February 4, 2025

php[tek] 2025 with John Congdon

Check out my video on "php[tek] 2025 with John Congdon" at the php[architect] YouTube Channel. https://youtu.be/tu7g5Cnndao

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February 3, 2025

PhpStorm: InlineError Plugin

I love PhpStorm, but one of the things that really drives me nuts is the fact that I can type errors and it'll just put this little squiggly guy underneth the error but I don't know what that...

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January 25, 2025

New in PHP 8.4: new MyClass()->method() Without Parentheses

The 8.4 release of PHP added logic so if we're creating a class and then immediately calling a helper function inside the class the class initialization no longer needs to be in parenthsis. I...

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January 24, 2025

Faster Database Performance With Denormalization

Check out my video on "Faster Database Performance With Denormalization" at the php[architect] YouTube Channel. https://youtu.be/6_muUspWtw4

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January 21, 2025

Speaking at php[tek] 2025

I'm excited to annouce I will speaking at php[tek] this year on database design and static code analysis. There are still tickets available and there are some really great speakers that will be in...

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January 19, 2025

New in PHP 8.4: Deprecated Attribute

One of the new features added to PHP 8.4 is a new attribute that will allow us to easily mark a function as deprecated in userland code. This will trigger a deprecation notice like when the built-in...

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January 14, 2025

Neon With Mahmoud Abdelwahab

Check out my video on "Neon With Mahmoud Abdelwahab" at the php[architect] YouTube Channel. https://youtu.be/aPh-t9CZRtk

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January 12, 2025

New in PHP 8.4: Asymmetric Visibility

One of the new features added to PHP 8.4 is the ability for us to define Asymmetric Visibility on properties inside our classes. This is done by defining the get visibility for the...

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January 7, 2025

Using PHP 8.4's Lazy Objects

Check out my video on "Using PHP 8.4's Lazy Objects" at the php[architect] YouTube Channel. https://youtu.be/48_IhA8dKBs

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January 5, 2025

New in PHP 8.4: Property Hooks

One of the new features added to PHP in the 8.4 release was the ability to define property hooks in our classes. Using property hooks we can override the default set and...

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