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PHP Architect · Vol 19, Issue 1 · January 2020

Never* Use Arrays

by Larry Garfield

Arrays are a core feature of the PHP language, and so easy to use many developers don't go beyond them. Fixating on arrays as the uber-data structure, while tempting, can rapidly lead to unmaintainable, unreadable code. Let's look at better options and just how accessible those options are.

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Larry Garfield

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Larry Garfield

Larry Garfield is an aspiring blacksmith who moonlights as Director of Developer Experience for Platform.sh. When not trying to hand-forge his own medieval armory from scratch he tries to teach developers and development managers the skills of yesteryear that the industry has forgotten.

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