Matt Stauffer mattstauffer

Why PHP?

Notes about building out the "Why PHP?" page.

Targets

There are two groups I think we should target, with two distinct sets of interests and who may require two separate treatments.

First group:

Non-technical decision makers at companies considering PHP

I'm excited to have the chance to work with the PHP Foundation to help get some more modern design and messaging on the PHP site.

One place I've gotten some access is to be able to contribute to a new page, "Why use PHP"? I built a site a few years back called "Why PHP" but let it die, so it's fun to work on this again.

You can see the current status of the the page here:

The PR: php/web-php#1172
The Preview: https://web-php-pr-1172.preview.thephp.foundation/why-use-php

I'd like to take a step back from this existing page and ask the broader questions:

Slides from this talk:

Here are some examples of errors I've been able to introduce into my Laravel Valet app, and how I fixed the:

502 Bad Gateway

You can see here that it means Nginx can't reach PHP: laravel/valet#717 (comment)
Solution: valet restart; if that doesn't work, try switching PHP versions: valet use [email protected]

Todo....

Tutorials

Guide to getting started buying SOL and SOL-based NFTs: https://mattstauffer.io/getting-started-with-solana
Game teaching ETH dev: https://cryptozombies.io/
Tutorial teaching SOL dev: https://dev.to/dabit3/the-complete-guide-to-full-stack-solana-development-with-react-anchor-rust-and-phantom-3291

Tools to clone and use

Metaplex: Create your own self-hosted NFT storefront: https://metaplex.com/
Create your own Candy Machine (fair minting process): https://github.com/exiled-apes/candy-machine-mint

Welcome! This is my best, simple, introduction for how to buy Solana, and, if you want, also to buy NFTs using it.

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	<meta property="og:title" content="Team">
	<meta property="og:description" content="Tighten is a software development firm specializing in Laravel, Vue.js, React, and hybrid mobile development.">
	<meta property="og:image" content="https://tighten.com/assets/images/tighten-com-og-cover.png">
	<meta property="og:url" content="https://tighten.com/team/">
	<meta property="og:site_name" content="Tighten">

	cd $FORGE_SITE_PATH

	# Clean production files
	git reset --hard && git clean -df
	git pull origin $FORGE_SITE_BRANCH

	# Composer install & Restart PHP
	$FORGE_COMPOSER install --no-dev --no-interaction --prefer-dist --optimize-autoloader
	( flock -w 10 9 \|\| exit 1
	echo 'Restarting FPM...'; sudo -S service $FORGE_PHP_FPM reload ) 9>/tmp/fpmlock