Allowing users to upload files is a fundamental feature of the modern web, but it is also one of the most dangerous. In the landscape of 2025, where automated bots and script kiddies are scanning for vulnerabilities 24/7, a poorly implemented file upload script is an open invitation for Remote Code Execution (RCE) attacks.
Mastering PHP Microservices: A Complete Implementation Guide from Scratch # The debate between Monolithic architecture and Microservices has been raging for over a decade. But here we are in 2025, and the dust has largely settled. The answer, as always in software engineering, is “it depends.” However, for enterprise-grade applications requiring high scalability, independent deployment cycles, and team autonomy, Microservices remain the gold standard.
Introduction # If you have been coding in PHP for over a decade, you probably have a mental library of “helper functions” you copy-paste into every new project. Functions to check if a string contains another string, to find a specific object in an array, or to validate JSON without decoding it.
Introduction # Welcome back to PHP DevPro. If you are reading this in 2025, you know that the landscape of PHP has stabilized into a robust, enterprise-grade language. Gone are the days of spaghetti scripts and include headers scattered across files. Today, we deal with strict typing, JIT compilation, and architectures that rival Java or C# in complexity and reliability.
Security isn’t a feature you add at the end of a sprint; it’s a mindset that must permeate every line of code you write. As we step into 2025, the PHP landscape has matured significantly with versions 8.3 and 8.4, yet the OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities remain frighteningly consistent.
Introduction # It is a scenario every senior PHP developer has faced: your application works flawlessly in the development environment with a few hundred records. But as soon as production hits 500,000 rows, that dashboard widget—the one the CEO checks every morning—starts timing out.
Master RESTful API Development with Laravel 11: The Definitive Guide # In the rapidly evolving landscape of web development in 2025, the ability to craft robust, scalable, and secure APIs is not just a skill—it’s a necessity. Whether you are powering a Single Page Application (SPA) built with Vue or React, feeding data to a mobile app, or enabling third-party integrations, the backend architecture defines the success of your product.