The document discusses functional programming in PHP. It covers the basics of functional programming including avoiding state changes, using functions as parameters and return values, recursion, and map, reduce, and filter techniques. It provides examples of implementing these concepts in PHP including using recursion to calculate total prices, array_map to apply discounts, array_reduce to calculate totals, and array_filter to filter products. Closures and lambda functions are also covered as ways to create anonymous functions in PHP to support a functional style.