The Next-Generation PHP Server Stack For 2015
The post The Next-Generation PHP Server Stack For 2015 appeared first on ma.ttias.be. The server stack surrounding PHP hasn't change much in the last few years. It's still roughly the same as every...
View ArticleOn Timing Attacks in PHP
The post On Timing Attacks in PHP appeared first on ma.ttias.be. An interesting post by @ircmaxell on timing attacks in PHP. If you try different user names, it [the PHP code] will take a different...
View ArticleAsynchronous PHP
The post Asynchronous PHP appeared first on ma.ttias.be. A really cool feature landed in HHVM, providing async PHP calls. While your https call is busy sitting on its hands waiting for a response,...
View ArticleA plea for backwards compatibility breaks in PHP7
The post A plea for backwards compatibility breaks in PHP7 appeared first on ma.ttias.be. Now that the naming debacle of PHP 6 vs PHP 7 is behind us, the timeline for PHP 7 has been announced. With key...
View ArticlePHP 5.5 Opcode Cache Settings
The post PHP 5.5 Opcode Cache Settings appeared first on ma.ttias.be. Unless you're running all your PHP via CLI scripts, you'll be using an Opcode Caching in your PHP configurations. This used to be...
View ArticleGenerate PHP core dumps on segfaults in PHP-FPM
The post Generate PHP core dumps on segfaults in PHP-FPM appeared first on ma.ttias.be. The PHP documentation is pretty clear on how to get a backtrace in PHP, but some of the explanations are...
View ArticlePHP’s OPCache and Symlink-based Deploys
The post PHP’s OPCache and Symlink-based Deploys appeared first on ma.ttias.be. In PHP =< 5.4, there was APC. And in APC, there was the apc.stat option to check the timestamps on files to determine...
View ArticleSetting HTTPS $_SERVER variables in PHP-FPM with Nginx
The post Setting HTTPS $_SERVER variables in PHP-FPM with Nginx appeared first on ma.ttias.be. A typical Nginx setup uses fastcgi_pass directives to pass the request to the PHP-FPM daemon. If you would...
View ArticleThe (unexpected?) workload associated with migrating to HHVM
The post The (unexpected?) workload associated with migrating to HHVM appeared first on ma.ttias.be. Wikimedia, the company behind top #10 website Wikipedia, published an interesting article on how...
View ArticlePHP’s CVE vulnerabilities are irrelevant
The post PHP’s CVE vulnerabilities are irrelevant appeared first on ma.ttias.be. ircmaxell wrote a good blog post about usage of PHP versions in the wild, which shows the vast amount of different...
View ArticlePHP7 To Remove Deprecated Functionality
The post PHP7 To Remove Deprecated Functionality appeared first on ma.ttias.be. I'm sure this must have been quite an internal-mailinglist-battle, but I'm glad they heard the community and decided to...
View ArticlePHP6: The Missing Version Number
The post PHP6: The Missing Version Number appeared first on ma.ttias.be. For those active in the PHP community for a while, it's not exactly a secret. But to the outside world, it may seem odd that the...
View ArticleNginx sets HTTP 200 OK on PHP-FPM parse errors
The post Nginx sets HTTP 200 OK on PHP-FPM parse errors appeared first on ma.ttias.be. Here's an interesting bit of behaviour that I haven't been able to figure out yet. When a PHP error occurs in a...
View ArticlePHP Benelux 2015: Day One
The post PHP Benelux 2015: Day One appeared first on ma.ttias.be. It's a tradition for 4 or 5 years in row now, to attend PHP Benelux. It's the conference focussed on PHP in the Benelux, for me (I'm...
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The PHP Paradox
The post The PHP Paradox appeared first on ma.ttias.be. I was at PHP Benelux, the annual PHP conference for Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, and I realized 2 things about PHP that I hadn't...
View ArticleThree Tiers of Package Managers
The post Three Tiers of Package Managers appeared first on ma.ttias.be. There are too many effing package managers. No, seriously -- there are. If you look at a typical Linux server with a modern...
View ArticleAsync MySQL Calls in HHVM 3.6
The post Async MySQL Calls in HHVM 3.6 appeared first on ma.ttias.be. HHVM keeps getting better. Long-awaited MySQL support for async functions in Hack! Hack’s async functions allow an application to...
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Up And Close With PHP 7’s New RFCs
The post Up And Close With PHP 7’s New RFCs appeared first on ma.ttias.be. If you're following the development of PHP 7, you'll notice a lot of new RFCs (and some old ones that have been revived) are...
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Drupal engine_ssid_ And engine_ssl_ cookies: You’ve Been Hacked
The post Drupal engine_ssid_ And engine_ssl_ cookies: You’ve Been Hacked appeared first on ma.ttias.be. If you're seeing the cookies engine_ssid_ and engine_ssl_ being set in your Drupal site, chances...
View ArticleHHVM’s Threading Difference – Not The Same as PHP-FPM
The post HHVM’s Threading Difference – Not The Same as PHP-FPM appeared first on ma.ttias.be. I'm glad Etsy found this before the rest of us had to. Most PHP SAPIs are implemented such that each...
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