--- title: "Blog" url: https://www.exakat.io/blog/ date: 2013-12-16 modified: 2022-06-23 lang: en 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...  [ ![Four ways to count to four: PHP strings, iconv, mbstring and grapheme](https://www.exakat.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/four.320-300x300.jpg) Technology ##### Four ways to count to four: PHP strings, iconv, mbstring and grapheme Four ways to count to four: PHP strings, iconv, mbstring and grapheme Nothing like starting [...] READ MORE 25 Sep ](https://www.exakat.io/four-ways-to-count-to-four-php-strings-iconv-mbstring-and-grapheme/) [ ![Recently updated PIE extensions #8](https://www.exakat.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/php-pie.320-300x300.png) Code auditing ##### Recently updated PIE extensions #8 Recently updated PIE extensions #8 (since September 17th, 2026) 18 PHP Pie extensions were updated. 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[...] READ MORE 17 Sep ](https://www.exakat.io/recently-updated-pie-extensions-7-since-september-10th-2026/) [ ![Tracing a PHP CLI application with filo](https://www.exakat.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/piecrust.320-300x300.jpg) Code auditing ##### Tracing a PHP CLI application with filo Tracing a PHP CLI application with filo filo is a zero-extension PHP call tracer. 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