As some of you know, I’ve been working for a while on implementing type hinting for method return values. I’m pleased to say that the implementation is done. The following types are allowed: Array Class names Parameter type hints allow callable types, but until a keyword is assigned to “callable” (RFC), it’s not possible to [...]
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Will Fitch
Feb 16
|13:46
One of the features of the PHP Fever Framework is ActiveRecord access to your database. This is meant to be a database access tool for DB models and contains many of the ActiveRecord functions and more.
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Will Fitch
Mar 10
|12:07
The chain-of-command pattern, like most others, assists with maintaining a loose coupling within your classes. By providing a series of classes that implement the ICommand interface and do a specific bit of processing, the developer doesn’t have to care which method to execute.
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Will Fitch
Mar 9
|20:23
The observer pattern provides another way to maintain loose coupling within your code. It’s an extremely simple pattern and is implemented similarly across languages. There are two parts: the observer and the observable object. Let’s address them both starting with the observer.
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Will Fitch
Mar 4
|21:21
The iterator pattern is one of the most useful, yet unused patterns defined. It provides a way for class users to count and iterate over a set of objects related to the class. This is very useful in MVC (Model-View-Controller) models as they handle data and the logic that pertains to it.
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