How to Use PHP iconv() for Better Character Encoding Management
Pull a product feed from a supplier, drop it into your database, and watch half the names come back as question
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How to Migrate Legacy PHP Code to Object-Oriented Structure with PDO
You inherit a PHP app that works. It also has SQL queries built by gluing strings together, database calls scattered through
Modern PHP Session Management: Replacing session_register() and Securing Sessions
If you learned PHP a decade or more ago, you probably reached for session_register() without a second thought. Then one day
Managing PHP Deprecation Notices: Strategies for Refactoring Legacy Code
You upgrade PHP on a Friday, and by Monday your error log is full of “Deprecated:” lines you have never seen
Refactoring PHP Projects: Implementing Namespaces for Better Code Organization
You inherit a PHP project, open two files, and find two classes both called User. One is yours. One came from
Transitioning from create_function() to Anonymous Functions in PHP
If you’re running PHP 8 and your old code calls create_function(), it doesn’t warn you anymore. It just dies. The function
Adopting PSR-4 Autoloading Standards in PHP
You’ve probably felt it. A PHP project starts small, then one day you’re staring at a wall of require statements at
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Migrating from array() to Short Array Syntax [] in PHP
You open an old PHP file and it’s wall-to-wall array( … ). Somewhere a linter or a teammate is nudging you