Posts tagged with syntax
PHP 8.6 will introduce partial function application, allowing you to pre-fill some arguments while leaving others for later. Brent explains this new language feature with practical examples.
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Partial Function Application in PHP 8.6 will let you write a “pre‑configured” callable by calling a function with some arguments and using placeholders for the rest.
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PHP 8.5 includes the pipe operator, clone with, a new URI parser, and more.
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I'm really looking forward to PHP 8.5's pipe operator. Here are a few nice use cases.
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Looking forward to using this myself too.
– acairns.co.uk - submitted by Andrew Cairns
The pipe operator will improve your code readability and composition in PHP. Understand the current approach and what future will look like.
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Attributes are a fun and powerful feature of PHP.
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– dev.to
Spoiler: it doesn't really matter anymore as long as you're using a modern version of PHP
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– ashallendesign.co.uk - submitted by Ash Allen
Read about the upcoming "property hooks" feature that will be added in PHP 8.4.
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This feature is high on my wishlist.
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When looking at recent changes in the Laravel framework, I saw some PHP syntax that I didn't see before. Because I've been working with PHP for over 20 years and have a firm grasp of the language, I was surprised to see new syntax for the first time.
My colleage Sebastian digs named arguments in PHP. As do I!
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In this blog post, Josh Comeau shares some of the epiphanies he's had about this distinction, and how you can use this information in day-to-day work.
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– rias.be
Shiki is a beautiful syntax highlighter powered by the same language engine that many code editors use. We've just released a package that allows you to run Shiki on AWS Lambda through Sidecar.
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A good overview what you can do with variadic arguments...
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Larry Garfield shares a neat use of match
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A to-the-point summary of all awesome PHP features
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The release of PHP 8.1 will be here within a few months, and once again there are many features to get excited about.
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PHP Contributor Larry Garfield walks us through a couple of neat ideas and RFC's for PHP he's been working on. I would very much welcome a pipe operator in PHP.
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Brent wants you to vote yes. Here's why from the point of view of a userland developer, both for client projects and open source.
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