I’m going to put to vote soon another of my RFCs, namely one about “objects as keys“. So, I want to outline the case for it here and address some criticisms and questions raised while discussing it. Why we may want it it? Traditionally, in PHP array keys could …
Do I have to look out for a new job? Some analysists say so: NoSQL is getting stronger. Given the prediction it is time for me to learn what NoSQL is. Vote NO for MySQL from Ulf Wendel http://de.slideshare.net/nixnutz/vote-no-for-mysql (Slides: Vote NO for MySQL) As a matter of …
Today we are going to look at something incredibly dangerous which has been deprecated. Note that “deprecated” means it still works. It’s only been a little more than a year since deprecation was proposed, which in PHP years is, like, a week. For comparison, th…
I have recently revived my “filtered unserialize()” RFC and I plan to put it to vote today. Before I do that, I’d like to outline the arguments on why I think it is a good thing and put it in a somewhat larger context. It is known that using unserialize() on ou…
The following is a verbatim copy-and-paste of an email I wrote to my Member of Parliament about the privacy-infringing Bill C-22, 'Lawful Access Act, 2026', that is being considered as a new law. The email was sent approximately a day before the Toronto Star broke the story that…
Users who reply to threads about $technology with comments such as: OMG! Why are you still using $technology when $new_tech exists! These replies offer nothing of value and should be moderated or down voted into oblivion. Go forth and stop telling people to buy an orange when th…
The PHP RFC for enumerations just passed a 44-7 vote to be accepted as a new feature in the upcoming PHP 8.1 release! Enumerations, also known as “enums”, are a special data type that can only contain specific, predefined (or “enumerated”) values. They be…