Tag Archives: PHP 7

Using Assertions with (Legacy) PHP Code

Posted on 4 Sep 2017 by hakre

While it was not much advised to use assertions (the assert PHP language construct) prior to PHP 7 due to the fact that it actually eval’ed a string’ed code, these days are gone. This is probably a lesser known fact with … Continue reading →

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Lazy Loading in PHP Object Composition

Posted on 15 Aug 2017 by hakre

When it comes to nicely performing PHP scripts (yes in PHP these are all scripts as PHP code is run-time) there is a nice addition since PHP 7 named the Null coalescing operator which plays very well with the basic nature … Continue reading →

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History of the PHP date timezone settings warning

Posted on 3 Jan 2016 by hakre

Now with the newborn elefant PHP 7 in the herd, there is a lift on the date timezone settings warning: it has just been removed. That means, it’s now that you need to take care in the server’s configuration that … Continue reading →

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Linting PHP Files in Parallel on Travis

Posted on 10 Nov 2015 by hakre

With PHP 7 around the corner here is a small tip how you can at least lint the code in your project to be PHP 7 syntax compatible. That allows you to easier obtain forward-compatible PHP code with ease. So … Continue reading →

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