{"id":4568,"date":"2020-04-16T19:21:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T13:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/?p=4568"},"modified":"2025-02-26T14:54:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T09:24:05","slug":"understanding-the-pillars-of-modern-php-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/understanding-the-pillars-of-modern-php-development","title":{"rendered":"Understanding the Pillars of Modern PHP Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_72 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/understanding-the-pillars-of-modern-php-development\/#List_of_Important_Pillars_in_PHP_Development\" title=\"List of Important Pillars in PHP Development:\">List of Important Pillars in PHP Development:<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/understanding-the-pillars-of-modern-php-development\/#Codes\" title=\"Codes:\">Codes:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">PHP development has undergone a lot of changes in the past few years. In the early days, the developers more of designers who apart from performing backend development also had to take care of the frontend development, UI designing, database engineering and etc. But today things have changed a lot and the PHP developer can have a comfortable environment by using ready-made components on their development tasks and now there are database engineers, designers and many other experts involved in the process of web development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Web developers changed themselves by focusing more on what could be automated and specialized in that. Together with this new mindset, came the thought of how PHP development should be done and what are the core pillars of modern PHP development.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"List_of_Important_Pillars_in_PHP_Development\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">List of Important Pillars in PHP Development:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Codes\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\"><strong>Codes: <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This is one of the most important foundations of every development process and so is the same with PHP website development. Maintaining the standards of coding are highly important even in the early times and it continues to be so even today. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"\/php-development\/\">PHP development companies<\/a><\/span> are advised to take the help of Git to keep track of the different versions of the code by using the distributed version control system.\u00a0 The code maintenance can easily reduce a major project time if it is well formatted and document code is something that reduces the efforts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Runtime Data:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The runtime data include the data that are related to file and not with the databases. The files are generated at run time by user interaction or as an influence there of multiple instances. This is handled by using the local or network attached file system. It is recommended to use cloud storage as cloud files help to prevent migration headaches and natively balances the load by separating the execution as well as delivery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Testing:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Testing is another important requirement in the PHP development process as a thoroughly tested web application has many advantages, it is easy to refactor the tested software and also reuse the test assured codes. Automated testing has long been used by the PHP family and the benefits of testing include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Unit testing helps to enforce modular design<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Tests help to provide a documentation and also example code<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Tested software can be easily refactored<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 16px #cccccc; padding: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"\/blog\/latest-php-trends-of-2020-that-will-benefit-your-business-website\">Latest PHP Trends of 2020 That Will Benefit Your Business Website<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Deployment:\u00a0<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Fast and transparent deployment is the best means to go for a web application project to prevent things that are more feared. Deploy early and deploy fast is done by continuous integration of small upgrades and Git based deployment is preferred as it comes with a history and enables easy integration of build scripts. However, the application needs and environments also differ greatly, so that the perfect deployment is not always the same. It is only good quality codes, testing and also an easy to use deployment workflow, which is essential for <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"\/php-development\/\">PHP development<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Scalability:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">You must have heard the word DevOps? This means that when you are writing an application, you should be aware of the underlying infrastructure so that you don\u2019t face issues with its weaknesses, but rather leverage its strength. While developing your PHP application, you should consider every resource individually and know which one slows you down.\u00a0 Then decide in terms of application design to compensate for which new resource can be attached to boost the performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\"><strong>Resources:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Resources are the services that are used by the application like databases, queues, caches, file storage protocols and etc.\u00a0 These are referred to as resources and access to all resources should be limited based on the person\u2019s role in the development process. The degree of abstraction should depend on the probability and feasibility.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHP development has undergone a lot of changes in the past few years. 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