PHP PHP version 5.3 introduced a new feature called anonymous functions, or lambda functions. You may have come across them in other languages such as C# or Ruby. They allow for greater flexibility and offer a...

PHP When building our applications in Laravel, we often make use of the routing system. The most basic example of this is by using the Route facade, and then appending a HTTP verb, the URI and some weird function...

PHP When developing PHP applications locally, sometimes the performance is not as great as it could be, especially when working with frameworks such as Laravel or Symphony. One place to start looking to gain some...

PHP If you are using Xdebug with PHP and are using the var_dump function it is important to note that Xdebug will limit var_dump's depth when dumping information about a variable. By default this limit is 3 and can...

PHP In this article we are going to take a look at implementing a custom language parser in PHP. The language this parser will analyze will be fairly small, and serve a very specific purpose: to parse custom filter...