Category: PHP
phpBenelux 2019 – Friday
Last week was the 10th edition of phpBenelux; and for me, it was the 8th time I had been there. From the first one to the 10th one is quite awesome to be a part of and in those 10 years, the spirit of... Read More
When your template cannot be found in Symfony 4
While I was playing with GraphQL in Symfony I wanted to use a pre-symfony 4 bundle to provide a GraphQL server. When I wanted to go to a page that used a twig template I got the following error: Unabl... Read More
Installing Symfony Flex and Prooph 7
Because I love to experiment with new technologies I decided today to set up a new event-sourced project using Symfony Flex and Prooph 7. In this blog post, I am going to describe my experiences when ... Read More
Live templates in phpStorm
For phpDocumentor I have the strict rule to apply a File DocBlock on the top with the necessary legal information such as copyright, license information and where to find the homepage. Anytime I add a... Read More
phpStorm and component-based projects
For phpDocumentor I sometimes need to edit both a template and the main project in tandem to fix an issue. A sub-optimal solution as it is a clear sign of code coupling yet sometimes your template jus... Read More
DocBlox is unmasked … it is really phpDocumentor 2!
Announcing phpDocumentor 2 — the merging of the old (phpDocumentor) and the new (DocBlox). With the first alpha release of phpDocumentor (2.0.0a1), the new “Responsive” default templ... Read More
Outputting formatted XML using PHP
For an interpreter it doesn’t matter how much whitespace there is in an XML document and often you find that machines strip it all out to reduce the amount of bandwidth used. Often at the receiv... Read More
Pre-commit hook in Git: Running PHPUnit
Pre-commit hooks in git are one of those things you hardly think about but can help you automate tasks and do last-minute checks. A good example of this is running unit tests before commits, to make s... Read More