Building a PHP Framework: An Update

It has been nearly 7 months since my last installment in the “Building a PHP Framework” series. In that time, I’ve gotten a number of emails from readers asking about the status of the series. This post will attempt to answer that question. My absence from the blog is pretty simple: I was completely drained […]

Introducing RemotePHP.io!

Allow me to introduce my latest side-project, RemotePHP.io! RemotePHP.io lists remote PHP jobs from across the world. If you’re a PHP developer looking for your next gig, give RemotePHP.io a look! https://RemotePHP.io

Building a PHP Framework: Part 8 – Routing

Part 7 got us up to speed on the container that will be used in the Analyze PHP Framework. In this post we’ll cover how routing works in general and specifically within PHP. How Routing Works Routing is the process of parsing a URI and determining the appropriate action to take. For example, consider the […]

Quick Hitter: Analyze PHP Framework on Twitter

I’ve created a Twitter account for the Analyze PHP Framework. Follow the account for progress updates and various other news. @AnalyzePHP

I Want Scalar Objects in PHP

Recently, I read an interesting article from Andrew Carter entitled Make PHP Great Again [cheap plug: this link was included in my most recent Newsletter]. In it Andrew brought up the topic of scalar objects. If you’re not familiar with scalar objects, they represent a single value (integer, boolean, string, etc.) that you can perform […]

Building a PHP Framework: Part 7 – The Container

Part 6 began our discussion of PHP containers. Today, I’ll be going into greater detail of the subject and, along with that, I’ll run down the work done so far on the Analyze container. A huge debt of gratitude goes how to the folks behind the PHP League Container and others. I’ve learned a ton […]

PHP Reflection

Beginning work on the Analyze PHP framework, specifically the container, brought reflection to my awareness. Before that I had maybe heard the term, but I definitely hadn’t used it intentionally. Although it sounds like a scary computer science concept, it’s not. It’s actually quite simple: Reflection is the ability of a computer program to examine, […]

Building a PHP Framework: Part 6 – Dependency Inversion, Inversion of Control, oh my!

Part 5 of this series discussed test driven development (TDD). Today, I’ll be talking about Dependency Inversion, Inversion of Control, Dependency Injection, and other related topics. What is Dependency Injection? We’ll start with Dependency Injection since it will lead us into our other topics. Wikipedia tells us that: In software engineering, dependency injection is a […]

How to Use PHP Traits

PHP Traits are a great tool for code reuse. They allow developers to write methods that can be used in any number of classes, keeping your code DRY and more maintainable. Define a PHP Trait Traits are defined much in the same way as classes.

You’ll notice that we’re declaring a trait  rather than […]

Building a PHP Framework: Part 5 – Test Driven Development

In part 4 we laid the foundation for Analyze. Now it’s time to write the very first lines of code! Before we continue, please allow me to interrupt with a quick announcement: I’ve started a newsletter! Each week I’ll send you a great email filled with updates, great links, tips & tricks, and other non-dev […]