Recently, I delved into a piece of code that involved a case-insensitive comparison of a character to a specific letter. The code, though straightforward, had room for optimization. Not being a fan of lengthy logical expressions, my curiosity led me to explore ways to make it more concise and potentially faster. What is the fastest […]
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Nov
Nov
Building analysis to get ready for PHP 8.3 with static analysis With PHP 8.3 coming up next week, it is time to review our code bases with static analysis, and update everything that can be before the new version hits the production server. With a mixed bag of new features, changed behaviors and backward incompatible […]
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Nov
Nov
PHP 8.2 features one year later Closing on one year after PHP 8.2 publication, and just before the publication of PHP 8.3, it is time to take a look at the PHP 8.2 features, one year later and how they are adopted in current code. We’ll take the list of ‘PHP Core’ features from the […]
02
Nov
Nov
Mastering the (array) Cast Operator in PHP: A Comprehensive Guide PHP provides various tools and features to manipulate data efficiently. One such feature is the (array) cast operator, which transform data into an array. In this blog post, we are mastering the (array)cast operator in PHP, focusing on its applications with simple scalars, objects, arrays, […]
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Oct
Oct
Collateral behavior changes with PHP 8.0 switch() PHP 8.0 introduced a modernisation of the comparison between integers and strings. It changes the result of comparisons when a string is compared to an integer. Obviously, it includes comparing 0 and ” (empty string). This means that some comparisons were true in PHP 7, and are not […]
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Oct
Oct
array_filter() versus Loop Condition Checks Optimizing your code for performance is important, especially when dealing with large arrays or complex data structures. One common dilemma developers face is whether to use array_filter() to preprocess an array before a loop or to check a condition inside the loop and skipping the unwanted values. In this blog […]
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Oct
Oct
Ensuring a Well-Structured Switch Command in PHP In PHP, the switch statement is a powerful tool for controlling program flow, especially when dealing with multiple conditional branches. However, achieving a clean and efficient switch has its own snags. This post explores essential tips and practices for checking the quality of a ‘switch’ command to ensure […]
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Sep
Sep
New PHP errors messages in PHP 8.3 The upcoming PHP 8.3 is bringing some new errors messages. They originate from new features, deprecated ones, and extra checks on the source code. Let’s review the new PHP error messages in PHP 8.3 and get our code ready for November 2023. Previous review New error messages in […]
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Jul
Jul
Introduction In today’s fast-paced software development landscape, DevOps has become a vital part of ensuring efficient and seamless delivery of applications. While DevOps practices enable collaboration and automation between development and operations teams, maintaining clean and high-quality code remains a challenge. This is especially true for PHP developers, who often encounter difficulties in identifying code […]
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Jun
Jun
PHP 8 attributes in 2023 PHP 8 introduced the attributes, in lieu of the phpdoc comments. They may be added to classes, methods, functions, parameters, properties and class constants and provide a PHP-way to write custom configurations. This is a way to provide contextual information inside the code, and make it available to the PHP […]