Tag: BrunoS

Chris connects an Arduino to PHP and reads the log output to signal a LED on a certain condition, completing the real world Minecraft door-alarm

Chris Pitt combines Minecraft and PHP to prime the ground for an Arduino implementation, culminating in a real world alarm for a Minecraft door!

Our intro post to the world of IoT and PHP - a list of resources to get started with, and sites to buy electronic components from!

We build a basic framework with a new dependency injection container called Disco, explaining all the confusing concepts along the way. Join us!

This sourcehunt features a PHP-7 only alternative to Laravel, input validation, HPKP, strict PHP object signatures, and more.

In this tutorial, we go through some effective performance hacks for developing Symfony apps on Vagrant virtual machines

Miguel implements the Halite library in a sample email sending application, to get symmetrically encrypted emails going for full communication security!

Danny teaches you how to build Doctrine-style PHP annotations for your own custom projects!

Francesco introduces Laravel Doctrine, and builds a sample app with it - come learn about this powerful ORM + Framework mix!

Daniel shows us how we can apply the ELK stack to WordPress for advanced monitoring and error logging - never stare at confusing logs again!

Installing composer packages globally can cause some dependency conflicts. Here's how to get around it with the help of a new, alternative tool.

A quick solution to getting rid of the 502 Nginx error when developing locally with Opera

Chris makes his cheap Fitbit vibrate on new Twitter DMs - emulated pager AND a silent wake-up alarm? WIN!

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

Bruno demonstrates the use of Phinx, a framework-agnostic database migration package helping you write database-independent and versionable database changes

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!

Younes take a more detailed look at php-intl, this time focusing on localized dates, currencies, numbers, calendars, and more

Scott revisits Appserver and benchmarks it against Symfony to dispel the rumors of bas performance. Does he succeed? Tune in to find out!

Confused by php-intl and localization in general? Don't be! Younes explains what it's all about and guides us through some examples!

In this tutorial, we’re going to take a look at the Marvel API, a tool provided by Marvel for developers to get access to the 70-plus years of Marvel comics data.

Daniel Berman explains what the ELK stack is, how to install it, and how to make it analyze the logs of the typical LAMP stack

Laravel Valet is an OSX-only light-weight alternative to Vagrant for those quick, demo, throwaway projects.

Chris Pitt starts developing a new PHP package with TDD practices in mind - using PhpUnit and Mockery all the way. Check it out!

Chris Pitt goes from zero to hero in a post detailing the process of building an actual business app from scratch with Laravel Spark!

Bruno looks at Pagekit, a CMS that recently reached V1 and offers what few others do out of the box, without being bloated. There is a caveat, though...

Chris Pitt looks at SparkPost, talks to their devangelist, and demonstrates a simple integration, building the foundation for more complex posts

Younes explains the concept of transducers and demonstrates their use in PHP with Michael Dowling's library

There are many approaches to internationalizing an app. Here's one using Gettext, Twig, and a solid application skeleton for a demo!

Thomas dives back into contributing to PHP's core - after covering documentation fixes last time, this time he fixes an actual bug in PHP. Learn how!

Contributing to PHP isn't nearly as difficult as it seems. In this post, Thomas shows you how to add patches to the online documentation for PHP!