Disco with Design Patterns: A Fresh Look at Dependency Injection
PHP
By Reza Lavarian,
We build a basic framework with a new dependency injection container called Disco, explaining all the confusing concepts along the way. Join us!
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Sourcehunt: PHP7-Only Alternative to Laravel, HPKP, and More
PHP
By Bruno Skvorc,
This sourcehunt features a PHP-7 only alternative to Laravel, input validation, HPKP, strict PHP object signatures, and more.
Can Symfony Apps Be Fast on Vagrant? Let’s Check with SuluCMS!
PHP
By Bruno Skvorc,
In this tutorial, we go through some effective performance hacks for developing Symfony apps on Vagrant virtual machines
Using Halite for Privacy and Two-Way Encryption of Emails
PHP
By Miguel Ibarra Romero,
Miguel implements the Halite library in a sample email sending application, to get symmetrically encrypted emails going for full communication security!
Spreading the Word on WordPress Security
PHP
By Angela Molina, Chris Burgess,
Did you know that WordPress powers a third of the web, and a popular target for attackers? This week we chat to Chris Burgess on WordPress Security.
Your Own Custom Annotations – More than Just Comments!
PHP
By Daniel Sipos,
Danny teaches you how to build Doctrine-style PHP annotations for your own custom projects!
The PHP Application Environment
PHP
By Bruno Skvorc,
This is an excerpt from SitePoint's recent book on PHP Application Environments and get getting started the right way. Enjoy this preview!
Laravel Doctrine – Best of Both Worlds?
PHP
By Francesco Malatesta,
Francesco introduces Laravel Doctrine, and builds a sample app with it - come learn about this powerful ORM + Framework mix!
Monitoring WordPress Apps with the ELK Stack
PHP
By Daniel Berman,
Daniel shows us how we can apply the ELK stack to WordPress for advanced monitoring and error logging - never stare at confusing logs again!
Composer Global Require Considered Harmful?
PHP
By Bruno Skvorc,
Installing composer packages globally can cause some dependency conflicts. Here's how to get around it with the help of a new, alternative tool.
Quick Tip: Local Development with Opera, Nginx 502 error
PHP
By Bruno Skvorc,
A quick solution to getting rid of the 502 Nginx error when developing locally with Opera
Hacking the Fitbit – Emulating a Pager for Twitter DMs!
PHP
By Christopher Pitt,
Chris makes his cheap Fitbit vibrate on new Twitter DMs - emulated pager AND a silent wake-up alarm? WIN!
Nitpicking over Code Standards with Nitpick CI
PHP
By Bruno Skvorc,
Nitpick CI is a service with a singular purpose - making sure your Github PRs respect the PSR-2 code standard. In this post, we'll put it to the test
Sourcehunt: Conferences, Oauth2 in Slim, Static Analyzers, Etc.
PHP
By Bruno Skvorc,
Another sourcehunt is here! This time, we're featuring conference apps, personal project managers, oauth2 helpers, and more!
Phinx – the Migration Library You Never Knew You Needed
PHP
By Bruno Skvorc,
Bruno demonstrates the use of Phinx, a framework-agnostic database migration package helping you write database-independent and versionable database changes
Finding Differences in Images with PHP
PHP
By Christopher Pitt,
Chris Pitt was building a testing suite which compares screenshots of websites before/after. For that, he needed image diffing. See how he did it!