Exakat 1.2.1 review Exakat 1.2.1 brings several new analysis, and a boost of speed with improved concurrency. Analysis now suggest simplifying chr() calls, mistaking increment operator and reducing complexity of expressions. The Favorites report displays properties declarations style. So, without transition, here is the Exakat 1.2.1 review. Fastest Exakat version ever At the heart of […]
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Mar
Mar
Exakat 1.1.9 review Exakat 1.1.9 spins off the ‘Code Favorites’ reports, which tells you what is the actual personality of your coding habits : check it out, it’s always impressive. The engine also offers a new analysis, that counts parameters and suggest refactoring methods with more than 8 parameters. And the documentation received a lot […]
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Mar
Mar
Largest PHP applications When testing the exakat static analysis engine, I need to run it on real code. Open Source projects are a real blessing there, since they come in different shapes and stripes. Some projects dates back from PHP 3 and have evolved until now, some are PHP 7.2 only ; some are full OOP, […]
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Mar
Mar
Exakat 1.1.8 review After last week double edition’s review, we needed some quiet time. This week, we upgraded the ‘Randomly sorted arrays’, added two new extensions and closed two nasty bugs. So, here it is, your moment to read the Exakat 1.1.8 review. Support for IBM Db2 and Leveldb ext/ibm_db2 is an interface to IBM […]
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Feb
Feb
Exakat 1.1.5 review Exakat 1.1.5 has a few upgrade for the reports and several under the hood enhancements. Such updates are important, as they pave the way to more important future updates, though they are usually not visible. This week, we added a new security report based on OWASP, removed the old ‘Devoops’ report, upgraded […]
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Feb
Feb
Exakat 1.1.3 review I always marvel at the power of small upgrades: improve 1% every day, and you’ll be 30 times better at the end of the year. Add a new analysis every week, and you’ll soon face 400 checks on your code. Since last review, we added the ‘Global Local Variable’ and the ‘Useless […]
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Dec
Dec
PHP Advent calendar With PHP 7.2 out of the oven, literally yesterday, and the final month of the year starting, it is time for a PHP advent calendar. Every day until the 25th of December, we’ll reveal a new smelly treat. Yes, smelly treat, like a code smell. Common anti-patterns in PHP code leads to […]
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Nov
Nov
Get ready for PHP 7.2 PHP 7.2 is around the corner, and shall be out soon, thanks to the hard work of Remi Collet (@RemiCollet), Sara Golemon (@saramg) and countless others that run tests and submit bug reports. PHP 7.2 is already RC6, and the documentation has even been updated : it is high time to get […]
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Oct
Oct
Make everything private in your PHP classes It is a good recommendation to make everything private in a class : constants, methods, properties. With private, comes a tighter control on the element : no one from outside may use it, limiting the unwanted impact on the object. Of course, some of the class has to be accessible […]
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Sep
Sep
Exakat 0.12.12 review Exakat 0.12.12 is out. Exakat has added some new analysis this week : support for ext/parle extension, help on pathinfo() usage, check on pathinfo() and array_values(). Exakat also includes getMessage() into the ‘don’t echo error message’, and ‘No concat in a loop’ covers new situations. Welcome to exakat 0.12.12! echo getMessage() in […]
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Jul
Jul
Exakat 0.12.4 review Exakat 0.12.4 for your pleasure. Exakat has progressed on multiples fronts last week : PHP 7.2 is now fully covered for migration. Exakat has now a new favorite : and / &&; a new report for the ‘object’ keyword, a suggestion to reduce isset() calls, and a magic error with arrays. Finally, […]