How to tame or nuke conditionals
Conditional statements are at the core of decision-making in coding but they can go rogue. Here’s how to tame them.
Foundations
Core code and essential practices
Chat comes to the OpenAI API
Chat has arrived in the OpenAI API. Here’s how to invoke it from PHP.
Hello, Hal. Connect PHP to GPT models
Connect to the OpenAI GPT models from your PHP projects..
Use the Unsplash API to automate blog...
Use the Unsplash API with PHP to resize, download and save images and to generate attribution text.
Convert HTTP objects between Symfony ...
If you need to shift a project between Symfony and Slim it can be useful to convert Request and Response objects between implementations. Here’s how.
A PHP Web app in twenty minutes with ...
Get up and running with Slim, a super-clean and extensible PHP micro-framework.
How and why to use PHP-DI: a PHP depe...
What is a dependency injection container? How and why to use PHP-DI to create objects and pass them to your components.
PHPUnit: Getting from Zero to Test
PHPUnit: Get testing fast. Why you should test. How you’re probably testing already.
PHP Command line scripting basics
How to build useful and flexible command line scripts with PHP and why you should.
Check values and set defaults for PHP...
Check that your PHP variables and array elements are set or apply default values using some super-clean and compact techniques
PHP 8 - Constructor Property Promotion
This lovely PHP 8 feature cuts down boilerplate in class definitions by at least half, making your code more readable and less prone to errors.
Eight must-have Linux skills for LAMP...
Even if you code on a Mac or Windows computer, you will need these essential Linux skills if you want to call yourself a Web developer.
Do one thing at a time
Is your code trying to do too much? Dramatically improve the design of your system by focusing each component on a single responsibility.
Access a PHP object like an array wit...
The ArrayAccess interface lets you manage a PHP object like an array. Set, get, delete and test values using array syntax - with Callbacky - a working exampl...
Explore the filesystem with a PHP dir...
Continuing the Foundations series - create a PHP directory list class using the elegant DirectoryIterator. Create reusable and extensible code to mine subdir...
The dreaded white screen of doom – ho...
A fatal PHP error can leave you with an empty screen. Here’s how to find and manage error information in your system to get your code back on track.