Tag Archives: php

PHP Bugs Me, or Where Type Coercion Causes Bugs

I really like PHP as a technology, both for its extensibility and its deployment style. I think it is the quickest and most straightforward platform to create web applications with, and frameworks like CodeIgniter make it even better.
I’ve long been on the fence regarding PHP’s type coercion and comparison issues, but a recent bug [...]

On the Inelegance of PHP

As a well-seasoned PHP developer for MantisBT and other projects, but at the same time a seasoned developer in Python, C++, Lua, etc, I found this interesting article on Hacker News, Yet, a short piece on the “history” and development of PHP as a language.
A few choice quotes that I most enjoyed:
I don’t know anyone [...]