Cheat Sheet Week: Day 1 (PHP)

Welcome to Day 1 of Cheat Sheet Week. Today we are kicking off Cheat Sheet Week by posting our favorite PHP cheat sheets.

1. Added Bytes PHP Cheat Sheet

This is probably the most well designed cheat sheet on our list. There is no clutter, the headers are great, and the organization allows your eyes to quickly find exactly what you’re looking for. The major flaw with this is that it misses a few essential functions (including object oriented references.) With all that being said, if you need a sheet to cover the simple functions that you use more than any others this is the best.
(Rating: 2.5/5. Well Designed but missing some essential info.)

2. PHP Security Checklist Cheat Sheet from Sk89q.com

No pictures here, and for good reason, this is important information. The security information on this cheat sheet is so invaluable that the lack of pictures or flashy design goes largely unnoticed. Great organization and clean headers make this sheet an easy read as well. Tidbits of information such as ‘Aware that Flash can bypass referrer checks to load images and sound files.’ make this sheet a cant miss.
(Rating: 4/5. Great information but no design at all)

3. Emezeta PHP Card Cheat Sheet

If you’re looking for the works, this is it. The full, comprehensive, all-inclusive cheat sheet is exactly what Emezeta has given us with this one. The only setback is that this sheet is so big and all-inclusive how can you fit it on your screen or print it. If you focus on this deluxe sheet in its smaller categories you can really appreciate its design and organization, but bigger isn’t always better.
(Rating: 3/5. Too large and awkward to look at en masse, but has all of the necessary info.)

4. Visibone PHP Skinny Sheet (2 Pages)

Visibone definitely has the right idea using a front and back page for their all-inclusive cheat sheet. Not only does it include all necessary functions, but the sheet’s size isn’t impossible to scale like Emezeta’s. The organization on this chart is a bit cluttered, but for the information presented, its well worth it.
(Rating: 4.5/5. Decently Designed. Slightly cluttered organization. All of the necessary information plus some.)

Thats all for day 1 folks. Thanks for helping us kick off Cheat Sheet Week by checking out our favorite PHP Cheat Sheets. If you have a favorite PHP Cheat Sheet that we have left out, comment below. Check back tomorrow for Day 2 where we will be looking at our favorite jQuery cheat sheets & reference charts.