Overview of new features in PHP 7.4, including arrow functions, typed properties, preloading, and the null coalescing assignment operator.
A tutorial on creating a live-updating status page using Laravel Livewire, demonstrating an alternative to vanilla JavaScript or frontend frameworks.
A frontend developer details converting a PHP-based blog to a static Gatsby site using JavaScript, focusing on improving the writing workflow.
A developer's response to the PHP team about internal governance, RFC processes, and the need for modernized rules to improve language evolution.
A userland developer's open letter to the PHP team discussing RFC voting, backwards compatibility, and the language's development process.
Explains how modern PHP 7 is cloud native and container-ready, with principles for building scalable, stateless web apps.
Laravel Vapor is a new serverless hosting platform for Laravel applications, powered by AWS for auto-scaling and zero server maintenance.
Explains PHP 7.4's preloading feature, which improves performance by loading compiled code into memory on server startup.
An in-depth look at typed class properties, a major type system improvement introduced in PHP 7.4, covering syntax, initialization, and usage.
A developer shares statistics and insights from a year-long Laravel web application project, detailing code structure, frameworks, and testing strategies.
An overview of PHP's evolution in 2019, highlighting performance gains, new features, and modern development practices.
A podcast episode discussing how using 'final' in code can improve maintainability, part of a series on SOLID principles and interfaces.
Explains the new arrow function syntax in PHP 7.4, detailing its concise syntax, use cases, and limitations compared to traditional closures.
The author announces a new monthly newsletter focused on PHP tips, mini-blog posts, and curated links for developers.
A guide on running PHP 8 with JIT compilation enabled using a custom Docker image, including performance testing.
Analyzes different methods for calling assertions in PHPUnit, comparing their popularity and performance.
A guide to compiling PHP 8 from source with JIT support, including dependencies and configuration steps for Ubuntu systems.
Explains array destructuring in PHP using list() and shorthand [] syntax, covering key features and practical use cases.
Analysis of PHP's limitations for machine learning, focusing on visualization, Jupyter support, and GPU capabilities compared to Python.
A tutorial on text data classification using the BBC news dataset and PHP-ML for machine learning, covering data loading and preprocessing.
