First step with exakat ‘One must review code to live, rather than live to review code’. Reviewing code is part of everyday’s coding life, and it should be kept just what is it : a short trip back to the code that teaches us about what we did. There are three kinds of teaching in code […]
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Mar
Mar
6 new PHP analyzers in Exakat 0.10.3 Exakat 0.10.3 shipped with 6 new PHP analyzers : see the changelog. Here is a short presentation of them : Use array_column() array_column() is a little known PHP native function. Read about the story : Ben Rasmey tells it himself : https://benramsey.com/projects/array-column/. When you plan to contribute to the PHP code with a new […]
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Feb
Feb
Exakat is present at the Darkmira tour 2017 Join us at the Brazil Darkmira tour 2017, and listen to Damien Seguy, CTO of Exakat. Damien is a keynote speaker and will also present exakat and static analysis practice. Darkmira Tour PHP 2017 is a 2 days of learning, discoveries and interaction, in Brasilia, Brazil. It is the […]
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Feb
Feb
Where can you get an elephpant ? The elephpant is the famous unofficial logo of the PHP community, turned into a snugly plush toy. They have been around the Internet since 2007, and may be met about everywhere. Elephpants have been sighted on every emerged continent in the world. But where can you get an elephpant ? There […]
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Jan
Jan
PHP likes to sort. Of course, there is sort(), ksort() and all the cousins. But, PHP actually sorts too much. My first encounter with the problem is the infamous array_unique(). Now, this is also affecting glob() and scandir(). I’m looking for others. Until then, check your code. array_unique() is also sorting array_unique() collects distinct values […]
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Jan
Jan
PHP UK CONFERENCE 16TH & 17TH FEBRUARY 2017 The Brewery, London Exakat will animate two session “Last train for PHP 7.1” and “Static analysis saved my code tonight” at the PHP UK CONFERENCE the 16TH & 17TH FEBRUARY 2017 The Brewery, London. More information on the PHP UK CONFERENCE website
PHP BENELUX CONFERENCE 27 & 28 January 2017 Edegem, Antwerp Exakat will animate the “PHP 7 COMPLIANCE WORKSHOP” the 27th January 2017 between 09:00 – 12:30. More information on the PHP BENELUX CONFERENCE website.
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Dec
Dec
Prevent multiple PHP scripts at the same time Like everything, it all started from a simple problem : how to prevent multiple PHP scripts at the same time. And turned into an odyssey of learning, full of evil traps and inglorious victories. In the end, it works, that’s the most satisfying and it possibly matters to […]
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Dec
Dec
FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels. Exakat will participate to the 2017 sessions. More information on Fosdem 2017 web site.
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Dec
Dec
There are always several ways to do the same things in PHP. Some of them are so close that one even wonder which one to choose. In fact, if they are interchangeable, why even choose ? Here is a list of seven syntax you can choose in PHP, freely. The choice relies first on technical ground, […]