PHP Koans

The PHP Koans walk you along the path to enlightenment in order to learn PHP.
The goal is to learn the PHP language, syntax, structure, and some common functions and libraries.
We also teach you culture by basing the koans on tests.
Testing is not just something we pay lip service to, but something we live.
Testing is essential in your quest to learn and do great things in PHP.

This project is inspired by Ruby Koans.

🌐 Available Languages

• 🇺🇸 English
• 🇹🇭 ภาษาไทย

Inspiration Repos

The following repositories inspired this project:

• Ruby Koans
• Python Koans
• PHP Koans (by Akoebbe)
• PHP Koans (by IvanSolaDelgado)
• Rustlings
• Rust Koans (by crazymykl)

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Installing PHP

If you do not have PHP and Composer set up, please visit php.net for OS-specific installation instructions.
To run the koans, you need PHP and Composer installed.

To verify your installation:

On Unix/Linux/macOS/Windows (from any terminal window):

php -v
composer --version

Get Started:

Look at phpunit.xml and then uncomment each test. You can start from AboutAsserts. These images below shows how to do it.

git clone https://github.com/Porrapat/php_koans.git
cd php_koans
composer install
php path_to_enlightenment.php

1. Setup Koans

2. Config Koans

3. Run Koans

4. Do Koans

5. Review Koans

Other Stuff

Author: Porrapat Petchdamrongskul <[email protected]>
Powered by: GeeGee a.k.a ChatGPT 😄
Issue Tracker: GitHub Issues
Requirements: PHP 7.4.x or later and Composer (any recent version)

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Other Command To Run Koans

composer test       # modern PHP style
php artisan test    # Laravel-style
php spark test      # CodeIgniter 4-style

Tips & Tricks – Watching Koans Automatically

Just run this command, it will use Rust built binary to watch /koans /KoansLib /koansSolution path_to_enlightenment.php and config_koans.txt

./watcher-Windows.exe           # For Windows
./watcher-macOS                 # For macOS
./watcher-Linux                 # For Linux

1. Example type ./watcher-Windows.exe

2. The Koans will refresh automatically when edit the files and saved.

About Rust Watcher

I found that Rust is good for write this watcher task. You must install Rust compiler. You can run it by

cd php_koan_watcher_rust
cargo run

License