The Value of the AST

November is upon us, and in the United States, it’s the month we celebrate Thanksgiving. I want to take this time to thank each and every one of you who reads our magazine. Producing each issue takes more time than I ever knew, and we have had our share of ups and downs over the […]

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The PHP DateTime Class

As a developer, you're going to run into situations where you need to perform some kind of operation on a date or time. You might need to see how far apart two dates are, add several days to the date, or convert a string sent to us by an end user into something we can […]

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What’s Changed in PHP 8.2

In this video, Scott discusses what new features are being added to PHP in the 8.2 release and outlines the deprecations and breaking changes

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October 2022 Editorial: One Year Later

In an industry where you must keep learning, improving your skill set, and adjusting to new concepts and implementations, taking on new challenges that you are initially uncomfortable with is normal. Because of this, when John and I were presented with the option of taking over the operations of php[architect], we didn’t hesitate to jump […]

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The State of PHP

In an industry where you must keep learning, improving your skill set, and adjusting to new concepts and implementations, taking on new challenges that you are initially uncomfortable with is normal. Because of this, when John and I were presented with the option of taking over operations of php[architect], we didn’t hesitate to jump at […]

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Writing Cleaner More Resilient Code With Value Objects

As developers, we should always be striving to learn new methods to reduce the number of bugs in our code. Some methods require us to completely re-architect our code, but sometimes there are those hidden gems that we can quickly add to our code base that will immediately help us and require just a little […]

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Making Code

Summer time is coming to an end and school’s back in session. Let the learning begin, not just for the kiddos, but for the developers in our community as well. We are going to take a deep dive into learning a wide range of topics including Abstract Syntax Trees, Vim, Design Patterns for building code, […]

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Deploying Our Code With Deployer 7 0

As a developer, you probably love to create new features in your applications to help your users solve their problems. Eventually, you have to get that code to a server so it can be used. If you’re like me and are using a framework, that process can involve multiple steps. You might need to […]

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PHP Blueprint

As I got older, I expected to decrease my hours but had always planned to write software part-time. After all, I use my brain, not my body, for work, so I should be set as I age. I could travel and work part-time from anywhere forever. Right?

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PHP Blueprint

This month John and Eric discuss some of the greater articles coming in the August 2022 release, “PHP Blueprint”. Articles include Feature contributions “Converting relational database models into a graph” and “Universal Vim”. We also have The Workshop “Blueprinting our Application”, DDD Alley “Exploring Boundaries”, PHP Puzzles “Decimals to Fractions”, Finally “The Dangerous Safety of […]

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