1. How To Generate Blockies Identicon Images in PHP to Show a Graphical Representation of a Text String
Updated on: 2021-07-28
Posted on: 2021-07-28
Blog: PHP Blockies package blog
Package: PHP Blockies
This package can generate blocky images for a given text in SVG formats to be displayed in multiple sizes with good quality.
1. How to Create Laravel Tags to be Assigned to Model Class Objects
Updated on: 2021-07-27
Posted on: 2021-07-27
Blog: Laravel Taggable package blog
Package: Laravel Taggable
This package makes it easier to assign tags objects defined using model classes in a project that uses the Laravel framework.
The package also supports storing and retrieving the translation of texts of each tag.
1058. The Wonderful PHP 8 Features and Changes Part 1: The PHP 8 Plan - 12 Minutes Lately in PHP Podcast Episode 88
Updated on: 2021-07-28
Posted on: 2021-07-26
After several years of pause, the Lately in PHP podcast returns with an episode recorded in November 2020 to comment about a few of the most exciting features and changes introduced by PHP 8.
In the first part of this podcast episode, Manuel Lemos and Samuel Adeshina comment about the PHP 8 planned improvements provided in PHP 8. In the following podcast episode parts, we cover more features of PHP 8 in detail.
Listen to the podcast, watch the video with manually edited subtitles in English, read the transcript to learn more about these exciting PHP 8 topics, and find where to buy the original PHP elePHPants shown in the podcast video.
1. How to Use a PHP Data Structures Library to Process Sets of Values More Efficiently using the PHP DS Extension
Updated on: 2021-07-23
Posted on: 2021-07-23
Blog: PHP DS Functional package blog
Package: PHP DS Functional
This package provides a simple way to convert values to be used by the functions of the PHP DS extension.
1. How to Implement a PHP Websocket Game to Make a Very Interactive Game Play
Updated on: 2021-07-22
Posted on: 2021-07-22
Blog: PHP Game of Three package blog
Package: PHP Game of Three
This package uses Websockets to provide a PHP-based implementation of the Three Game that is interactive, so the game works well without reloading the page when the player moves the pieces on the board.
1. How to Implement a PHP CLI Progress Indicator by Animating the Cursors While a PHP Task in Running
Updated on: 2021-07-21
Posted on: 2021-07-21
Blog: PHP CLI Spinner package blog
Package: PHP CLI Spinner
For console-based applications, usually, a cursor may appear blinking, but that does not give feedback on whether the current application is running well.
This package implements a better solution by showing the cursor changing its character, so it appears to be animated. This can give the users a better feeling by letting them know that the application is running.
The package implements a solution that uses a parallel process to animate the cursor character, so the application does not have to stop its main job to update the cursor animation.
1. How to Have a Laravel Pages Package to Create and Manage Web Pages for Each Object of Model Class
Updated on: 2021-07-20
Posted on: 2021-07-20
Blog: Laravel Pages Package package blog
Package: Laravel Pages Package
The pages' content and attributes need to be stored, for instance, in a database, so the users can update the pages any time they want.
This package provides a solution to manage content stored in a database using Laravel model classes. It also supports having multiple versions of the page text attributes for different languages.
1. How to Implement a Magento Server Setup For a Web Site That Does Not Need a Regular Web Server
Updated on: 2021-08-17
Posted on: 2021-07-19
Blog: Mage Developer package blog
Package: Mage Developer
This package can configure Magento to run using the PHP built-in Web server using a specific IP address and port.
1057. A PHP Framework in 140 Characters
Updated on: 2021-07-16
Posted on: 2021-07-16
If we had the challenge to make a framework that is so small that it would fit in a 140 characters Twitter message, it could not do much, but it is possible to be done.
Read this article to learn how to overcome the challenge of making a small but useful framework in just 140 characters.
1. How to Implement a PHP Multiple Database Connections Solution for Applications that Use Laravel
Updated on: 2021-07-15
Posted on: 2021-07-15
Blog: Laravel Multiple Database package blog
Package: Laravel Multiple Database
In some cases, it may be necessary to connect to more than one database to perform operations that require access to information that is not all in the same database.
This package provides code to demonstrates so developers can learn how to connect to multiple databases in the same Laravel application.
