1060. The Wonderful PHP 8 Features and Changes Part 3: The PHP 8 Named Parameters - 17 Minutes Lately in PHP Podcast Episode 88
Updated on: 2021-08-05
Posted on: 2021-08-05
PHP 8.0 introduces named parameters that allow PHP developers to specify the function parameters by name, regardless of the correct order.
Manuel Lemos and Samuel Adeshina comment specifically about the PHP 8 Named Parameters in the third part of this podcast episode.
Listen to the podcast, watch the video with manually edited subtitles in English, read the transcript to learn more about these exciting PHP 8 topics, and find where to buy the original PHP elePHPants shown in the podcast video.



1. How to Implement PHP Automated Testing for Projects that Generate HTML Output
Updated on: 2021-08-04
Posted on: 2021-08-04
Blog: PHP HTML Test Case package blog
Package: PHP HTML Test Case
This package provides classes that use PHPUnit testing features to test the HTML output of PHP projects.
This way, it simplifies the control of the quality of PHP projects that need to generate HTML output.



1. How to Generate PHP Documentation from Comments in PHPDoc Format to Create a Github Wiki
Updated on: 2021-08-02
Posted on: 2021-08-01
Blog: PHPDoc 2 Github Wiki package blog
Package: PHPDoc 2 Github Wiki
Read this article to learn how to create documentation automatically for your PHP packages using phpDocumentor and then have that documentation updated in a Github wiki.



1. How to Implement a PHP Read Time Estimate to Show in Blog Article Pages
Updated on: 2021-07-30
Posted on: 2021-07-30
Blog: PHP Read Time package blog
Package: PHP Read Time
This class can estimate the time that an article could take to be read by an average user.
This way, sites can show the estimated read time to help users decide if they have the time to read the article when they look at it for the first time or leave it later.



1059. The Wonderful PHP 8 Features and Changes Part 2: The PHP 8 Null Safe Operator - 11 Minutes Lately in PHP Podcast Episode 88
Updated on: 2021-08-05
Posted on: 2021-07-29
The Lately in PHP podcast covered several of those features to explain how they work and what are their benefits for the PHP developers that can use PHP 8.
In the second part of this podcast episode, Manuel Lemos and Samuel Adeshina comment specifically about the PHP 8 Null Safe Operator.
Listen to the podcast, watch the video with manually edited subtitles in English, read the transcript to learn more about these exciting PHP 8 topics, and find where to buy the original PHP elePHPants shown in the podcast video.



1. How To Generate Blockies Identicon Images in PHP to Show a Graphical Representation of a Text String
Updated on: 2021-07-28
Posted on: 2021-07-28
Blog: PHP Blockies package blog
Package: PHP Blockies
This package can generate blocky images for a given text in SVG formats to be displayed in multiple sizes with good quality.



1. How to Create Laravel Tags to be Assigned to Model Class Objects
Updated on: 2021-07-27
Posted on: 2021-07-27
Blog: Laravel Taggable package blog
Package: Laravel Taggable
This package makes it easier to assign tags objects defined using model classes in a project that uses the Laravel framework.
The package also supports storing and retrieving the translation of texts of each tag.



1058. The Wonderful PHP 8 Features and Changes Part 1: The PHP 8 Plan - 12 Minutes Lately in PHP Podcast Episode 88
Updated on: 2021-07-28
Posted on: 2021-07-26
After several years of pause, the Lately in PHP podcast returns with an episode recorded in November 2020 to comment about a few of the most exciting features and changes introduced by PHP 8.
In the first part of this podcast episode, Manuel Lemos and Samuel Adeshina comment about the PHP 8 planned improvements provided in PHP 8. In the following podcast episode parts, we cover more features of PHP 8 in detail.
Listen to the podcast, watch the video with manually edited subtitles in English, read the transcript to learn more about these exciting PHP 8 topics, and find where to buy the original PHP elePHPants shown in the podcast video.



1. How to Use a PHP Data Structures Library to Process Sets of Values More Efficiently using the PHP DS Extension
Updated on: 2021-07-23
Posted on: 2021-07-23
Blog: PHP DS Functional package blog
Package: PHP DS Functional
This package provides a simple way to convert values to be used by the functions of the PHP DS extension.



1. How to Implement a PHP Websocket Game to Make a Very Interactive Game Play
Updated on: 2021-07-22
Posted on: 2021-07-22
Blog: PHP Game of Three package blog
Package: PHP Game of Three
This package uses Websockets to provide a PHP-based implementation of the Three Game that is interactive, so the game works well without reloading the page when the player moves the pieces on the board.


