In this tutorial we're going to investigate how we can organise PHP exception classes better in PHP. In PHP you have a lot of options for exception classes each allow you to catch different error stat...
In this tutorial we're going to investigate how we can improve our code by cleaning up unnecessary code by using shorthand code samples in PHP. So what do I mean by removing unnecessary code? The most...
In this tutorial we're going to look into a look tip for dealing with PHP array iterations with PHP 7. When you're developing in PHP and need to iterate over an array you'll probably see something lik...
Xdebug is a very useful tool when it comes to PHP development, it's a PHP extension that allows you to profile and debug your PHP code. It even allows you to step through your code during runtime to s...
Have you ever needed to increment the number which is part of a string. For example if you have an invoice number with the format und001 and want to be able to automatically create the next invoice nu...
In this tutorial we're going to find out how we can get the keyword frequency from a string or even a webpage in PHP. This information is useful when you're trying to work out the SEO of a page so you...
PHP constant values allow you to set a variable on the class which will remain the same and is unchangeable. The difference between these constants and other variables in a class is that they are not...
Although not strictly unit testing but more functional testing I've been in the situation where I've had to perform automated tests of database interactions. This could be by using a process of creati...
When working on a Symfony project the database you will most likely be working with is doctrine. A bundle used on doctrine you can use in your projects is called data fixtures. Data fixtures are used...
In a recent Symfony project I was using Doctrine as the database interface. Doctrine is a set of PHP class libraries that are focused on database storage and database management. The main projects wit...
Doctrine is a set of PHP class libraries that are focused on database storage and database management. The main projects with Doctrine are the ORM (Object Relational Manager) and DBAL (Database Abstra...
I've being doing a lot of development with Doctrine recently and one of the things that I found out is that the Objects it works with can be huge which makes debugging the objects quite difficult for...
In this tutorial we are going to learn about composer and how we can use it to develop our PHP applications. Composer is a tool that allows to manage your third party dependencies in your PHP applicat...
Anybody who has worked with user content on a website will know the problem you get when a user writes the content in Word and copy and pastes this content into a textarea so that you can store it in...
One of the easiest ways to speed up your page loading times is to reduce the amount of HTTP requests that your website makes, each time your webpage needs to fetch an external resource such as a CSS s...