In this episode, Benjamin and Matthew, talk with Marco Pivetta (ocramius) about:

• PHP 7.4's new preloading feature: what it is, how it works, the benefits and drawbacks of using it
• The speed differences between different versions of PHP (especially in 7.x)
• The difference between OPcache and Preloading
• How Composer's autoloader may soon be a thing of the past

Notable Quotes

Composer is the mother of all frameworks.

The (Composer) autoloader will gradually disappear.

You wouldn't build a house and not check it for 10 years. It should be the same for software projects.

Everything (in software development) is a trade-off.

Links

• https://tideways.com/profiler/blog/5-ways-to-increase-php-performance
• https://wiki.php.net/rfc/preload
• Roave/you-are-using-it-wrong
• Roave/BackwardCompatibilityCheck

Guests: Marco Pivetta.
Hosted By: Benjamin Eberlei, and Matthew Setter.

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