NETTUTS.com has posted thirty tips and best practices they believe every PHP developer should learn to make their applications (and development process) better.

PHP is the most widely-used language for programming on the web. Here are thirty best practices for beginners wanting to gain a firmer grasp of the fundamentals.

Items in the list include:

• Turn on Error Reporting
• Learn the DRY Approach
• Comment, Comment, Comment
• Never, Ever Trust Your Users
• Use Output Buffering
• Cache Database-Driven Pages
• Use Static File Caching Systems
• Keep Functions Outside of Loops

You can check out the full list here.