This new release of Tideways includes tracking exceptions with codes, improved notifications, improved trace filtering and sorting, several new features for the Callgraph Profiler and changes to the PHP extension.

Every once in a while when browsing through open-source code, you will probably have come across internal functions that are either imported implicitly with use function array_map; like here in Doctrine or prefixed with the global namespace separator, for example \is_string($foo) like in Symfony. Curious beings as we are, you might wonder as did I: Why are they doing this? Do function calls not automatically fall back into the global namespace?

Caching is an essential tool for making web apps go fast. It's easy to implement but difficult to get right. In this article, Ashley Allen shows us how to implement caching using Laravel's built-in system, which supports multiple back-ends like Memcached and Redis.

In this episode of Kongcast, I went all-in on PHP, Laravel and PHP developer tools with Freek Van der Herten, a backend developer at Spatie. Then, Freek demoed his new PHP debugging tool: Ray. Check out the transcript and video from our conversation below, and be sure to subscribe to get email alerts for the latest new episodes.

PHP has become a popular choice for many to create out-of-the-box websites and web applications. So much so that most websites are powered by PHP today. A popular server-side scripting language, PHP offers many benefits in web development. If you need to create a web application or a full-fledged website for your business, then you can count on PHP to build top-notch solutions. PHP offers many advantages over other technologies empowering developers to create well-customized solutions for clients.

PHP’s E_ERROR typically indicates a major issue with PHP. Normally, PHP may be able to recover from a lesser error and the PHP application could continue to run. However, with E_ERROR, PHP will usually outright fail and stop working entirely.

As a programming language, PHP is a developer favorite. An essential PHP programming best practice is how to log to console in PHP. Today, we’ll lay out how you do that. PHP is one of the most popular server-side scripting languages for building web applications because it’s easy to use. But no matter what you build, logging errors is key to ensuring a short code-test-learn feedback cycle. PHP is uniquely designed to be good for building web applications.

Over the course of two decades, a lot of data has been made available online in order to fully realise PHP's potential. It is one of the most widely used programming languages, and some consider it to be one of the easiest to learn. Even the most advanced languages require some assistance. Many PHP tools available in its vast ecosystem can be of assistance. The most valuable tool is a PHP profiler. In general, profilers are beneficial to all levels of developers.

This quarterly release of Tideways includes Distributed Tracing and Profiling, Traces in the History, and many more features. In this blog post, we will provide a detailed overview of all the changes.