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PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML.

Getting PHP up to speed: Developers rethink old code for faster sites
PHP

Getting PHP up to speed: Developers rethink old code for faster sites

PHP continues to prove its strength in modern web development through major performance improvements.

  • October 14, 2025

  • Estimated reading time: 3 Minutes

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How to ignore SSL verification when loading remote images in Dompdf
PHP

How to ignore SSL verification when loading remote images in Dompdf

Learn how to disable the SSL verification when loading images from remote sources in Dompdf.

Carlos Delgado Carlos Delgado
  • April 15, 2025

  • Estimated reading time: 2 Minutes

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PHP Parse Error: What 'Expecting T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM' Means in PHP 5.6 (and How to Fix It)
PHP

PHP Parse Error: What 'Expecting T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM' Means in PHP 5.6 (and How to Fix It)

Discover what the PHP error "unexpected T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM" means and how to fix it. Learn the story behind this oddly named parse error and how the scope resolution operator (::) works in PHP.

Carlos Delgado Carlos Delgado
  • March 24, 2025

  • Estimated reading time: 1 Minute

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Porting a fully functional legacy Symfony 1.4 application to PHP 8.2
PHP

Porting a fully functional legacy Symfony 1.4 application to PHP 8.2

Learn how to upgrade a Symfony 1.4 application to be compatible with PHP 8.2

Carlos Delgado Carlos Delgado
  • October 31, 2023

  • Estimated reading time: 6 Minutes

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How to obtain a list in JSON from all the PHP versions
PHP

How to obtain a list in JSON from all the PHP versions

Learn how to obtain a list in JSON format that contains all of the PHP releases from the official PHP website.

  • July 31, 2023

  • Estimated reading time: 3 Minutes

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Collection of 4 PHP static analysis and coding standards tools
PHP

Collection of 4 PHP static analysis and coding standards tools

Check out this collection of 4 of my favorite open-source PHP static analysis tools and coding standard tools for finding and fixing errors in PHP applications.

Carlos Delgado Carlos Delgado
  • April 29, 2023

  • Estimated reading time: 5 Minutes

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How to prevent Symfony 6 Projects from throwing net::ERR_CONNECTION_RESET in the browser using XAMPP with PHP 8
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How to prevent Symfony 6 Projects from throwing net::ERR_CONNECTION_RESET in the browser using XAMPP with PHP 8

Learn how to prevent the net::ERR_CONNECTION_RESET error in the browser when accessing the default route of a new Symfony 6 project using XAMPP in Windows.

Carlos Delgado Carlos Delgado
  • January 22, 2022

  • Estimated reading time: 3 Minutes

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How to solve Symfony Server Warning: The local web server is already running
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How to solve Symfony Server Warning: The local web server is already running

Learn how to prevent this warning when starting the Symfony server from the CLI.

Carlos Delgado Carlos Delgado
  • January 11, 2022

  • Estimated reading time: 1 Minute

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How to resize an image preserving the aspect ratio using Image Intervention in PHP
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How to resize an image preserving the aspect ratio using Image Intervention in PHP

Learn how to resize an image preserving the aspect ratio of the image using the Image Intervention library in PHP.

Carlos Delgado Carlos Delgado
  • December 28, 2021

  • Estimated reading time: 1 Minute

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How to determine the estimated reading time of a text with PHP
PHP

How to determine the estimated reading time of a text with PHP

Learn how to easily determine the estimated reading of any text (HTML, Markdown) with plain PHP.

Carlos Delgado Carlos Delgado
  • November 15, 2021

  • Estimated reading time: 3 Minutes

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