best Practices for Later
  
• Don't Put Off Best Practices for Later!
  
• Make Code Self-Documenting
  
• Add a Comment to Anything You Had to Think About
  
• Learn Docblock and Use It
  
• Don't Be Too Hardcore to Use an IDE
  
• Group Common Code Into Functions
  
• Group Related Functions Into Classes
  
• Use Constants, Not Globals
  
• Don't Be Afraid to Use Includes
  
• Don't Obsess Over Performance
  
• Avoid Marrying HTML to Your Scripts
  
• Try to Use at Least One Unfamiliar Concept in Every Project
  
• Don't Be Too Proud to Change
  
• Validate
  
• Whitelists Instead of Blacklists