--- title: "Blog" url: https://www.exakat.io/blog/ date: 2013-12-16 modified: 2022-06-23 author: "dams" description: "[section bg_color=\"rgb(40, 40, 40)\" dark=\"true\"] OUR BLOG Find our latests news, the next events where to meet us or PHP Insights...  [/section] [section] [blog_posts style=\"normal\" type=\"row\" columns=\"2\" animate=\"fadeInUp\" cat=\"19,1,16\" posts=\"16\"..." word_count: 52 --- # Blog ## OUR BLOG Find our latests news, the next events where to meet us or PHP Insights...  [ ![Hidden Traps with Chained Assignments](https://www.exakat.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/chained.320-300x300.jpg) Code auditing ##### Hidden Traps with Chained Assignments Hidden Traps with Chained Assignments If you’ve been writing PHP for a while, you’ve almost [...] READ MORE 13 Jul ](https://www.exakat.io/hidden-traps-with-chained-assignments/) [ ![](https://www.exakat.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/pieces.320-300x300.jpg) Code auditing ##### When Generators Actually Makes Sense When Generators Actually Makes Sense Generators are one of PHP 8 best-loved features. Sprinkle a [...] READ MORE 09 Jul ](https://www.exakat.io/when-generators-actually-makes-sense/) [ ![](https://www.exakat.io/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fossil-320-300x300.jpg) Code auditing ##### Method Fossilisation in 2026 Method Fossilisation in 2026 [This is an updated version of this article ‘Method fossilisation’] Method [...] READ MORE 07 Jul ](https://www.exakat.io/method-fossilisation-in-2026/) [ ![Using a vector database with PHP](https://www.exakat.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/vector.320-300x300.png) Technology ##### Using a vector database with PHP Using a vector database with PHP PHP has roughly 80 array functions: eight – zero. [...] READ MORE 03 Jul ](https://www.exakat.io/using-a-vector-database-with-php/) [ ![Types and tests](https://www.exakat.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/fences.320-300x300.png) Code auditing ##### PHP Types and Tests: Not Rivals, Just Working Different Shifts Types and Tests: Not Rivals, Just Working Different Shifts A common source of confusion in [...] READ MORE 02 Jul ](https://www.exakat.io/php-types-and-tests-not-rivals-just-working-different-shifts/) [ ![](https://www.exakat.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/header-dark-300x300.png) Technology ##### php-typos: a fast spellchecker for PHP codebases (Tool Review) php-typos: A Fast Spellchecker for PHP Codebases (Tool Review) There’s a particular kind of embarrassment [...] READ MORE 30 Jun ](https://www.exakat.io/php-typos-a-fast-spellchecker-for-php-codebases-tool-review/) [ ![](https://www.exakat.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/euler.320-300x300.png) Technology ##### Putting PHP’s M_EULER to Work Putting PHP’s M_EULER to Work PHP ships with more mathematical constants than most developers ever [...] READ MORE 25 Jun ](https://www.exakat.io/putting-phps-m_euler-to-work/) [ ![](https://www.exakat.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/poele.320-300x300.jpg) Technology ##### Also PHP: A Curated Watchlist for the PHP Ecosystem Also PHP: A Curated Watchlist for the PHP Ecosystem PHP runs more of the web [...] READ MORE 22 Jun ](https://www.exakat.io/also-php-a-curated-watchlist-for-the-php-ecosystem/) [ ![](https://www.exakat.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/batteur.320-300x300.jpg) Technology ##### Five Ways to Write a PHP Type Five Ways to Write a PHP Type PHP’s type system is grown up. PHP 7.0 [...] READ MORE 20 Jun ](https://www.exakat.io/five-ways-to-write-a-php-type/) [ ![Elephpant and AI](https://www.exakat.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/elephpant-ai.320-300x300.png) Technology ##### PHP and AI: What Actually Exists at the Language Level PHP and AI: What Actually Exists at the Language Level PHP runs about three-quarters of [...] READ MORE 17 Jun ](https://www.exakat.io/php-and-ai-what-actually-exists-at-the-language-level/) [ ![Turbofish meets the elePHPant](https://www.exakat.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/fish.320-300x300.jpg) Technology ##### The turbofish meet the elephpant The turbofish meet the elephpant: 🐟 Somewhere, probably on an infinite step of grass, the [...] READ MORE 04 Jun ](https://www.exakat.io/the-turbofish-meet-the-elephpant/) [ ![](https://www.exakat.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/squirrel.320-300x300.jpg) Code auditing ##### Filtering Empty Arrays Before array_merge()? Filtering Empty Arrays Before array_merge()? Picture this: you’re looping through something, calling a function each [...] READ MORE 02 Jun ](https://www.exakat.io/filtering-empty-arrays-before-array_merge/) [ ![](https://www.exakat.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/reverse.320-300x300.jpg) Code auditing ##### Testing regex with reverse generation Testing regex with reverse generation I had a regex once that passed 37 hand-written tests. [...] READ MORE 28 May ](https://www.exakat.io/testing-regex-with-reverse-generation/) [ ![The Empty String In PHP](https://www.exakat.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/empty-shells.320-300x300.jpg) Code auditing ##### The Empty String in PHP: One Value, Too Many Jobs The Empty String in PHP: One Value, Too Many Jobs The humble empty string “” [...] READ MORE 26 May ](https://www.exakat.io/the-empty-string-in-php-one-value-too-many-jobs/) [ ![A PHP classic bug](https://www.exakat.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/turtle.320-300x300.jpg) Code auditing ##### strpos() Syndrom: When 0 And false Are Not The Same strpos() Syndrom: When 0 And false Are Not The Same In PHP, several functions can [...] READ MORE 06 May ](https://www.exakat.io/strpos-syndrom-when-0-and-false-are-not-the-same/) [ ![](https://www.exakat.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/nest.320-300x300.jpg) Code auditing ##### Usages of PHP Static variables Usages of PHP Static variables I thought static variables were a lesser known PHP feature. [...] READ MORE 10 Apr ](https://www.exakat.io/usages-of-php-static-variables/) # JOIN-US on : [ ![PHP RFC in voting phase (March 2026)](https://www.exakat.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/voting.320-300x300.jpg) ##### Current PHP RFCs in Voting Phase (March 2026) Current PHP RFCs in Voting Phase (March 2026) The PHP community has five current PHP [...] 23 Mar ](https://www.exakat.io/current-php-rfcs-in-voting-phase-march-2026/) [ ##### Meetup Limoges 29 janvier 2026 January 19, 2026 Meetup Limoges 29 janvier 2026   Nous serons de de passage à l’ @afup Limoges, [...] ](https://www.exakat.io/meetup-limoges-29-janvier-2026/) [ ![](https://www.exakat.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/chemin_automne.320-300x300.jpg) ##### Exakat 2.2.3 is out ! Exakat 2.2.3 is out ! The latest release of Exakat is out. It adds support [...] 08 Oct ](https://www.exakat.io/exakat-2-2-3-is-out/) [ ![phpday IT](https://www.exakat.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/phpdayIT.png) ##### Meet us at PHPDAY Italia the 8th Juni, 2021 online Damien Seguy, CTO of Exakat. Damien is speaking and will present its famous “15 years [...] 08 Jun ](https://www.exakat.io/meet-us-at-phpday-italia-the-8th-juni-2021-online/)