PHP Enums: Complete Guide to Best Practices (PHP 8.1+)
Complete guide to PHP enums: pure vs backed enums, comparison, pre-8.1 patterns, when not to use enums, and best practices from production codebases.
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Posts about PHP development.
PHP Readonly Properties and Classes: Immutability Complete Guide
Complete guide to PHP readonly properties (8.1) and readonly classes (8.2): immutability benefits, getters vs readonly, syntax differences, constraints, and when to use each.
About Mocking in Unit Tests
Mocking in unit tests is a powerful technique. This post addresses when and how to use mocks properly in PHP.
PHP Traits: When to Use Them (and Why to Avoid Them)
Complete guide to PHP traits: what they are, what changed in PHP 8.0–8.3, why they violate SOLID principles, and why Dependency Injection is the better alternative.
Migrating to Laminas (Zend Framework): A Practical Guide
Practical guide to migrating PHP applications to Laminas and Mezzio: PSR compliance, module structure, Guzzle builder pattern, ConfigProvider caching, and PSR-7 stream pitfalls.
Homeserver Management with Linux and Puppet
I set up a home server and manage it with puppet. This blog summarizes the setup step by step and shows my learnings.
Brushing Up My Computer Science Skills: A Deep(er) Dive
This blog post is part of preparation for a computer science interview in big tech. Summarizing my computer science skills in a blog post.
Mastering a MySQL 5.7 Migration Successfully
A brief summary of how to migrate large databases to MySQL 5.7 and steps upgrading MySQL while keeping production up and running.
PHPAlgorithms 1.0.0 is there
PHPAlgorithms is released in version 1.0.0. Read about the improvements and breaking changes for this stable release.
PHP Exceptions and the Stacktrace
A feature that a colleague and me were developing has caused us to stumble across an interesting and edge case problem with PHP exceptions.