Oh Dear is the all-in-one monitoring tool for your entire website. We monitor uptime, SSL certificates, broken links, scheduled tasks and more. You'll get a notifications for us when something's wrong. All that paired with a developer friendly API and kick-ass documentation. O, and you'll also be able to create a public status page under a minute. Start monitoring using our free trial now.

Pipelines, immutability and privates

Link –

In a new article on his blog Frank De Jonge demonstrates a lesser known feature/bug of PHP.

When two objects are of the same type, they can access the private properties of the other. This might seem like a bug, but it's actually a very valuable feature. For instance, it allows you to perform very efficient equality checks without the need to publicly expose your internals.
http://blog.frankdejonge.nl/pipelines-immutability-and-privates/
Share Post LinkedIn

I write about Laravel, PHP, AI and building better software.

Every two weeks, I share practical tips, tutorials, and behind-the-scenes insights from maintaining 300+ open source packages. Join thousands of developers who read along.

No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. You can also follow me on X.

Found something interesting to share?

The community section is a place where developers share links to articles, tutorials and videos. Submit a link and help fellow developers discover great content. As a thank you, you'll receive a coupon for a discount on Spatie products.