26 Nov, 2016 -
By
Shameer C
PHP 7.1, the new minor version of PHP is finally here, with a number of new features, changes, and bug fixes. In this article, let's look at some of the awesome features in PHP 7.1. Like,
iterable pseudo type
Closure from callable
Square bracket...
10 Jul, 2016 -
By
Shameer C
PHP has this powerful data structure called array, which we can use to handle any collection of data. We can then traverse them using for or foreach and process the data. The introduction of Closures in PHP 5.3 made the collection processing a bit...
07 Dec, 2015 -
By
Shameer C
Here is a quick way to install PHP7 on Mac, in three easy steps.
brew update
brew install homebrew/php/php70
export PATH="$(brew --prefix homebrew/php/php70)/bin:$PATH"
Alternatively you can add export PATH="$(brew --prefix...
17 Oct, 2015 -
By
Shameer C
In the previous blog post we have discussed how to replace the default Pimple Container with Aura.DI in Slim framework 3. Aura.DI gives us more flexibility in terms
of managing dependencies. We saw one most useful feature in Aura.DI, Inheritance of...
26 Sep, 2015 -
By
Shameer C
Slim framework is my go-to micro framework for all small projects because of it's simplicity and easiness to use. The new version of this cool framework is just around the corner and they have released RC-1 a few days back. Slim 3 have some very...
08 Jun, 2015 -
By
Shameer C
Today is the 20th birthday of PHP. Rasmus Lerdorf announced first version of PHP on 8th June 1995. It's been an amazing journey since then. Now as a language that powers 80% of the web, including most popular websites like Facebook, Wikipedia, etc....
23 Jul, 2013 -
By
Shameer
Today I've released the first stable version of TextPress (V 1.0.0), with bunch of new features. TextPress now comes with a new responsive
template built on top of Twitter Bootstrap 2. I have also added the support for multiple themes. See the...
25 Feb, 2013 -
By
Shameer
Many programmers like to talk about functional programming, but if you ask them if they’ve ever done it, most of their replies will be “No”. The reason is quite simple: we are taught to think in an imperative manner when we first start...
23 Nov, 2012 -
By
Shameer
PHP is the most popular language for web development, but a common criticism against it used to be that it lacked a suitable debugger. Developers using languages like Java and C# enjoy a powerful suite of debugging tools, often integrated directly...
25 Jul, 2012 -
By
Shameer C
In this article we will learn how to use NotORM, a simple PHP library for interacting with database. Its really simple and easy to learn. Continue reading...
30 Mar, 2012 -
By
Shameer C
Elastic Beanstalk, which launched in January 2011, is a Platform service that simplifies application deployment in AWS. Amazon has recently extended Beanstalk with PHP language support. By adding PHP in Beanstalk, Amazon has made clear their move...
26 Dec, 2011 -
By
Shameer C
Platform as a Service (PaaS) is a cloud computing delivery model which enables companies to focus on business and development, leaving infrastructure management, life cycle management, etc. to service providers... Continue...
01 Aug, 2011 -
By
Shameer C
First of all I thank Packt Publishers for gifting me this great book. For the past few days I was reading the book and felt I should be sharing my thoughts about the book. WordPress 3 Ultimate Security was written by Olly Connelly who is...
24 May, 2011 -
By
Shameer C
If you are new to kohanaframework, implementing validation will be an adventure, especially if you are looking for ajax validation. In this article I will present a simple way to implement somel necessary validations using ajax in a sign up form....
26 Jan, 2011 -
By
Shameer C
In this article we will discuss some important features of Kohana, a promising and the sexiest community driven php framework. This article is pretty basic and intended to instigate those who are still not familiar with this framework. One of the...