Comparing PHP-Scoper with PHP-Prefixer

In October 2020 we launched our one-of-a-kind PHP prefixing service called PHP-Prefixer. It’s a new, innovative, and revolutionary way to prefix Composer dependencies. The service is a game-changer as it’s an easy way to design solutions to some of your most complicated PHP coding problems. Another tool that prefixes Composer dependencies is the PHP-Scoper, an … Continued

Use PHP Composer Without Limitations

If you’ve been using PHP before March 1st, 2012, you’re probably aware of all the frustration and pain of using PHP and its libraries.  From spending hours debugging to passing around large project directory files in USB or populating the VCS history – the pre-composer days were a nightmare for developers.  Now, the PHP Ecosystem … Continued

Using Composer in a CMS

Today, Aníbal Sánchez, our product manager, will educate you on several techniques of using PHP Prefixer in the extension development of packages on Joomla. Using Composer in a Content Management System (CMS) Thursday, December 10 10:00 am EST. Check your time zone. Share the link for this session Click here to register for the session … Continued

New Tutorial: Prefix all PHP Namespaces in PrestaShop Modules

With 65% of retail brands developing their own eCommerce websites, the post COVID-19 world has a silver lining for eCommerce website development. One software platform, which rings a bell and makes life easier for developers like you is the PrestaShop. From being an open-source platform to offering unsurpassable customization – PrestaShop is a one-stop destination … Continued

Using PHP Composer in the Cloud for Joomla Development

If you have been using PHP for a while, you’re probably aware that Composer is the de facto standard for developers as it integrates others’ work and experience. Before the launch of Composer, it was an uphill battle to manage and share libraries in PHP; as a consequence, you had to develop and maintain every … Continued

New Tutorial: Using PHP Composer in the WordPress Ecosystem

When building a WordPress website, developers like you build a plethora of themes and plugins. In doing so, you frequently copy-paste the same code over and over again. It could be just to create your versions of available libraries. Every time you manually duplicate code – you increase the development time and reduce the time … Continued

New Tutorial: Your First PHP Prefixed Project

PHP Source Code in a Laptop

Following the launch of  PHP-Prefixer, we’re excited to share the first tutorial “Getting Started”! If you develop PHP projects with Composer, you’ll feel at home with this new guide. It walks you through the fundamentals of Composer project development by creating a simple project step-by-step. After completing the tutorial, you’ll prefix the “Getting Started” project … Continued

Welcome to PHP-Prefixer

PHP-Prefixer is a new and innovative service to apply prefixes to PHP libraries and projects. The main objective is adding a namespace or a prefix to the .PHP files. Let’s understand it using an example. This is a sample snippet of code using the Carbon library, an API extension for DateTime that supports 281 different … Continued