5 articles, 3 new PHP packages, and three new releases [W47]

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PHP Articles

📚 Money pattern in PHP: the problem

When we work with numbers, we may face moments when we lose precision, maybe because the number is gigantic or maybe because it has infinite decimals.

📚 Everything you need to know about .htaccess — A Definitive Guide beyond the Laravel way 2023

Laravel comes with a default .htaccess file out of the box, which means that for most of the time, you’ll have no need to tweak it for any reason.

📚 Deep Dive into Docker

Docker is an open-source software platform to create, deploy and manage virtualized application containers on a common operating system (OS), with an ecosystem of allied tools.

📚 Exploring Code Smells: Identifying and Solving Common Issues

Let’s delve into the first five common code smells, understand their implications, and explore ways to resolve them, with examples for better clarity.

💻 PhpStorm 2023.3 Beta

Please welcome PhpStorm 2023.3 Beta. This release allows you to try new features from the upcoming PhpStorm 2023.3.

📦 Xdebug Update: October 2023

In this monthly update I explain what happened with Xdebug development in the past month. These are normally published on the first Tuesday on or after the 5th of each month.

Laravel

🆕 Laravel 10.31 Released

This week, the Laravel team released v10.31, the ability to place batches within job chains. You can run jobs sequentially, then parallelize a batch of jobs, and continue with the chain once that batch has been completed.

📦 Brevo Webhook Manager CLI for Laravel

The Brevo Webhook Manager CLI for Laravel provides a convenient way to manage Brevo webhooks from the CLI.

📦 Stress testing with Pest

Stress Testing is a type of testing that inspects the stability and reliability of your application under realistic or extreme conditions — depending on the scenario you setup.

📚 Easy User Sign-Up and Login in Laravel

Today, we're diving into the learning about user authentication in Laravel.

Symfony

🆕 Symfony 7.0.0-BETA3 released

Symfony 7.0.0-BETA3 has just been released. Here is the list of the most important changes since 7.0.0-BETA2.