added PHP and UTF-8 section
declared utf charset in the connection string

Also updated code example to match phpbestpractices.org example
bump first argument down a line so the example is PSR-2
made utf8mb4 consistently represented as code
Update The-Basics.md

Adding a suggested change to ternary operators where its not actually necessary to use them but is commonly seen.
Update The-Basics.md

Updated to conform to rest of document and I believe that I have utilized the correct syntax for then highlighters.
Update The-Basics.md

Added section for using brackets for both form and function. I would appreciate a second set of eyes over this to clarify its easy to understand.
removed sentence as wording seemed a little too aggressive
moved inline links to Further Reading section
changed wording so it speaks to code example in this section
EasyPHP added

EasyPHP is the oldest PHP package for Windows, and is more "up-to-date" than Wamp. It comes with a lot more features for developers: modules, components...
fixed word wrapping (now 120 chars)

Also added note about default encoding for htmlentities and
htmlspecialchars and added link to php docs for htmlspecialchars
Merge pull request #358 from ylynfatt/utf-8-section

added PHP and UTF-8 section
anchor for php and UTF-8 section added
Merge pull request #386 from peterkokot/patch-1

Anchor for php and UTF-8 section added
Added a new section on Books.
Added a new section on Books.
Spelling mistake in Books section corrected
Added some of the more popular and high quality modern PHP books

Full disclosure - I included my book.
change a few words