spatie/data-transfer-object library provides very easy to use data-transfer objects for PHP. If you code is relying a lot on arrays, you’ll appreciate this different approach. And the more complex your arrays are, the more benefit you’ll get out of it.
Month: November 2018
Using aws-cli –query Option To Simplify Output
Eric Hammond shares a super-handy tip for those of us who work with Amazon AWS via the command line:
I just learned about a recent addition to aws-cli: The
--queryoption lets you specify what parts of the response data structure you want output.Instead of wading through pages of JSON output, you can select a few specific values and output them as JSON, table, or simple text. The new
--queryoption is far easier to use thanjq,grep+cut, or Perl, my other fallback tools for parsing the output.
Read the rest of his blog post for a few examples of how to use it.
WordPress Configuration Cheat Sheet
“WordPress Configuration Cheat Sheet” is a collection of about 10 tips for a more secure WordPress configuration file. Obviously, not all of them can always be applied, but it’s a good idea to review your own settings once in a while and to disable unnecessary bits.
brick/math – Arbitrary-precision arithmetic library for PHP
PHP is well-known for its rather basic interpretation of precision numbers and operations on those. BC Match extension helps, but sometimes one needs more. brick/math is a composer-installable library that helps with arbitrary-precision arithmetic.
HTTP/3 via QUIC
As we are still trying to get the grip with HTTP/2, the world is moving on. Here’s the blog post with some initial details on HTTP/3 and QUIC. Turns out, we moving away from TCP to UDP with encryption.
Here are more details from the CloudFlare blog post.
Let the fear, uncertainty, and doubt begin!