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When working with interfaces and return types in modern PHP (especially PHP 8.0 and PHP 8.1+), you might run into a confusing but very real error: Fatal error: Declaration of B::new(): B must be compatible with A::new(): static This error trips up many developers because it

Working with dates is a common need in PHP development, especially when you need to manipulate or compare them based on user input or system events. One of the most convenient ways PHP offers to handle relative date and time calculations is the strtotime() function. Let's break down

When working with arrays in PHP, it's often necessary to access the first or last element. Starting from PHP 7.3, two dedicated functions — array_key_first() and array_key_last() — make this task more explicit and reliable. 🔍 What Do These Functions Do? * array_key_first(array $array)

When working with arrays in PHP, we often find ourselves needing to grab the first or last element. While you could manually index them using [0] or count($array) - 1, PHP actually provides cleaner and more reliable built-in functions: reset() and end(). Let's walk through how these

If you've ever installed a global PHP tool using Composer—such as Laravel's installer, PHPUnit, or PHP-CS-Fixer—you might wonder: where do these tools actually go, and why can't I run them from anywhere? That’s where this command comes in: composer global config