Avoid Dynamic Data structures in PHP
This blog post is an object-oriented approach to use Classes instead of build-in arrays. I’ll show you another view on why it’s better to use a Class/Object instead of an array.
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Goro, PHP implementation written in Golang
Goro is an implementation of PHP, written in pure Go (as much as possible, right now pcre doesn't exist in pure go and require usage of libpcre). The project is at...
PHP Layer For AWS Lambda Announced
Amazon AWS announced new features in the AWS Lambda such as the custom runtimes, which will let you bring basically any language to the platform. Lambda was launched in 2015, the...
Ciphersweet, Fast searchable field-level encryption for PHP projects
CipherSweet is a backend library developed by Paragon Initiative Enterprises for implementing searchable field-level encryption. The library come to answer the question "How do we securely encrypt database fields but still use these fields in...
Insphpect, Dynamic Code Analysis Tool
Part of a Ph.D Project by Thomas Butler at the University of Northampton in the UK, Insphpect is a proof of concept to develop a metric for analyzing source code flexibility...
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...
PeachPie, Do We Really Need a .NET Development Platform for PHP ?
PeachPie is an open source PHP compiler and runtime for .NET and .NET Core. We have covered the project about four years ago when it was work in progress, but today...
Faster code Vs faster coding
The eternal question that new PHP developers always ask me is : which is better faster code or faster coding ? And the new question is why choosing PHP for my...
PHP Domain Parser 5.4.0 released
PHP domain parser just released version 5.4.0 with support for IANA top level domains.
While there are plenty of excellent URL parsers and builders available, there are very few projects that can...
Exploring Alternatives PHP Layer for AWS Lambda – updated
After the official announcement of PHP Layer for AWS Lambda by Stackery, we did not find any benchmark or proof of a PHP application running properly on AWS Lambda. Matthieu Napoli have...