Patterns & Practices
PHP Authorization with JWT (JSON Web Tokens)
Need to authenticate requests to a server? Learn what JWTs are and how to use them instead of sessions to authenticate your users via API calls.
Form Validation with PHP
Need to collect data through a web form? Learn the basics of how to set up PHP to collect user-submitted data that you can then store or send via email.
How to Ensure Flexible, Reusable PHP Code with Insphpect
Learn about Insphpect, a tool that scans your PHP code for object-oriented programming techniques that hinder code reusability and flexibility.
Sending Emails in PHP with PHPMailer
We show how to use PHPMailer - a dead simple email sending library for PHP. Send email from your local machine or an SMTP relay easily!
8 Tips for Improving Bootstrap Accessibility
Rhiana Heath looks at Bootstrap accessibility issues with Bootstrap 4, showing how developers can test for problems and what can be done to fix them.
Let’s Compare: RunCloud vs Forge vs ServerPilot
Cloud deployment SaaS compared: Runcloud vs ServerPilot vs Laravel Forge - who's cheapest? Who's simplest? Who's got the features?
Rapid Enterprise App Development with Zend Expressive
Kirk presents a way to get going quickly with Zend Expressive, setting up an enterprise-ready application bootstrap in under 10 minutes. Awesome!
ReactJS in PHP: Writing Compilers Is Easy and Fun!
Christopher Pitt is back with another esoteric use case in PHP land - building custom compilers! Here he builds one which can process ReactJS code in PHP!
Are Bitwise Operators Still Relevant in Modern PHP?
Heard of bitwise operators? Let's explore their practical application in storing and checking for user permissions, and whether this makes sense!
What Are the Workflows of Prominent PHP Community Members?
Sharoze asks some prominent community members about their development workflow - some answers are predictable, others will surprise. What can you relate to?
Re-Introducing PHPUnit: Getting Started with TDD in PHP
Let's take a fresh look at PHPUnit - the de-facto TDD tool for PHP. We'll explain TDD on an example, implement code coverage, and more!
How to Write JavaScript-Style Test Watchers in PHP
Chris writes test watchers: auto-compiling PHP from Preprocess files, and auto-testing after every file-change. No need to manually run PHPUnit ever again!
Re-Introducing Eloquent’s Polymorphic Relationships
Christopher presents Eloquent's polymorphic relationships in a human-friendly way - come learn what they're all about and master this awesome ORM!
The Theory of Constraints in PHP
What is the theory of constraints, and can be it be applied to PHP application development? The answer to the latter is oh yes, and for the former, dive in!
8 Must Have PHP Quality Assurance Tools
Take a look at this list of 8 PHP Quality Assurance tools - absolute essentials in your passion projects
Poka Yoke – Saving Projects with Hyper-Defensive Programming
Bert introduces us to the concept of poka yoke - hyper defensive programming by forcing some checks and safeguards that make our code robust and sturdy.
What Is Snapshot Testing, and Is It Viable in PHP?
Chris explains what snapshot testing is on some ReactJS code, before applying it to PHP and giving you something to think about when you close this tab!
Family CRMs, Guzzle Wrappers and PHP Machine Learning? Sourcehunt!
In this sourcehunt, we present PHP machine learning, a CRM that helps you track personal relationships, a wrapper to make Guzzle usable again, and more!
Functional Programming with Phunkie: Building a PHP JSON Parser
Marcello Duarte explains how we can use functional programming to build a JSON parser from scratch in PHP! Join us in exploring advanced PHP!
How to Search on Securely Encrypted Database Fields
Scott explains how we can have a secure, encrypted, and hack-proof database, but still use normal SELECT and search queries on it. Interesting stuff!
The Balance between Visual and Technical Debt in PHP
What's the difference between technical and visual debt in code? Which one is more important, more dangerous? Let's discuss their balance in this editorial.
Re-introducing Composer, the Cornerstone of Modern PHP Apps
Claudio re-introduces a tool that most revolutionized the way we develop PHP apps: Composer, PHP's dependency manager. Still unfamiliar with it? Dive in!
PDS Skeleton by Example: A Standard for File and Folder Structure
Younes explores PDS-Skeleton, a new idea in the PHP world aiming to standardize file and folder layouts of packages and apps. No more "where's that class?"!
The Ultimate Guide to Deploying PHP Apps in the Cloud
In this in-depth tutorial, we'll look at all the various cloud hosting providers for PHP, and deploy the same app on ALL of them. It's really not hard!
Upgrading Sylius the TDD Way: Exploring Behat
We focus on Behat now to further extend Sylius in true TDD fashion. We write stories, we test against them, and then we develop features to make them pass!
Upgrading Sylius the TDD Way: Exploring PhpSpec
Deji extends the core of Sylius by adding some back end features via true TDD: writing PhpSpec tests first, seeing that they fail, and then making them pass
Functional Programming with Phunkie: Parser Combinators in PHP
Marcello Duarte of Inviqa shares some functional programming insight with us by teaching us how to build Parser combinations with Phunkie! Hardcore!
An Alternative Laravel Package Development Workflow
After we published Francesco's Laravel Package development workflow a month ago, Younes chimes in with his own Laravel Package development approach!
How Can I Use Laravel Envoy or Deployer with SemaphoreCI?
Younes sets up a CI pipeline on SemaphoreCI and makes sure it invokes Deployer or Laravel Envoy to deploy the app after a successful commit / test.
Creating Strictly Typed Arrays and Collections in PHP
Bert discusses an interesting approach to creating arrays and collections that automatically enforce certain types - both scalar and fully custom