PHP 8.1 : Phasing out Serializable Interface
20, November 2021
PHP 7.4 pointed out some issues with Serializable interface and introduced a new mechanism to customize object serialization. And PHP ...
PHP 7.4 : New custom object serialization mechanism
03, November 2021
If we want to customize php object serialization, currently we have only two option: __sleep()/__wakeup() magic methodSerializable interfaceBut, both of ...
PHP 8.1 : Bind parameters with execute() method in mysqli
24, October 2021
Compared to PDO, mysqli is bit more verbose in some place. Binding parameters for prepared statement is one of them. ...
PHP 8.1 : new fetch_column() method for mysqli
24, October 2021
Besides PDO, many of us still use mysqli to interact with MySQL database from PHP. Compared to PDO, mysqli lacks ...
PHP 8.1 : Accessing private/protected properties & methods via reflection API is now allowed without calling setAccessible()
16, October 2021
PHP has a set of reflection APIs that can to used to introspect classes, interfaces, functions, methods and extensions. Among ...
PHP 8.1 : Final class constants
25, September 2021
Before PHP 8.1, we were allowed to override parent class constants on child class. It can create some confusion since ...
PHP 8.1 : Allow use of new expressions inside parameter default values and other initializers
16, September 2021
new expression is used to create an instance of a class. But it was not allowed to be used as ...
PHP 8.1 : Array unpacking with string keys
12, September 2021
From PHP 7.4, we have array spread/unpack operator that works with arrays with integer keys. At that time, argument unpacking ...
PHP 8.0 : `mixed` type
21, August 2021
Type system before PHP 7.0 era was...ummm...not so good. If you ever worked in a project that was built in ...
PHP 8.0 : non-capturing catches
07, August 2021
Exceptions are great way to signal any disruptions of the normal flow of our application. It can represent a error, ...