Modern PHP data Encryption/Decryption with Sodium extension
An in-depth guide on public-key and secret-key cryptography with Sodium extension in PHP.
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Compressed HTTP Requests with Curl and PHP
How to make fast and efficient HTTP(S) requests via Curl using transfer encodings such as gzip, zstd, Brotli, and deflate.
How to compile PHP from source on Fedora/RHEL/etc
A comprehensive guide on how to compile PHP from source on Fedora, RHEL, CentOS, etc. operating systems.
Phive: Secure, Easy, and Contained Phar Manager
Phive is a PHP tool to easily install, validate, and update Phar archives in a PHP application.
Directory Uploads in PHP 8.1
With PHP 8.1, it is possible to upload an entire folder from the browser using the `webkitdirectory` attribute.
Writing better Regular Expressions in PHP
How to write more readable, self-explanatory, and effective regular expressions in PHP.
PHP's new convention on using namespaces for extensions
A recent RFC passed in favor of using a namespace for PHP extensions.
How to compile PHP from source on Debian/Ubuntu - Beginner's guide
Beginner's guide to compile PHP from the source, on Ubuntu/Debian with up to date instructions for PHP 8 and up.
Function Inlining in Zend Engine
A list of special PHP functions that Zend Engine can inline and optimize.
How to dump and inspect PHP OPCodes
OPCodes, the execution units the PHP's Virtual Machine executes, can be listed and inspected, to reveal performance and code structure caveats and improvements.