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A guide to practical usage of PHP FFI

A guide to practical usage of PHP FFI

December 8, 2023 17 min read
PHP 7.4 introduced many exciting features, such as typed properties, preloading, and the foreign function interface (FFI). Some of these features have been highly anticipated, like typed properties,...
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New awesome features of MySQL

New awesome features of MySQL

February 8, 2023 19 min read
MySQL, like any other technology, is constantly evolving and brings many new features. However, not everyone has the time to keep up with all the new features in this popular open-source database....
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A few statistics about functions usage across the PHP ecosystem

A few statistics about functions usage across the PHP ecosystem

May 9, 2022 6 min read
In one of the Czech fairy tales, there is a song about statistics. The song's catchiest phrase is a chorus, "statistics is boring, but its data are engrossing". I especially agree with the second...
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PHP FFI and what it can do for you

PHP FFI and what it can do for you

October 28, 2020 18 min read
When we read the PHP 7.4 release announcement, we can see that it brings many exciting new features, such as typed properties, preloading, and FFI – foreign function interface. Some of these...
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