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An FBPE is simply a technique, by which a programmer makes sure that a deployment script, whether it be a Dockerfile, a set of Docker Compose files, or any other deployment configuration file, does not contain any concrete references to files, or resources, that are outside of the environment that is to be deployed. Thus, the files must represent a “portable environment” in and of themselves.

It is sometimes necessary to run a legacy application against an older version of PHP in order to start a migration process. The problem is that it’s very difficult to find a platform that still allows for an easy installation of an older version of PHP. This is where specialized stacks, like Linux for PHP (LfPHP), step in. These Docker-based containers allow us to compile almost any version of PHP. In this short article, we’ll be compiling PHP 5.2.17 on Linux for PHP.

Let's run the PHP extension Swoole with NGINX as its proxy server!

I'm happy to announce that my book, "Mastering the Faster Web with PHP, MySQL and JavaScript: Develop state of the art Web applications using the latest Web technologies", made it to BookAuthority's Best PHP Books of All Time.

I'm happy to announce that my book, "Mastering the Faster Web with PHP, MySQL and JavaScript: Develop state of the art Web applications using the latest Web technologies", made it to BookAuthority's Best New PHP Books.

Keeping the CHANGELOG up to date for any project is always a time-consuming chore and remains a very error-prone operation. Luckily, a new tool is in town to help any project lead automate this often unpleasant task!

Ever wanted to be able to compile the latest 'dev' version of PHP in about 10 minutes without the hassle of setting everything up correctly? Well, now you can thanks to Docker and Linux for PHP!

From time to time, we see, on different social media, questions being asked on how to create a PHAR file and how to make it executable. Let's have a closer look at these PHP functions!