PHP

2 min John Koster - Jul 13, 2015

Xdebug and var_dump

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 easily be identified by the ellipsis...

Debugging Tools and Frameworks Software Development

1 min John Koster - Feb 1, 2015

PHP Slow Response Times

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 performance is the realpath_cache_size...

Configuration Debugging Environments

6 min John Koster - Jun 25, 2014

Lambdas And Closures

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 looking...

Closures & Anonymous Functions Reference

3 min John Koster - Oct 29, 2013

Passing Data to PHP Anonymous Functions

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 clean, expressive syntax. Anonymous...

Closures & Anonymous Functions Reference