Software development often presents dilemmas, such as how to handle situations when a getter has nothing to return. In this article, we'll explore three strategies for implementing getters in PHP, which affect the structure and readability of code, each with its own specific advantages and…
When using a Swiss knife, we think of a tool with many practical abilities. They're useful for different situations we might experience in the wild. Opening a box of milk? Here is a knife. Cutting wood to start a fire? Here is a chainsaw. Are the letters on the paint bucket too tiny? Try this magnifying class. Now, we apply the...
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When I come to a new project, I want to make a rough idea of what I'm dealing with in a few minutes. I usually check composer.json and measure the lines. Then, I'd love to run PHPStan and get a rough idea of the current state. But are there baselines, custom extensions, global ignores, or no PHPStan at all?
...and how to avoid it. Type coverage is a way to gradually add type declarations to your PHP project—step by step, one by one. It's a PHPStan package that helps you maintain a specific minimal level from 0 % to 100 %. Once we reach high coverage of 80-90 %, we feel safer. But our code can actually be in worse, even dangerous,...
I have gone through all the Drupalcon sessions in Portland and selected those that I think are perfect for someone learning Drupal. Here is the result. NOTE: Did I miss anything that you think it should be highlighted here? Please let me know 😊.
When you are deploying code to a server and not with containers then it is critical to know how to properly restart Opcache. Why? Opcache never throws old files out of the cache. Therefore, if a new version is deployed in a completely new directory, all files from the old version will remain in the [...]
Bad news first, php[tek] 2024 is over. Good news, you don’t have to listen to us talk about php[tek] 2024 as much anymore. php[tek] 2025, however, is just around the corner, and there is no time like the present to put the bug in your supervisor’s ear about attending.
Welcome to the April edition of PHP Annotated! We'll recap the most interesting developments in the PHP community over the past couple of months, featuring handpicked news, articles, tools, and videos
Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund has been making significant, much-needed investments into various open-source upstream projects from the GNOME desktop to Rust-written Coreutils and more