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1146. How to Implement PHP Asyncronous programming using PHP 8.1 Fibers - 6 minutes - Lately in PHP podcast episode 94

Updated on: 2023-03-17

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PHP 8.1 introduced a new feature called fibers, allowing developers to implement PHP asynchronous programming.

If you implement asynchronous programming, it is possible to make your PHP scripts execute multiple tasks in parallel, thus making those scripts faster.

Read this article, watch a 6-minute video, or listen to episode 94 of the Lately in PHP podcast to learn how to use PHP fibers, PHP Swoole, or ReactPHP to make your PHP scripts finish faster.


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1145. WhatsApp New Developer Tool to Be Released Soon

Updated on: 2023-03-15

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Recently, the Meta group, the owner of Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram platforms, made the WhatsApp API available to all developers without paying high fees.

Now the Meta group will release a new developer tool for those who want to work with WhatsApp. This tool will be announced soon in an upcoming Webinar.

Read this article to learn how to participate in the announcement Webinar and get early access to this new WhatsApp developer tool.


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1143. How to Have a Prosperous Life as PHP Developer

Updated on: 2023-03-01

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Everybody wants to have a better life. Developers are not an exception. Having a better life requires that you have enough money to pay for the expenses of the cost of living with comfort.

A prosperous developer can make good money from their work and keep growing his projects.

Read this article to learn more about how to have a prosperous life as a developer using PHP or any other language.


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1142. How to Use PHP Fibers Async Programming Possibilities to Make PHP Code Run Faster Since PHP 8.1

Updated on: 2023-02-28

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Asynchronous programming can be a way to make PHP code run faster by executing one task while other tasks wait for an external task to finish.

PHP 8.1 introduced the Fiber class. This class provides a cleaner way to help implement asynchronous programming in PHP.

Please read this article to learn more about asynchronous programming and how to implement it in PHP using fiber or other alternatives like PHP extensions and frameworks specific to developing asynchronous programming-based applications.


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1139. How to Improve Your PHP Code Using Enumerations Introduced in PHP 8.1 or Later in 6 Steps with Code Examples

Updated on: 2023-02-14

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Support for enumerations is a recent new PHP feature requested by many developers that recognize the benefits of this new feature.

PHP 8.1 introduced the support for enumerations as a data type built-in in the PHP language.

If you use constants to emulate the benefits of enumerations in versions older than PHP 8.1, you will appreciate this new feature.

Still, you need to be careful when upgrading your PHP code to a newer version if you have not yet used PHP 8.1 or later.

Read this article to learn more about enumerations in PHP and how to upgrade smoothly to a new PHP version to benefit from this feature minimizing the risks of doing an upgrade and avoiding breaking the code of your PHP applications that used to run on PHP versions older than 8.1.


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1138. Why You May Need to Change The Way You Process Your PHP Templates to Prepare to Upgrade to PHP 8.2 and Newer PHP Versions

Updated on: 2023-02-10

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One of the advantages of PHP as a language is that it allows you to create template strings that allow you to insert variables that will be replaced by the respective values when the PHP scripts are executed.

The PHP Core developers introduced some changes in PHP 8.2 that deprecate certain forms of embedding variable values in template strings.

Please read this short article to learn more about those changes so you can change your template strings to keep them working in future PHP versions, probably PHP 9.0 or later.



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1137. Is Artificial Intelligence a Good Thing for the Future of PHP Developers

Updated on: 2024-03-13

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Many professionals worldwide fear for their professional future after the announcement about the possibilities of OpenAI products like ChatGPT.

Therefore it is understandable that they fear that artificial intelligence tools may replace them by doing the work they used to do for customers, and they will lose jobs.

Read this article to learn more about what is possible now to do with artificial intelligence, as well as some advice regarding what you should do regarding Artificial Intelligence to have a better future as a PHP developer.


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1136. Why You Need to Replace Your utf8_encode and utf8_decode PHP Functions to Prepare to Upgrade to PHP 8.2 and Newer PHP Versions

Updated on: 2023-02-07

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Old functions like utf8_encode and utf8_decode are deprecated in PHP 8.2 and will be removed in future versions, probably PHP 9.0, according to the plans of PHP core developers.

If you use these functions in the code of your PHP applications, you need to prepare to change your code, so that code will continue to work in future PHP versions.

Read this article to learn more about the changes in these PHP functions and how to make a smooth transition, so your code continues to work in current and future PHP versions.


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1135. Shall You Upgrade to the PHP 8.2.2 Version that Was Just Released

Updated on: 2023-02-03

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PHP 8.2.2 was just released. It is primarily a bug-fixing version.

The fixes of this release can be important to you if you use the PHP extensions that were fixed.

Read this short article to learn about PHP extensions that were fixed, so you can determine if it is worth upgrading to this minor version.

The article also contains a small script for you to use with the current PHP version that you use to test your PHP version.


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1134. How Can PHP Create PDF with Digital Signature Automating the Process Using the signNow API

Updated on: 2023-03-23

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Many applications are written in PHP to develop systems that need to produce PDF documents.

Sometimes the PDF documents will be used as contracts or other documentation that must be signed by the people involved in a business or any agreement.

Changing the PDF documents to include the signatures of the people participating in the agreement is a complex process.

Fortunately, there are platforms like signNow that simplify that process by providing an easy-to-understand user interface to submit PDF documents and call the people that need to sign the documents in a way that the process is legally binding.

Please read this short article to learn how to use the signNow API from PHP to integrate the process of submitting PDF documents to the signNow platform and let the platform take care of the complexity of collecting signatures and generate legally binding documents that can be important for your company or the company of your PHP development customers.




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