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PHP Basics: What Is Swoole?

In this article, we give an overview of Swoole, discuss its benefits and drawbacks, and consider how it compares to NodeJS.
PHP Development, Performance
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PHP Basics: What Is PHP Used For?

In this blog, we give an overview of the ways in which PHP can be used, and where it excels.
PHP Development
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PHP Testing: Guide to PHP Code Testing

In this blog, we give a high-level view of PHP testing, and the types of tests and testing tools teams use to keep applications functional, secure, and performing.
PHP Development, DevOps
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PHP 7.2: Features, Changes, and Key Dates

In this article, we look at the details of the PHP 7.2 release, including release date, EOL dates, features, improvements, deprecations, and performance.
PHP Development, State of PHP
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What Is Zend PHP?

Learn about Zend PHP runtimes, how keeping up with PHP releases can present unique challenges, and the risks of running an EOL PHP version.
PHP Development
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Guide to PHP 5.6

In our guide to PHP 5.6, we look at release and EOL dates, notable features, performance comparisons, and security vulnerabilities.
PHP Development
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Guide to PHP 7.1

See PHP 7.1 EOL dates, features, and performance comparisons in this blog
PHP Development
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PHP 7: Features and Performance Comparison

PHP 7 was a landmark release for PHP. See release and EOL dates, performance comparisons, and new features for PHP 7 in this blog
PHP Development
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Introducing the Zend PHP Security Center

The PHP Security Center is a tool for DevOps and developers. Developers should use it to understand what versions of PHP they should target for production, as well as to understand what areas of their code might be vulnerable, and how to mitigate vulnerabilities pro-actively.
Security
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Using PHPStorm With Zend Server

This guide shows how to configure PHPStorm for use with Zend Server and how to create debugging sessions from IDE and browser.
Debugging, Zend Server
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What Is an Interface In PHP?

A PHP interface defines a contract which a class must fulfill. If a PHP class is a blueprint for objects, an interface is a blueprint for classes. Any class implementing a given interface can be expected to have the same behavior in terms of what can be called, how it can be called, and what will be returned.
PHP Development
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What Is a PHP Class?

This blog is a guide to learn about a PHP class, properties, methods, inheritance, and constructors.
PHP Development