Preparing Legacy Applications for PHP 7 with Phan
PHP 7 presents enormous benefits over all previous versions. But is your code ready? In this tutorial, find out what needs to be done using the Phan static code analyser.
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Podcast Recap - Interoperability and Expressive Configuration
This week’s been an exciting one on the podcast, with two new episodes covering interoperability and how to configure Zend Expressive applications. Here’s a recap.
Unit Testing Zend Expressive Database Classes with Codeception
Using Codeception as your testing framework of choice? Did you know it’s really easy to test Zend Expressive TableGateway classes? It’s almost painfully easy. This tutorial walks you through, step-by-step.
Relearning C
There’s lots of languages you can learn, from PHP and Python, to Erlang and Clojure, but last week I decided to get back to learning C. Yep C.
Becoming a PHP Core Contributor - The Journey Begins
What does it take to be a PHP core contributor? What things do you have to do? Why would you do it? I’ve started on the journey. Here’s what I’m learning.
Zend Expressive 1.0.0 Stable Has Been Released
In case you missed the news, Zend Expressive 1.0.0 Stable Has Been Released
Aggregate Hydrators for Sophisticated Object Hydration
Often times object hydration isn’t a simple matter, and requires a more nuanced, more sophisticated solution than the out-of-the-box options, available in Zend Framework, provide. Today we showcase one such solution - the Aggregate Hydrator.
Abstract Factories for Rapid Development
Zend Expressive, like the Zend Skeleton project before it, is a great platform for building robust, maintainable, highly scalable applications. But it’s generally not the platform you’d think of for rapidly application development. However one little technique can change all that. Today, let’s learn that technique and begin changing your perception.
Reflections on Being Part of the PHP Community
Despite being developing with PHP since a chance encounter in 1999, I’ve only recently gotten myself involved in the community. So here’s a reflection on what’s changed since getting involved.
How to Enable Form View Helpers in Zend Expressive
Zend Expressive is a great foundation on which to build an application, especially if you want to keep it small and lean. But out of the box, form view helpers aren’t available. Here’s how to make them available.