Distributing PHP applications is quite complicated. For instance, to run a Symfony project in production, a web server, the PHP engine, and the appropriate PHP extensions need to be installed. Their versions and configurations must be compatible with the app. Because PHP is an interpreted language, the application source code...
To optimise a web application, we need data to know where to act. In today’s post, the first of a 3-part series, we will analyse New Relic metrics to see bottlenecks in a PHP + Symfony application.
In a recent shift of maintainership, Juliette Reinders Folmer has taken the helm of the PHP_CodeSniffer project, injecting fresh energy and vision into its development. This transition marks a pivotal moment, emphasizing the importance of community support, particularly from corporate entities. As a vital tool for maintaining...
PHP 8.3 is a major update of the PHP language. It contains many new features, such as explicit typing of class constants, deep-cloning of readonly properties and additions to the randomness functionality. As always it also includes performance improvements, bug fixes, and general cleanup.
The ZCE exam is dead...
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to upload and store images in an SQLite database with PHP and its Imagick extension, by building a simplistic, RESTFul, API
Gitlab 15.7 and newer ships with a built-in TYPO3 template for gitlab.com and self-hosted instances. The template is aimed at professionals and includes a deployment workflow using Composer and Gitlab CI.
As the digital landscape continues to evolve, PHP, one of the most popular programming languages for web development, stays ahead of the curve with its latest version — PHP 8.2.
The rapid rise of Lemmy and Kbin, dubbed the 'threadiverse', have altered the dynamic in the fediverse. A look at how this changes the structure and the dynamic of the fediverse at large.
Symfony latest release introduces major performance improvements made possible by Blackfire.
Kbin is a decentralized content aggregator and microblogging platform running on the Fediverse network (it's what you're likely reading this on)
Have you ever wondered how a language sets about adding new features, or deciding what changes from...
PostgreSQL is a powerful open-source relational database management system (RDBMS). It was initially created as a successor to the Ingres database system and was later named "PostgreSQL" (short for "Post-Ingres SQL"). PostgreSQL is known for its robustness, reliability, and scalability, making it a popular choice for large and...
In these times, the benefits of writing unit tests are huge. I think that most of the recently started projects contain any unit tests. In enterprise applications with a lot of business logic, unit tests are the most important tests, because they are fast and can us instantly assure that our implementation is correct.
This week, we continued polishing Symfony 7.1 features and fixing some of its deprecations to prepare for its stable release next week. Meanwhile, we introduced a Symfony Jobs section so you can find ...
"Nul n'est censé ignorer la loi", commençons donc par une piqûre de rappel : Il est illégal d'utiliser les données personnelles de vos utilisateurs ailleurs que sur la prod. Plus précisément, le RGPD1 indique que : Les données à caractère personnel doivent être : traitées
Introduction In this post, I am going to show you how to generate a secret by using...
Welcome to this week's Symfony Station communiqué. It's your review of the essential news in the Symfony and PHP development communities focusing on protecting democracy. That necessitates an opinionated Butlerian jihad against big tech as well as evangelizing for open-source and the Fediverse. We also cover the cybersecurity...
Apache Airflow is an open-source platform used for managing complex workflows. It allows users to...
Running PHP blazingly fast at the Edge with WebAssembly
Łukasz Uznański describes the newly implemented solution designed to improve page load times and SEO performance.
When merging two Sulu instances, small things like auto-incrementing table IDs can get in the way. A Sulu customer shares some tips.
