In PHP, try-catch-finally blocks are used to handle exceptions, which are runtime errors that occur during the execution of a script. Using try-catch-finally blocks can help write more robust and reliable code by allowing developers to handle exceptions in a controlled manner.

Upgrading your Laravel app has many benefits: preventing security vulnerabilities, access to new features, and more. Read this article to learn what's new in Laravel 9 and how to upgrade in record time.

PHP’s dynamism has certainly created a niche for it among the languages in the programming world. The ability to create cross-platform applications and compatibility with nearly, all the modern servers tops its open-sourceness, making it all the more desirable. PHP scripts can easily be inserted into HTML files, allowing developers to transform static website code into dynamic front-end applications.

Now that 2022 is over, its time to review newsworthy topics about performance in the PHP language. As this is the first time we are doing this type of blog post, please let us know your thoughts about this format and if we forgot important topics.

PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) is a programming language that is primarily used for web development. It is a server-side language, which means that it is executed on the server rather than in the user’s web browser. PHP is often used in combination with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to create dynamic and interactive websites. One of the main advantages of PHP is that it is easy to learn and use, making it a popular choice for web developers of all skill levels.

Errors are unavoidable, but you can always have less of them! In this article, Adebayo Adams walks through how to use type hinting in PHP.

The PHP E_WARNING constant refers to run-time warnings. Warnings are non-fatal errors in PHP that do not halt script execution.

In this blog post I want to share a story of a performance bottleneck using the filesystem that we experienced in our development setup. In the Tideways backend, we have a simple homegrown database migration tool that scans a directory for.sql files and applies them if not already done. It is a very old piece of code that I used since before the times of doctrine/migrations. It is much simpler but works for us.

The PHP E_NOTICE constant refers to run-time notices. Notices indicate that the script encountered something that could indicate an error, but could also happen in the normal course of running a script.

PDF files are foundational for sharing documents across platforms. In this article, learn how to generate PDF files in PHP.