Geeking Out Over PHP
I was recently interviewed on my journey in PHP by the good folks at Kong. During this session you'll also see me demoing Ray.
Speeding up array_merge()
Here's why you should be carefull with array_merge in loops.
Read more [www.exakat.io]
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Using Ray in WordPress Development: Callers and Stack Traces
Here's a cool post by Tom McFarlin how you can use Ray in WordPress to easily see a the callers of a function. This doesn't only work in WordPress but any Laravel and PHP app.
Read more [tommcfarlin.com]
Using Importmaps in Laravel
- submitted by Tony Messias
Tony Messias has ported a cool feature from Rails to Laravel.
Testing Laravel Environment Checks
Here's how Luke Downing goes about testing environment specific things.
Read more [downing.tech]
Streaming HTTP response in PHP - turn long-running process into realtime UI
– itsrav.dev - submitted by Sourav R
Output Buffering is not so popular these days, but it is powerful. with simple vintage OB technique I made a real-time payment process UI
Read more [itsrav.dev]
Simulate production in your Laravel tests
In this video, Michael steps a natural approache on how to test environment specific functionality.
A package to quickly send Slack alerts in a Laravel app original
Our team has released a small package called spatie/laravel-slack-alerts. It can be used to send a message to Slack quickly. In this blog post, I'd like to share why we've created this package and how you can use it.
A better error page for Symfony applications original
Ignition is the most beautiful error page for PHP apps. Yesterday, we launched a new major version of Ignition - you can check out all the details in this blog post.
Ignition used to be Laravel specific, but we've now created a framework agnostic version as well. Let's try using Ignition in a simple Symfony app.
Ignition, the most beautiful error page for Laravel and PHP, got a major redesign original
I'm proud to share that our team has released a new major version of Ignition, the most beautiful error page for Laravel and PHP. It has been redesigned from the ground up. Here's how it looks like. This error page will be the default in Laravel 9. You can optionally install it into any Laravel 8 or…
Accessing private properties in PHP
PHP has a few ways to access private properties this: reflection, closures and array casting.
Read more [www.lambda-out-loud.com]
Where does my validation live?
Validation takes on many shapes and forms. In this post, Frank walks you through all the possibilities.
Read more [blog.frankdejonge.nl]
Overriding vendor classes
Ever found yourself wanting to make a small tweak to a PHP file in a Composer dependency? Here's how to do it without forking the entire package.
Read more [downing.tech]
Hosting all your PHP packages together in a monorepo
A monorepo helps manage the complexity of a big codebase. Here's how you can create and manage such a monorepo.
Read more [blog.logrocket.com]
A recap of 2021 original
Now that we are in the final days of 2021, let's take a look back at that stuff my team and I did in 2021.
Heaps explained in PHP
– doeken.org - submitted by Doeke Norg
Quick access to the highest or lowest value of a dataset.
Read more [doeken.org]
Laravel Pseudo-Daemons
Here's a cool technique by Aaron Francis where he uses artisan commands to create daemons.
Read more [aaronfrancis.com]
Filtering Carbon Period For Flexibility And Performance
Here's a nice way to go about filtering Carbon instances
Read more [tomerbe.co.uk]
How we improved Flare in 2021
I'm really proud of how our team at Spatie has pushed Flare this year. Here's a list of everything we improved. Spoiler: it's a lot!
Read more [flareapp.io]
Silently validating a Laravel request
– invariance.dev - submitted by Nicolas Beauvais
In some cases, the Laravel validator gives out too many details. What if we want to use the power of the validator without giving anything in the response?
Read more [invariance.dev]
