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Phil Sturgeon

Phil Sturgeon

Software Engineer gone ferril. Digital nomad since 2018 (bike/van). Now dedicated to woodland creation and restoration, as co-founder of UK climate chairty Protect Earth.

Potential Variadic Function Syntax for PHP 5.6

Potential Variadic Function Syntax for PHP 5.6

An awesome RFC popped up the other day: Syntax for variadic functions, developed by Nikita Popov. I read through it and I loved it, but I did have to Google to see what the hell a variadic function was. This is what happens when you teach yourself how to code.

CurlFile and the Facebook SDK in PHP 5.5

CurlFile and the Facebook SDK in PHP 5.5

One of the features implemented in PHP 5.5 was CurlFile, a nice addition to the Curl extension to allow you to specify specific arguments as a file for upload. In previous versions (pre-PHP 5.5) the syntax looked like this: $facebook->api("/me/photos", 'POST&

PHP Static Analysis in Sublime Text

PHP Static Analysis in Sublime Text

Coding Standards have been around for the longest time and recently they're starting to become more widespread in PHP. While learning Python I really enjoyed how Sublime Text 2 would shout at me for using too many empty lines, using tabs instead of spaces and even things like

Progress in the PHP-FIG

Progress in the PHP-FIG

The PHP Framework Interoperability Group (PHP-FIG) has been around for 4 years, and it's produced 4 PSR's, which to some is a sign of inevitable doom or something. To those "in the know" the future is looking bright, and I'd like to

Beware the Route to Evil

Beware the Route to Evil

As programmers we should all be used to the fact that our personal preferences and habits are all subject to change. I used to be a big fan of Alman and tabs > spaces, now I follow PSR-2 happily which contradicts those two rules and couldn't care less.

Building a Decent API

Building a Decent API

Update: This initial list of tips is aimed mostly at beginners, but I expanded upon it so much I turned it into a whole book. I'm a little less shouty in that, and it is good reading for beginners, intermediates and experienced API developers alike. PHP developers are

Geeks Giving for Aids

Geeks Giving for Aids

After doing my 100 mile bike ride to raise money for autism research I've decided to step things up a gear (ha) and go further in a bid to raise more. Next I will be riding the 285 miles from Boston to New York over 3 days, with