PHP

• Why @@ is the best attribute syntax for PHP

  August 21, 2020 - 5 minute read

  The Attributes v2 RFC (accepted on May 4, 2020) added support for native attributes in PHP 8 using the <<Attr>> syntax borrowed from Hacklang. In June, I authored the Shorter Attribute Syntax RFC to propose using @@Attr or #[Attr] to address five shortcomings of the original syntax.

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• PolyCast: a library for safe type conversion in PHP

  October 25, 2015 - 3 minute read

  PHP now supports scalar type declarations, but how can user input be safely converted to the correct type?

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• Implementing a linked list in SQL

  May 17, 2015 - 3 minute read

  Recently I was challenged with enabling users to drag and drop items in a list to sort them in any order, and persisting that order in a SQL database.

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• Responsive Captcha: A small PHP library for preventing spam

  December 30, 2012 - 1 minute read

  Responsive Captcha is a PHP library which generates simple, random arithmetic and logic questions.

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