Hacker News with Generative AI: PHP

The case against static typing in PHP (2023) (tonymarston.net)
Imagine you are a developer writing a function which can be used in multiple places within your application. You have decided on a meaningful function name and a list of arguments, but when you come to write the code within the function you realise that one or more of the arguments needs to be qualified before the function can proceed with its assigned task. What do you do? There are two possible solutions to this scenario:

PHP, Programming Languages, Static Typing, Software Development

9 points by surprisetalk 37 days ago | 10 comments

PHP Docker image just hit 1B pulls on Docker Hub (mydevmentor.com)
So, the official PHP Docker image just hit a mind-blowing milestone:

PHP, Docker, Containers, Open Source, Software

27 points by NabilChiheb 38 days ago | 73 comments

Exploring PHP Lazy Objects: A Practical Implementation (dailyrefactor.com)
One of the new features in PHP 8.4 is Lazy Objects, which are part of the PHP OOP model.

PHP, Programming, Object-Oriented Programming, New Features

14 points by esher 47 days ago | 1 comments

Show HN: Yoyo is a Livewire/Htmx alternative for vanilla php (github.com/clickfwd)
Yoyo is a full-stack PHP framework to create rich, dynamic interfaces using server-rendered HTML. You keep on writing PHP and let Yoyo make your creations come alive.

PHP, Web Development, Frameworks, Open Source, Libraries

11 points by jerawaj740 52 days ago | 1 comments

Php.net Is Down (php.net)
A popular general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited to web development.Fast, flexible and pragmatic, PHP powers everything from your blog to the most popular websites in the world.

PHP, Web Development, Programming Languages

49 points by sschueller 55 days ago | 52 comments

PHP Is Legacy, in 2024 (vonage.com)
We travel in our jobs a lot at Vonage. I speak to plenty of developers from all walks of life, and I can confidently say one of the most asked questions I get is: Why do you still do PHP? Variations of this question can be "Isn't PHP supposed to be bad?" On several occasions, the person I was speaking to had done some PHP back in 2012. Or 2010. I forget.

PHP, Programming Languages, Software Development

27 points by ezequiel-garzon 55 days ago | 24 comments

PHP 8.4 (php.net)
PHP 8.4 is a major update of the PHP language. It contains many new features, such as property hooks, asymmetric visibility, an updated DOM API, performance improvements, bug fixes, and general cleanup.

PHP, Programming Languages, Software Updates, New Releases

486 points by theThree 58 days ago | 323 comments

Show HN: Dumbo – Hono inspired framework for PHP (github.com/notrab)
A lightweight, friendly PHP framework for HTTP — Inspired by Hono.

PHP, Frameworks, Open Source, Web Development

76 points by notrab 61 days ago | 65 comments

ActivityBot: A simple ActivityPub bot server in PHP (gitlab.com)
A single PHP file which acts as a basic ActivityPub bot server.

PHP, Social Media, Open Source, Bots, ActivityPub

6 points by fanf2 62 days ago | 0 comments

Fuzzing the PHP Interpreter via Dataflow Fusion (arxiv.org)
PHP, a dominant scripting language in web development, powers a vast range of websites, from personal blogs to major platforms.

PHP, Web Development, Security, Software, Programming

44 points by todsacerdoti 64 days ago | 3 comments

Ask HN: Junior dev in charge of rewriting 500k line PHP app. Looking for advice (ycombinator.com)
We are a 4 person company, that makes a web app I'll call Star. Today, Star is 11 years old and showing its age. It was developed entirely by one of the founders, who has no formal training, and the niche industry we serve has changed greatly in the last decade, rendering many of our core abstractions obsolete. In theory, Star follows MVC, but in practice there is no coherent architecture.

Software Development, PHP, Web Development, Legacy Code, Startups

13 points by poncho_romero 67 days ago | 25 comments

PHPStan 2.0 Released for Leading PHP Static Analyzer (phoronix.com)
PHPStan 2.0 is out today as what is the best open-source static analyzer for the PHP programming language.

PHP, Programming Languages, Static Analysis, Open Source, Software

4 points by mikece 68 days ago | 0 comments

This Microservice Should Have Been a Library (github.com)
About 6 years ago when I was a PHP ecommerce dev, I've always wanted to work with distributed systems and microservices.

Microservices, Software Development, PHP, Distributed Systems

42 points by philippta 72 days ago | 31 comments

Upcoming Hardening in PHP (dustri.org)
In 2022, cfreal gave a talk at BlackAlps 2022 on Generic Remote Exploit Techniques For The PHP Allocator, And 0days. I was there as well, told him that it was ridiculous that PHP's heap was such a soft target, and that I might do something about it eventually, if only to make PHP exploitation less dull.

Security, PHP, Programming Languages

311 points by mmsc 73 days ago | 126 comments

When Projects Stop (thefoggiest.dev)
In 2011, I used Scry as a self-hosted photo publishing platform. Scry was made in PHP, was file based and adhered to the KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid!) philosophy of software development. It was very simple to use and maintain.

Web Development, Software Development, Nostalgia, Personal Projects, PHP

14 points by ingve 79 days ago | 2 comments

Functional PHP (2015) (fluffyandflakey.blog)
Over the course of the past week, I had a chance to write some brand new PHP code and I took the opportunity to try writing in a (mostly) purely functional style.

PHP, Programming, Functional Programming

55 points by luu 97 days ago | 29 comments

PeachPie Compiler: Compile and run PHP on top of .NET runtime (peachpie.io)
Compile and run PHP on top the modern, secure and highly performant .NET runtime.

PHP, .NET, Programming Languages, Compilers

69 points by lemper 102 days ago | 20 comments

React on the server is not PHP (artmann.co)
Today, I wanted to talk about a topic that's been buzzing around Twitter and dev circles lately. You've probably heard people say, "Now that we're server-side rendering JavaScript, it's just PHP all over again!" 🤔 Well, buckle up, because I'm about to explain why that's not quite the case – and why it's actually, it's pretty darn exciting!

React, Server-Side Rendering, PHP, JavaScript

30 points by thunderbong 103 days ago | 63 comments

Show HN: API Platform for Laravel (api-platform.com)

PHP, Laravel, API, Web Development, Open Source

10 points by kdunglas 121 days ago | 0 comments

Why I avoid using empty() in PHP? A Closer Look (medium.com)
One of the most useful yet widely misunderstood functions in PHP is empty(). At first glance, empty() seems like a handy shortcut for checking if a variable is, well, empty. However, its behavior goes beyond the obvious. According to the PHP documentation, empty() considers the following values as "empty":

PHP, Programming, Best Practices

16 points by mooreds 128 days ago | 30 comments

Goravel: PHP's Laravel like web framework supercharged with Go (github.com/saalikmubeen)
PHP's Laravel like web framework supercharged with Go.

PHP, Web Frameworks, Go, Laravel

29 points by thunderbong 129 days ago | 39 comments

PHP is the new JavaScript? (mux.com)

PHP, JavaScript, Programming Languages

84 points by davekiss 133 days ago | 87 comments

Show HN: High-performance Location tracking server built with PHP, Swoole (github.com/LAGGOUNE-Walid)

PHP, Location Tracking, Server, Performance, Swoole

19 points by LAGGOUNEWalid 134 days ago | 7 comments

PHP Is the Best Choice for Long‑Term Business (tomasvotruba.com)