Tag: PHP
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From Developer to Leader: Lessons I Wish I Knew Earlier in My PHP Journey
If you told 25-year-old me that one day Iād be managing a team of PHP developers, reviewing performance metrics, and negotiating deadlines with stakeholders, I probably wouldāve laughed and gone back to refactoring some poorly written legacy class. I didnāt start my career with āleadershipā in mindāmy focus was all about clean code, fast queries,…
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Optimizing Large PHP Codebases Without Breaking Everything
When you’re working in a large PHP codebase, optimization isn’t just about speedāit’s about survival. You canāt just go in and start swapping out loops or rewriting core logic without risking a domino effect thatāll take your entire app down with it. So here’s how I approach optimizing large PHP projects without blowing them up.…
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How Eager Loading Works in ORM (With PHP Examples)
When I first started using ORMs in PHP, I loved how clean and readable my code became. But I quickly ran into performance problemsāthings were getting sluggish, and I couldnāt figure out why. Thatās when I discovered the magic (and danger) of lazy loading, and why eager loading is a tool every developer needs in…
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How to Implement MySQL Pagination in PHP (Step-by-Step Guide)
Pagination: itās how you turn āHereās a mullion rowsā into āHereās 20 rows per page” without melting your server. Alright, before we dive ināthis post assumes you already know how to connect to MySQL using PHP’s PDO. If that sounds like gibberish, hit pause and go learn that first. Iāll wait. š Still here? Great.…
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10 PHP Performance Pitfalls and How to Fix Them Like a Pro
Letās be realāmost PHP performance issues arenāt caused by exotic edge cases. Theyāre caused by small mistakes that quietly accumulate until your server starts sweating. Over the years, Iāve fallen into every performance trap in the bookāand watched others do the same. So hereās a list of the top 10 PHP performance pitfalls Iāve seen…