Let me convince you why you should embrace Strict Types in PHP, instead of being afraid of it! — Since you are reading this publication, you are probably not using “strict types” declarations in PHP. Have you tried? Maybe you did, but the number of errors was overwhelming. Don’t worry; it does not matter. But I recommend that you start trying as soon as possible. On Medium.com we can…

Easy tutorial for beginner PHP developers. Do you want to start with Event Sourcing in PHP? Let me show you. — WARNING about the publication: it is a Work-In-Progress. It is going to be updated periodically with major changes. Have you always wanted to start Event Sourcing but did not know how to get started? This publication is just for you. We will go through a short description of what this…

Simple explanation, with example, that even child* would understand. When to use one lock over another. — Are you using database locks? If your application is small enough, you probably don’t have to. Things start to get messy though as soon as concurrent operations occur, like: a submit button pressed multiple times, cron actions running in parallel, multiple, asynchronous queue workers, multiple webhook messages from payment providers…

Do you own a modern tld domain for your e-mail? I own a “.software” domain. And it’s a pain in the a** — I assume you are familiar with the so-called “top-level domains” (abbr. tld). The most common ones like .com, .net, and .org have been with us for ages. According to Wikipedia: A top-level domain (TLD) is one of the domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of…

The time is almost up. Is your code ready for PHP 8.1? Version 7.4’s end-of-life is scheduled for next week. — Are you aware of the official timeline for PHP versions? There are three actively supported, stable versions at the moment of writing: PHP 7.4 PHP 8.0 PHP 8.1

Avoiding database calls with Doctrine’s Level-2 caching. Push your application to the next level. — There is an amazing feature in Doctrine ORM called the “Second level cache.” According to Doctrine’s documentation: The Second Level Cache is designed to reduce the amount of necessary database access. It sits between your application and the database to avoid the number of database hits as much as possible.

Taylor Otwell has just shared the latest feature from the Laravel Framework. Should come in handy. — The feature is available for Laravel version 9 only. According to Otwell: When using frontend frameworks such as Turbo and HTMX, you may occasionally need to only return a portion of a Blade template within your HTTP response. Blade “fragments” allow you to do just that. Given a larger Blade…

Another great feature is already implemented and will ship with the upcoming PHP 8.3 next year. — While PHP 8.2 is yet to be released, we already have a glimpse of new features shipping in version 8.3 next year. On the 14th of August, Juan Carlos Morales proposed a Request for Comments to introduce the json_validate function: This RFC introduces a new function called json_validate() to…