PHP Primer for the AI Era - advanced_concepts A PHP Guide for Humans https://icontemp.com/wiki/phpprimer/ 2026-06-07T21:27:51+00:00 PHP Primer for the AI Era https://icontemp.com/wiki/phpprimer/ https://icontemp.com/wiki/phpprimer/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2026-04-05T23:36:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 4. How AI Slips Out of Modern PHP — A Meta‑Architectural Guide https://icontemp.com/wiki/phpprimer/doku.php?id=advanced_concepts:ai_slips_out&rev=1775432191&do=diff 4. How AI Slips Out of Modern PHP — A Meta‑Architectural Guide AI writes PHP with confidence — but not always with context. It knows the syntax. It knows the patterns. It knows the surface of the language. But modern PHP is not just syntax. text/html 2026-04-05T23:37:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 3. New in PHP 8.3 / 8.4 — The Evolving Language https://icontemp.com/wiki/phpprimer/doku.php?id=advanced_concepts:new_in_php&rev=1775432225&do=diff 3. New in PHP 8.3 / 8.4 — The Evolving Language PHP 8.3 and 8.4 continue the quiet evolution that began with PHP 8.0: → a language becoming more intentional, more expressive, and more predictable. These versions don’t introduce dramatic new paradigms. text/html 2026-04-05T23:38:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 1. Fibers — Cooperative Concurrency With Predictable Flow https://icontemp.com/wiki/phpprimer/doku.php?id=advanced_concepts:php_fibers&rev=1775432318&do=diff 1. Fibers — Cooperative Concurrency With Predictable Flow Fibers are the deepest conceptual shift PHP has made in years. They’re not “faster loops” or “threads”. They’re a new way to express pausable execution — a quiet, controlled form of concurrency that keeps PHP’s single‑threaded mental model intact. text/html 2026-04-05T23:37:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2. Weak Maps — Memory‑Safe Object Tracking https://icontemp.com/wiki/phpprimer/doku.php?id=advanced_concepts:php_weak_maps&rev=1775432260&do=diff 2. Weak Maps — Memory‑Safe Object Tracking Weak Maps let us associate data with objects without preventing those objects from being garbage‑collected. They give us a way to track metadata, caches, or ephemeral state without creating accidental memory leaks. text/html 2026-04-03T18:42:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) Advanced PHP Concepts https://icontemp.com/wiki/phpprimer/doku.php?id=advanced_concepts:start&rev=1775241779&do=diff Advanced PHP Concepts A collection of deeper language features that shape PHP’s runtime behavior, architecture, and evolving design. These concepts go beyond everyday syntax and reveal how modern PHP works under the surface. Please sort A-Z for intended reading sequence.