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Brent

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9 months

Don't you just love how PHP has evolved over the years? 😍

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Brent

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2 years

The evolution of a PHP object from PHP 5.6 to PHP 8.2: quite the difference! 🤩

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4 years

FYI, the `match` expression is accepted for PHP 8:

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3 years

What's new in PHP 8.1 - enums - fibers - array unpacking with string keys - `new` in initializers - readonly properties - first-class callables - the `never` type - `array_is_list` - and more, so exciting!

What's new in PHP 8.1 - stitcher.io

PHP 8.1 adds support for PHP enums, as well as readonly properties, Fibers, performance improvements, new in initializers, and more.

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9 months

This is one of those PHP feature I just can't live without anymore: match = 🤩

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4 years

This is the impact #PHP8 will have on my code. Before (PHP 7.4) / After (PHP 8)

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2 years

PHP 8.3 will have a new json_validate function that basically does what its name says. Previously we had to combine `json_decode` with `try/catch` to make sure a JSON string was valid. This function also requires less memory than the old workaround.

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1 year

What's new in PHP 8.2, you ask? Well, here's a thread:

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3 years

The evolution of my DTOs throughout PHP history: 7.3 - 7.4 - 8.0 - 8.1 👌

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2 years

"Is this Python?" "No, it's a Boa constructor"

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2 years

PHP is NOT becoming java. PHP is so much more than its syntax. It’s an ecosystem, a mindset, a community. Besides that, the language itself is still very different. PHP is as close to Java as it is to C++, C#, Ruby and Python.

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2 years

Some important news: today marked my last day @spatie_be , and I’ll start my job as dev advocate/content manager @phpstorm next Monday! I’m gonna miss my awesome colleagues, but I’m also very excited!

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2 years

New in PHP 8.2: readonly classes 🤩 Before and after:

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3 years

Internals have decided: enums are arriving in #PHP81 !

PHP 8.1: Enums - stitcher.io

PHP 8.1 adds built-in support for enums, let's take a look at all the details.

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3 years

So my wife and I are working on a new side project, we're having a deadline for May, 2021. To be honest, she's doing most of the hard work at the moment 😌

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4 years

In other RFC news, this one goes to vote tomorrow 😱

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2 years

New in PHP 8.2: deprecated dynamic properties! 🚨 DO NOT PANICK, it'll be ok! 🚨 Keep on reading…

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2 years

New in PHP 8.2: redacted parameters 🤩 You can mark parameters that potentially contain sensitive information with the #[SensitiveParameter] attribute in order to prevent their data from ending up in stack traces:

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4 years

I wish PHP objects were constructed via ::new(), allows for much easier method chaining. I often find adding that little `new` method on many of my classes, just because it's so useful. Rust, for example, uses the `::new()` approach, much better.

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4 years

Did you know that the null coalescing assignment operator in #PHP 7.4 can be used to make memoizing stuff a little more clean?

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3 years

PHP 8 is here! #php #php8

PHP 8.0 Released

PHP 8.0 is a major update of the PHP language. It contains many new features and optimizations including named arguments, union types, attributes, constructor property promotion, match expression,...

www.php.net

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3 years

The DRY principle is one of the most abused ones in software development. By all means, DO repeat yourself until you're sure that the abstractions you're thinking about are the right ones.

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2 years

Readonly classes in PHP? Yes please!

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9 months

What's new in PHP 8.3

What's new in PHP 8.3 - stitcher.io

All new features, performance upgrades, and deprecations in PHP 8.3

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2 years

My clean PhpStorm setup in 9 steps 👇

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3 years

PHP 8.1 in 8 code blocks

PHP 8.1 in 8 code blocks - stitcher.io

The best features of PHP 8.1

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3 years

I love PHP.

PHP in 2021 - stitcher.io

A look back and forward on PHP

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9 days

✋ I'll admit it. I've been writing PHP for more than a decade now, and I still mix up needle and haystack.

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2 years

Can I say something 🌶 ? (gonna do it anyway). I've used both Smarty, Twig and Blade in my decade of development, and I've used them more than "let's play with it for 10 minutes" Blade is BY FAR the best template engine to work with in PHP. That's it.

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4 years

Named arguments are accepted for #PHP8

PHP 8: named arguments - stitcher.io

A close look at named parameters in PHP 8

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5 years

Another #PHP RFC passed! $otherArray = [3, 4]; $array = [1, 2, ...$otherArray];

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2 years

This is how I wrote a basic data transfer object back in PHP 5.6. Quite a lot has changed since then, keep on reading…

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2 years

The dynamic properties deprecation RFC has passed. Let me say something that I know is controversial here on Twitter: I think this is a good thing. PHP is evolving towards a stricter and more mature language. In 10 years, we'll be happy we did this.

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2 years

It's back! I'll keep this post updated throughout the rest of the year: what's new in PHP 8.2

What's new in PHP 8.2 - stitcher.io

PHP 8.2 has a new randomizer engine, readonly classes, disjunctive normal form types, redacted parameters, performance improvements, and more.

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8 months

I actually like how the $ adds a visual distinction between variables and functions, constants, etc. Am I the weird one? 🫣

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5 years

The amount of new features being added to #PHP 7.4 is astonishing. Here's yet another RFC that's likely to pass: spread operators in array expressions. $others = ['b', 'c']; $arr = ['a', ...$others, 'z'];

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3 years

The evolution of a PHP object throughout the years

The evolution of a PHP object throughout the years - stitcher.io

A blog about modern PHP, the web, and programming in general. Follow my newsletter and YouTube channel as well.

stitcher.io

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1 year

What's new in PHP 8.3

What's new in PHP 8.3 - stitcher.io

All new features, performance upgrades, and deprecations in PHP 8.3

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5 years

The first two chapters are live: Laravel beyond CRUD!

PHP: Patterns and Principles

An upcoming book by Brent Roose

beyond-crud.stitcher.io

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5 months

Debugging some PHP code I wrote over a decade ago, and I'm questioning my sanity…

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4 years

Someone asked me how I configure @phpstorm 's file view to have different colours, here's how:

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2 years

As of tomorrow, we'll be able to use ENUMS in PHP 8.1 🤩 Let me tell you a couple of interesting things about them, keep on reading…

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2 years

New in PHP 8.2: constants in traits!

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2 years

Can you believe it? PHP 7.4 support will completely end by November 28. That's in less than two months! 7.4 was one of my favourite releases, but it's good that support ends after three years, and that the language moves on.

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2 years

The RFC got accepted!

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2 years

Readonly classes in PHP? Yes please!

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4 years

PHP 8 in 8 code blocks

PHP 8 in 8 code blocks - stitcher.io

The best features of PHP 8

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10 months

This is what CRUD operations in Tempest could look like. WDYT? 🌊

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1 year

Friday last week, our baby girl was born: Alina Lore Roose. It was a complicated pregnancy but she’s doing amazingly well! I’ll be AFK for a couple of weeks :)

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4 years

I've spent four days thinking about a programming problem and how to solve it. Yesterday evening it finally clicked and I've managed to fix it this morning 😁 Feels great! Does anybody else sometimes "code mentally" trying to solve something or is that just me? 😅

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3 years

Enums are coming!! #PHP81

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10 months

Now, I don't mean to alarm anyone; but… I'm building a framework.

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5 years

I'm seriously thinking about how I would give shape to a book about designing Laravel applications beyond basic CRUD. I'm working on a draft and hope to gather people's feedback soon(ish).

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2 years

One of the more useful composer scripts I copy into every Laravel project 🤗

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3 years

I just realised… PHP 8.1 will be here in less than two months! #PHP #PHP81

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1 year

No cheating. What's going to be the output here?

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4 years

#PHP8 before and after: the impact PHP 8 will have on my code

PHP 8: before and after - stitcher.io

The impact of PHP 8 on my code

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5 years

PHP 7.4 is still a long way away, though people are already working hard on it. If all goes to plan, this might be one of the best #PHP updates in a long long time.

What's new in PHP 7.4 - stitcher.io

A to-the-point list of features, changes and deprecations in PHP 7.4, available as of November 28, 2019

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5 years

Who here is able to define a HasManyThrough relation without looking up the docs? How did you learn it?

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9 months

Remember when we wrote enums like this in PHP? 😂

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2 years

Can we just say: we ❤️ PHP ?

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2 years

The evolution of a PHP object from PHP 5.6 to PHP 8.2: quite the difference! 🤩

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2 years

What’s new in PHP 8.2:

What's new in PHP 8.2 - stitcher.io

PHP 8.2 has a new randomizer engine, readonly classes, disjunctive normal form types, redacted parameters, performance improvements, and more.

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1 month

PHP in 2024!

PHP in 2024 - stitcher.io

A blog about modern PHP, the web, and programming in general. Follow my newsletter and YouTube channel as well.

stitcher.io

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26 days

Voting on property hooks have started! Currently 12 yes and 0 no. Let's hope that trend continues :D

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2 years

PHP 8.2 will be release on November 24!

What's new in PHP 8.2 - stitcher.io

PHP 8.2 has a new randomizer engine, readonly classes, disjunctive normal form types, redacted parameters, performance improvements, and more.

stitcher.io

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9 months

I have to admit something… I cannot imagine writing any kind of simple webapp without @LaravelLivewire anymore. Feels so weird having to do a full page refresh for every form, every button press, every pagination request, … We’re spoiled 🤗

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1 year

Can you believe it? PHP 7.4 is no longer supported as of today!

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3 years

Fibers are coming to PHP 8.1 !

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4 years

Here we go: "New in #PHP 8", this list will get regular updates over the next year!

What's new in PHP 8 - stitcher.io

PHP 8.0 brings features like attributes, union types, and the JIT compiler. It has some important breaking changes, and improved performance.

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6 months

Running PHP code in parallel, the easy way

Running PHP code in parallel, the easy way - stitcher.io

I made a no-nonsense wrapper around pcntl_fork

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2 years

Modern PHP is awesome!

PHP's evolution over the years

I've got a pretty good example to illustrate how much PHP has changed over the past decade.

www.youtube.com

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4 years

Here's a little tip: you can use `yield` in phpunit data providers to make them a little more readable

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2 years

New in PHP 8.2: a reworked randomizer engine that is more secure and easier to use 🎉

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13 days

"It's PHP, baby 😎 🔥" - @pronskiy

PHP from 2014 to 2024

PHP has come a long way, let's highlight some of the most impactful features.Check out my channel for more videos about awesome PHP! https://www.youtube.com/...

www.youtube.com

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1 year

I made something 😱 Remember that sparkline SVG generator I was talking about? It's a package now:

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2 years

It's the end of 2021, and some people are still saying PHP is dead. They are wrong.

PHP in 2021

Learn about PHP 8.1: https://road-to-php.comLearn about static analysis in PHP: https://road-to-php.com/staticWebsite: https://stitcher.io/Newsletter: https:...

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5 years

In case you missed it: #PHP isn't the same language it was ten years ago.

PHP in 2019 - stitcher.io

PHP isn't the same old crappy language it was ten years ago

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4 years

Looks like `str_contains` will be coming to PHP! That took a while 😅

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4 years

A good addition to our guidelines! Never use the string notation for validation rules.

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3 years

PHP in 2021

PHP in 2021 - stitcher.io

A look back and forward on PHP

stitcher.io

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10 months

Ok, everyone stay calm, but you can now color generic types separately in @phpstorm nightly 😱 💯

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2 years

I'm giving away five elephpants (in case you didn't know that yet). Do you wanna get one? I'll pick two random followers who retweeted this tweet next week. Simple 👍

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2 years

The new PhpStorm layout looks really nice 🤩 you can try it out in the latest EAP: Settings | Appearance & Behavior | New UI Preview 👍

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4 years

The Laravel Beyond CRUD book is taking its final form. This is the ToC, it could still change a little bit!

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5 years

Don't forget that since #PHP 7.1 you can destruct arrays with non-numerical keys: - You can cherry-pick elements - You can pick elements out of order

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4 years

PHP in 2020:

PHP in 2020 - stitcher.io

PHP isn't the same old crappy language it was ten years ago

stitcher.io

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4 months

What's that one app that blows your mind? For me, it's BetterDisplay

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1 year

It's that time again: starting my What's new in PHP 8.3 post 🐘 🎉

What's new in PHP 8.3 - stitcher.io

All new features, performance upgrades, and deprecations in PHP 8.3

stitcher.io

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2 years

Just realised: PHP 8.2 will be here in exactly 2 months!

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3 years

I've been thinking a lot about request validation lately. In our projects, we map raw, incoming data to DTOs in order to use type information in complex processes. That comes with a bunch of overhead. Why not skip that overhead? before / after (poll at the end of the thread)

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2 months

Now, I don't mean to alarm anyone, but I've been tinkering with writing a code highlighter in PHP, and it actually might be something useful… - Extensible - Super fast - Server side - Language injection support - Modern PHP support Anyone interested?

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11 months

Why we need multi-line short closures in PHP

Why we need multi-line short closures in PHP - stitcher.io

Thoughts on the multi-line short closures RFC

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1 year

What's you favourite PHP function? Mine's called "levenshtein"

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3 years

. @phpstorm this is driving me nuts 🤪 what do I need to do to get project files on top of the file search?

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11 months

4 things I'd like to see in a future version of PHP

4 things I'd like to see in a future version of PHP – Ryan Chandler

ryangjchandler.co.uk

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4 years

Why I think named arguments would be a good addition to #PHP , and why people should vote YES:

Why we need named arguments in PHP - stitcher.io

Making the case to vote YES for the named arguments RFC

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5 years

Made some minor improvements to the way @laravelphp migrates databases in tests. I'll blog about it later

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9 months

Ok. Why PHP?

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4 years

Tagging the Laravel 8 release seems to be running a bit … L8 🥁

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3 years

Happy to share the great news that our second son was born last week. I’m amazed by this young and beautiful new life, as well as the strength of my wife during delivery. There’ll be some more time off the next weeks btw, we’re thoroughly enjoying our family time!

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4 years

Thos who are working from home, what does your home desk look like? This is mine

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