php[architect]

There is a special group out there full of brave thrill-seekers. Adventurous people who venture beyond the security of the stable and stand on the forefront of uncharted waters. They hunt out danger...

We reached the end of active PSRs and PERs. Now we can start looking at what’s next at the PHP-FIG, which we will do in this month’s column. We will look at the four PSRs in DRAFT status: PSR-5 PHPD...

Web Applications and website architectures have shifting trends, just like frameworks and languages. As one group’s interest takes hold, another group’s interest becomes the way of the past. However...

Hello, as a kid, I was one of those kids who rarely asked why I had to do something. I just assumed my parents knew what was best for me and wouldn’t make up rules just for their entertainment. by M...

Every application must be designed, and the ethical consideration of that tool’s use (or misuse) must be key to the technical design. by Eric Mann

“Tribal knowledge” is information that should be written down but isn’t. If it were easy to write down, it probably already would be! Another common problem is with documentation quickly becoming ob...

Last month we covered Databases as a Service and glossed over the fact that MySQL and PostgreSQL are the commonly found relational database management systems (DBMS) across providers. While MySQL is...

Most PHP applications should run inside a serverless application without any problems, and by using Bref, we get access to the most common extensions. If you need something special, you can compil...

We know how to plot a course through a maze. Next, we’re tasked with translating the maze solution into a list of directions to escape the labyrinth. We’ll study the problem, come up with a solution...

PHP 8.0 ushers in an exciting new development for PHP developers: Just-In-Time (JIT) compilation. This means that your code can now be compiled directly into machine code—providing a huge performanc...

When we can’t store files on the web server’s filesystem, we can turn to static object storage. Services like AWS S3 are cheap, scalable, and reliable, so now is the time to learn about the AWS SDK...