One of my favorite optimization techniques is using the Identical operator. Why? Because it’s such an easy replacement for the Equality operator and it works much faster. Wait, now you might be wondering “Equality Operator” ? … “Identical Operator” ? Aren’t those the same thing? Well, no. Let’s take a look. PHP has lots of …
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Just recently, I upgraded my local version of PHP to the latest – v7.3.6. I know this version comes with a list of optimizations and it’s much improved over previous versions. And so this got me thinking about code optimization and how I have learned to write PHP code over time. Many years ago I …
From time to time, I have the need to create the contents for a virtual page — that is, a page that is not stored in the database. This sort of thing is easy using a framework like CodeIgniter, but WordPress’s thing is displaying content from your database and not virtual content that is created …
Last night I attended a presentation on the “Lithium Framework” by Garret Woodworth (@gwoo on Twitter) at the OCPHP Meetup. Lithium is promoted as a fast and lightweight PHP framework. Garret’s presentation started out with kind of a history of PHP and some of the new features in PHP 5.3 — which they’re trying to …