PHP Authorization with JWT (JSON Web Tokens)
Need to authenticate requests to a server? Learn what JWTs are and how to use them to authenticate your users via API calls.
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Sending Emails in PHP with PHPMailer
We show how to use PHPMailer - a dead simple email sending library for PHP. Send email from your local machine or an SMTP relay easily!
Git and WordPress: How to Auto-Update Posts with Pull Requests
How compatible are git and wordpress? Let's see how easy it is to make WordPress posts auto-update based on PR submissions on the Github repository!
Symfony Flex: Paving the Path to a Faster, Better Symfony
Symfony Flex is a new package manager exclusively for Symfony 3.3 and above, sporting a new directory structure and smoother workflow. Come see!
Procedurally Generated Game Terrain with React, PHP, and WebSockets
Chris uses ReactJS, PHP, and Websockets to demonstrate how we can procedurally generate game terrain for our rip-off of Stardew Valley!
Symfony Console Beyond the Basics – Helpers and Other Tools
Symfony's Console can be used in any non-Symfony project to develop command line apps. Learn about console helpers in this tutorial by Claudio Ribeiro!
Game Development with React and PHP: How Compatible Are They?
Chris bootstraps a basic Stardew-Valley-like game in this game development with PHP post, using an async server, preprocessors, and ReactJS!
Rapid Development of Zend Expressive Modules
Kirk Madera goes through the process of creating the R side of a blog module CRUD in this quick, 10-minute Zend Expressive tutorial, demonstrating its power
Rapid Enterprise App Development with Zend Expressive
Kirk presents a way to get going quickly with Zend Expressive, setting up an enterprise-ready application bootstrap in under 10 minutes. Awesome!
ReactJS in PHP: Writing Compilers Is Easy and Fun!
Christopher Pitt is back with another esoteric use case in PHP land - building custom compilers! Here he builds one which can process ReactJS code in PHP!
Are Bitwise Operators Still Relevant in Modern PHP?
Heard of bitwise operators? Let's explore their practical application in storing and checking for user permissions, and whether this makes sense!
PHPBot – Can a PHP Bot Help You Look up Documentation Faster?
Let's take a look at a new PHP experiment: PHPBot. An interactive PHP manual bot which returns code examples from the manual for easy copy-pasting!
What Are the Workflows of Prominent PHP Community Members?
Sharoze asks some prominent community members about their development workflow - some answers are predictable, others will surprise. What can you relate to?
Introducing the Neo4j Symfony Bundle
Tobias introduces us to the Neo4j bundle for Symfony. Dive into the mysterious (and mysteriously efficient) world that is graph databases with this tool!
What Are the New Features in Laravel 5.5?
Christopher goes through new features in Laravel 5.5, explaining and demonstrating each, and linking to further resources about them. Dive into 5.5 now!
Re-Introducing PHPUnit: Getting Started with TDD in PHP
Let's take a fresh look at PHPUnit - the de-facto TDD tool for PHP. We'll explain TDD on an example, implement code coverage, and more!
Twig – the Most Popular Stand-Alone PHP Template Engine
Claudio re-introduces you to Twig - the most popular stand-alone (not enslaved to a framework) template engine for PHP. Come see how easy to use it is!
How to Add Real-Time Notifications to Laravel with Pusher
Yazid adds real-time notifications to a simple blog CMS built on Laravel using only Laravel Echo and Pusher. Follow users and get notified when they post!
How to Write JavaScript-Style Test Watchers in PHP
Chris writes test watchers: auto-compiling PHP from Preprocess files, and auto-testing after every file-change. No need to manually run PHPUnit ever again!
The Theory of Constraints in PHP
What is the theory of constraints, and can be it be applied to PHP application development? The answer to the latter is oh yes, and for the former, dive in!
How to Build a Lyrics Website with Laravel Scout and Algolia
Let's build a Laravel powered lyrics website and give it the superpower of rapid fuzzy searching with Algolia and Laravel Scout!
8 Must Have PHP Quality Assurance Tools
Take a look at this list of 8 PHP Quality Assurance tools - absolute essentials in your passion projects
Poka Yoke – Saving Projects with Hyper-Defensive Programming
Bert introduces us to the concept of poka yoke - hyper defensive programming by forcing some checks and safeguards that make our code robust and sturdy.
There’s a Gender Extension for PHP
Did you know PHP has an extension for determining genders of first names? It's quite pointless on all levels, and still in the core manual. Weird!
Hello, Laravel? Communicating with PHP through SMS!
In part 2 of this popular series, we convert a voice-operated Laravel weather forecast app into an SMS-powered one! Join us as we expand PHP's horizons!
What Is Snapshot Testing, and Is It Viable in PHP?
Chris explains what snapshot testing is on some ReactJS code, before applying it to PHP and giving you something to think about when you close this tab!
Hello, Laravel? Communicating with PHP through Phone Calls!
Let's design a Laravel application and integrate it with Twilio so users can make phone calls to the number and get weather forecasts - no data required!
Being a Full Stack Developer
Bruno talks about being a full stack developer and the required technologies to be a good jack of all trades in the modern age of web development
How to Build a Cryptocurrency Auto-Trader Bot with PHP? 💰
Joel walks us through the complex process of auto-trading cryptocurrency and turning profits over night with Laravel, APIs, Bitcoin, and various exchanges!
Family CRMs, Guzzle Wrappers and PHP Machine Learning? Sourcehunt!
In this sourcehunt, we present PHP machine learning, a CRM that helps you track personal relationships, a wrapper to make Guzzle usable again, and more!