PHP Architect

by Chris Holland

Having worked with generics in other languages, I was very grateful and thrilled to come across this RFC, as I could immediately see the tremendous benefits this would bring to the PHP ecosystem. Let’...

by Jason McCreary

As the creator of Laravel Shift I have a unique insight into Laravel applications. I’m super sensitive about sounding like a sale pitch. So, I don’t want to talk about Shift itself. I want to talk abo...

by junior grossi

Maybe you’re here because you’re just beginning with PHP, or maybe you worked with PHP some time ago and would like to catch up. Perhaps you’re used to your way of working with PHP and haven’t adopted...

by Oscar Merida

In this article, I’ve collected my experience with failing IT projects along with some real-life examples and observations. Hopefully, you’ll learn from my mistakes, so you don’t have to repeat them.

by Chris Tankersley

About the only thing that makes me upset as a lead developer is people that do not play ball. I am completely for questioning authority, asking questions about workflows, and having ideas on making wh...

by Joe Ferguson

Last month we started building PHP Easy Math, a small library which can be included in PHP projects to provide simple methods to do basic addition and subtraction. We’re using this as an example libra...

by Edward Barnard

The more things change, the more they remain the same. We’re taking a 30th Anniversary Tour of the Morris Worm. We’ll find that the same attacks and defenses remain in use today. It behooves us all, a...

by Eric Mann

Development teams use code review as a way to keep track of one another’s progress on issues and tasks in the work queue. Code reviews are also a stellar way to proactively detect and address security...

by James Titcumb

The tech industry moves at an incredible pace. Libraries, tools, and best practices change frequently, and keeping up with things can be hard. In this issue of Community Corner, I’ll explore a few dif...

by Eli White

This month I touch on the sin of sloth in programming. I mean, I don’t want to. I want to go flop on the couch and watch some TV and relax. However, I’ll avoid the sin itself and manage an article thi...