For those that never heard of the PHPUgly podcast, where have you been hiding? PHPUgly was started on March 15, 2016.  It was the brain child of Eric Van Johnson who really wanted to start a podcast but didn’t want to be a host.  When he learned of my (John Congdon) stint of podcasting on […]

In this episode, Scott talks to Brad Van Vugt about Battlesnake.com a competitive online game where your code is the controller. Links: Battlesnake – https://play.battlesnake.com/ HoneyBadger.io – https://HoneyBadger.io 00:00 Intro 00:31 What is Battlesnake? 02:33 What need does Battlesnake fill? 09:31 HoneyBadger 10:20 What technology is used? 14:46 What else should people know about Battlesnake? […]

In this episode, Scott talks to Alena Holligan about Cascadia PHP. Links: HoneyBadger.io – https://HoneyBadger.io Cascadia PHP – https://cascadiaphp.com/ 00:00 Intro 00:52 What is Cascadia PHP? 10:45 HoneyBadger 11:35 Tutorial Tracks/Access 18:44 What do people need to know about Cascadia PHP? 24:53 Outro

One of the most widely discussed features coming to PHP 8.4 is Property Hooks. Property hooks allow us to add behavior that is specific to a single property while allowing that behavior to not interfere with existing aspects of PHP. This is going to be a game changer for us as PHP developers. In this […]

Attention, PHP enthusiasts, web developers, and tech innovators! The time has come to step into the spotlight and share your knowledge with the global PHP community. We’re excited to announce that the Call for Papers (CFP) for php[tek] 2025 is officially open, and we’re inviting you to submit your talk ideas! Why php[tek] 2025 is […]

In our latest installment of “Cool Open Source PHP Projects To Contribute To” (yes, we’re still brainstorming that title!), we’re shining a spotlight on a thrilling new project from a distinguished member of the PHP community, Nuno Maduro. Known for his influential contributions and dynamic presence in the ecosystem, Nuno not only develops at Laravel […]

I started my IT career in system operations. I spent many days in a cold data center, racking and stacking servers, installing operating systems, and configuring routers. That’s when I started using Vim. It was nice to sit in my cubicle outside the data center and access my servers to do everything I needed in […]

In this episode, Scott talks with JD Lein about getting into PHP, JD’s PHP Attributes article in the June 2024 issue of php[architect] magazine, and writing a couple open source projects  Links: Understanding PHP Attributes – https://www.phparch.com/article/2024-06-understanding-php-attributes/ JD’s GitHub – https://github.com/jdlien resume.md – https://github.com/jdlien/resume.md validator – https://github.com/jdlien/validator HoneyBadger.io – https://HoneyBadger.io 00:00 Intro 00:52 Getting […]

In this episode, Scott talks to Ash Allen about how Ash got into PHP, Ash’s recent article in php[architect] on serialization, and findapr.io. Links: HoneyBadger.io – https://HoneyBadger.io A Guide to Serialization in PHP – https://www.phparch.com/article/2024-06-a-guide-to-serialization-in-php/ findapr.io – https://findapr.io/ 00:00 Intro 00:37 How Did You Get Into PHP? 01:52 Serialization in PHP 04:32 HoneyBadger.io 05:22 findapr.io […]

At the time of this writing, PHP 8.4 is in the beta release cycle so we can finally start to discuss what’s new in the next release of PHP. In this article, we’ll discuss the timeline for the release and discuss some new features and changes we can expect to see.  Overall At the […]