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JIT in PHP 8
Is the JIT in PHP 8 working for you? I Have multiple problems with it. – Runtime errors that do not exist without JIT – The source line numbers are not correct in the runtime Read more…
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PHP8, from a security point of view
Some good things in there, but this stuck out to me: PHP8 didn’t seize the opportunity to keep the momentum and to aliases rand and mt_rand to random_int I hope they never do this; rand Read more…
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phpdocx library v11.0 released!
Hi all, Just wanted to share the latest release of the phpdocx library. This is a solution for dynamic generation of DOCX. Among other things: import HTML, convert to PDF and HTML, document protection and Read more…
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Starting from which PHP version, would 8 * "8" cause a type error?
I’m wondering if there is a particular version, such as PHP 8, where this will cause an error by default: Multiplying numbers by strings seems like it would be a no-no, although it’s so far Read more…
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PHP for 2030
I understand the jab at jQuery, because it’s now either made useless by modern browsers or superseded by better libraries. But I never understand why people assume Python is somehow more modern / better than Read more…
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Docker PHP 8 LAMP stack
Why not use the official php image that has httpd on it as a base? I.e. php:8.0.0-apache? Xdebug 3.0 has renamed the flags, but you are using old naming in xdebug.ini. ;xdebug.default_enable=1 ;xdebug.remote_enable=1 ;xdebug.remote_connect_back=1 ;xdebug.remote_port=9001 Read more…
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Could you test rogervila/array-diff-multidimensional 2.0.0-rc.1?
Hello, I have tagged version 2.0.0-rc.1 of rogervila/array-diff-multidimensional I have tagged a Release candidate version to make sure it works in all possible environments before tagging 2.0.0 This is the package GitHub link: https://github.com/rogervila/array-diff-multidimensional If Read more…
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New in PHP 8
Err. I am sure there is an explanation why there is an exception from the “Avoid duplicates” rule for this submission. And I think many would like to see it It’s been almost a year Read more…
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Dear Santa
I would like to request new types in PHP. I would like to use 32-bit float and int numbers on 64-bit PHP. While we can keep the float and int as default 64-bit variables, we Read more…
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RFC: Enums
YES PLEASE. I constantly find myself, day after day, in situations where I wish enumerators were a thing. They prevent so many issues, they make code so much more legible. You can get by with Read more…