Array unpacking with string keys PHP RFC Accepted
This is the fourth RFC accepted for PHP 8.1, related to array unpacking with string keys. Previously if you unpacked an array with ...$array a fatal error would occur when one of the...
Inheritance Cache Improvement for PHP Classes
Dmitry Stogov shared on PHP internals his work on Inheritance cache, a proof of concept that eliminates overhead of PHP class inheritance. Dmitry explained that PHP classes are compiled and cached...
Kinsta released 2021 PHP Benchmarks for Most Popular PHP Software
Kinsta, the managed WordPress hosting provider, released a full benchmark of the most popular 20 PHP platforms/configurations running on different PHP versions from PHP 5.6 until the latest 8.0. The latest...
Tips : Why You Cannot Upgrade to PHP 8 ?
PHP recently dropped support for PHP 7.2, and today only supported versions are PHP 7.3, 7.4 and 8.0, but some applications are still running very old versions of PHP. According to...
Symfony 5.2.3 released
Symfony 5.2.3 has just been released with about ten bugfixes. It's not really common to have only one release of Symfony, since the 5.1 branch is not supported anymore since last...
How to Build a micro-services application with PHP, Kubernetes and Skaffold
Hello World! Excuse the pun… jump on board with me on this journey and we will learn how to setup and deploy a micro-services architecture using Kubernetes, Laravel Lumen and Skaffold.
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Box, Fast Zero Config Application Bundler with PHARs
We talked in a previous article about PHP Scoper, the PHP tool to help you prepare your code for packaging. Once your code is ready, you can send it to Box...
PHP Scoper, Get Your Code Ready for Packaging
PHP-Scoper is a tool which essentially moves any body of code, including all dependencies such as vendor directories, to a new and distinct namespace. The tool goal is to make sure...
How to Convert Legacy PHP Web Applications to Docker
Take an old PHP 5 web application and convert it to Docker containers, using the latest PHP 7, Composer, Node.js, Grunt, and Bower.
Phel Language, Lisp for PHP
Phel is a functional programming language that compiles to PHP. It is a dialect of Lisp inspired by Clojure and Janet. Built on PHP, it provides a good error reporting, different...