Exakat 1.8.1 brings several new reports formats for a better bug hunt. This week, we introduce the Top 10 reports, the Yaml and the ExakatYaml reports. Plus Json, Text and XML got upgraded with extra new fields. The Exakat 1.8.1 review is all in the reports!
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Nov
Nov
Exakat 1.5.5 Review Exakat 1.5.5 is the sinkterklas version : it brings a lot of speed, reports and analysis on its boat, from Spain. Seriously, Exakat 1.5.5 now reports your HTTP headers for unsafe configuration; it also suggests speed up tricks for fputcsv(), and it recommends using the file() functions, instead of fileget_contents(). Then, Exakat […]
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Sep
Sep
Exakat 1.4.3 review Welcome back to a new edition of the Exakat 1.4.3 review. This Monday, we have a lot new analyzers : they deal with Classes that could be final, closure that could be simplified and inconsistent if/elseif situations. Also, the PHP directive report has been augmented with a full list of functions that […]
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Aug
Aug
Exakat PHP Index of coding Not using @ is the poster child of good practices. It’s also looked upon, as an impossible goal. Did you know that the @ operator is only merely used by 50% of PHP applications ? Same for parenthesis with include and co : don’t use them, like 50% of the […]
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Jun
Jun
5 usages of static keyword in PHP Static is a PHP keyword with many usages. It is almost universally used, though there are many variations of it. Let’s review all the five of them : static method static property static closure static variable static as a classname Static method The most common usage of static […]
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Jun
Jun
Exakat 1.3.2 review Another week, another set of features for Exakat 1.3. This week we worked on the local idioms: the Ambassador audit now reports the fight between strict and relaxed comparison, along with > or < preference. Also, we sped up the processing a bit, by moving the internal structure. Finally, git will fail […]
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May
May
The 100 PHP functions that you have to know There is a newer top PHP functions in 2022 here!. Here is the top 100 PHP functions : it is the list of the most often used PHP native functions. The functions are named, and ranked from 1 to 100. The other 4500 functions are not […]
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May
May
Weird operators in PHP If you read the PHP documentation, you will learn about a ton of operators. If you haven’t learnt about PHP operators, go do that first, we’ll wait for you. Operators are usually made up with strange symbols, like !, -, =>, <=>, ^ or ~. Really, some are plain readable like […]
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Apr
Apr
How many parameters is too many? Now, that is a classic question, that is often a minefield for anyone writing an increasing long list of argument in a method, or simply trying to set up auditing tools. Obviously, the answer is not immediate. Parameters may be needed, but on the other hands, currying functions allows […]
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Jun
Jun
Exakat 0.11.8 review Exakat 0.11.8 has been published, as usual on Monday. This week, exakat received its very first PHP 7.2 specific analyzer : PHP 7.2 supports overwriting abstract methods. It goes with all the other PHP 7.2 analyzers that are ready. The Ambassador report now includes reports about framework usage, string encoding and a […]
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May
May
Exakat 0.11.5 is out, right after the excellent Darkmira Tour Brazil. Although it delayed the Monday publication, it also gave a list of good ideas and some time in the airport to work on it. So, this version is featuring a new report, called ‘Dependency wheel’, and four new analysis: Avoid typehinting with classes, Could […]