Meetup Limoges 29 janvier 2026 Nous serons de de passage à l’ @afup Limoges, jeudi 29 janvier 2026. Rendez-vous chez OD&B, pour améliorer son code PHP aujourd’hui et être prêt pour #PHP9 demain! Les elePHPants sont les bienvenus! Réservez votre place au meetup Limoges 29 janvier 2026 Préparez votre code pour […]
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Jan
Jan
Convert a string to integer with PHP PHP 8.5 provides a new error message when one tries to convert a string to integer with PHP. The float-string “%s” is not representable as an int, cast occurred This is new with this version, and besides the warning itself, it is not even a changed behavior. It […]
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Nov
Nov
PHP 8.5 new error messages With a host of new features, PHP 8.5 also brings another 265 new error messages. These new error messages appears as PHP pays more attention to received arguments: their type, their values are reviewed more carefully before being used. And some error messages are prone to appear more often than […]
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Sep
Sep
Understanding Relationships Between Classes, Interfaces, Traits, and Enums in PHP Modern PHP offers four major code structures — classes, interfaces, traits, and enums — each with its own purpose and rules. But the real power of PHP comes from how these structures can interact with each other. This page gathers all relations between classes in […]
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Jul
Jul
Infinite loops in PHP Sometimes, they are demonized, and sometimes, they are useful. Infinite loops come in a variety of options in PHP, so let’s put them neatly on a shelf, with all theirs variations. Classic while (true) To make an infinite loop, the most simple is to take a loop, and make it unconditional. […]
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Jun
Jun
How to make emojis in PHP You might want to use emojis both in your online comments and your PHP code. The later, mostly to hander the former, although PHP handles emojis gracefully. That are the methods to make emojis in PHP? Straight in the code PHP supports code savec in UTF-8. And emojis are […]
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May
May
1-2-3 PHP operators I learnt my PHP on a European keyboard, and it was always a pain to use some strange symbols. When I moved to Canada, I quickly realized that the chosen symbols were actually very easily accessible on the keyboard: it was just my layout that was less practical. Then, I also realized […]
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Apr
Apr
Quines for PHP A quine is a piece of code that executes to produce itself. This is a self displaying code. The execution of the code outputs the same source code, before it was executed. No changes happened, and one may run it again, to the same result. While this code curiosity has rare direct […]
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Apr
Apr
The Required, The Optional, The Useless, and The Weird: of In PHP, parentheses () aren’t just punctuation : they play different roles depending on where and how they’re used. Some are compulsory, others are optional, and a few are just useless clutter. And then, there’s the weird one: (cast). Let’s review all PHP parentheses usages […]
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Apr
Apr
Speed up ksort() ksort()is the PHP native function that sorts an array by its keys, while maintaining the relationship with the values. It has been in the language since the beginning (last millenium!), and yet, sometimes, it is interesting to ask again some old questions: can I speed up ksort()? Let’s see. ksort(), sorting by […]
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Feb
Feb
PHP Error Messages Encyclopedia If you’ve ever coded, you’ve likely encountered cryptic error messages that left you scratching your head. Whether it’s a syntax error, an unexpected function call issue, or a deprecated feature warning, debugging can be a frustrating experience: this also happens with PHP. That’s where the PHP Error Message Encyclopedia (PEME) comes […]