Category Archives: PHP Language

PHP’s Type System, part II: The Internet is Made of String

Part of a series on why PHP’s type system is the best in the world. This post explores why web languages need to be dynamically typed: because the internet is made of string.

PHP’s Type System, part I: Dynamic Typing Causes Bugs

A table showing what happens when you add two plus two in various langauges. Python and Javascript, Java and PHP are in the list. Only PHP returns '4'.

Part of a series on why PHP’s type system is the best in the world. This post explores a class of bugs frequently seen in other dynamically typed languages, which doesn’t happen in PHP.