php[architect]

This article explores the intricacies of PHP performance by emphasizing the significance of profiling and optimizing PHP applications. It covers several profiling techniques available, as well as the...

This month, I want to talk about text. Yes, you read *text* correctly. Even I thought, "Max, is there enough to talk about?" before I actually began writing this article. by Maxwell Ivey

There are several techniques to improve the code quality and performance of your teams. But after you start practicing agile methods, introduce unit testing, implement continuous integration, employ T...

For the longest time, we have been struggling with talking to third-party APIs and having service classes that rely on static variables littered throughout our applications. by Steve McDougall

We close out our Symfony UX series by looking at[Mercure](https://mercure.rocks/spec), a protocol for sending events to clients through a publish-subscribe flow. by Chris Tankersly

Remember this article you're about to read the next time you're asked for your birthdate and mother's maiden name to prove your identity in a doctor's office … by Eric Mann

Before you get out the pitchforks and hunt me down - at least give me the time it takes to read this article to explain my point. You see, if a non-developer can understand it, then just how much eas...

Our transitional PHP code looks odd. It's counterintuitive. But it makes highly efficient use of developer effort. This code walkthrough explains the reasons behind our methods. Part 1 presents the ba...

Welcome to the PHP Foundry. My focus for this column will be to explore the tools and libraries available to augment regular, daily tasks as we work on bug fixes and new features. I want to focus on p...

The sixteenth of this month is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). This happens every year on the 16th of May…er…wait. It's not May yet. So why am I bringing this up now? by Beth Tucker Long

If you've ever drowned in the crashing waves of code while attempting to create a flowchart, sequence diagram, or any form of data representation, then it's time for you to be rescued by Mermaid.JS. T...