Why PHP?

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Shows how to improve reliability and lower onboarding/style conflicts in PHP projects by using php-cs-fixer with PSR-12 for consistent formatting, using PHPStan (levels 0→9) to catch bugs without running code, and making features testable with PHPUnit or Pest PHP. Recommends versioning configuration files, adding tools to composer scripts, and running them in CI pipelines (example: GitHub Actions); notes statistics that still place PHP as the leading web language.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 2:30Who I am (and why I’m here)
3. 5:54The Code
4. 7:45History
5. 8:57Statistics
6. 10:35No comparisons
7. 14:32Tool selection
8. 16:37The programmer’s oath
9. 19:22Versioning configuration files
10. 20:26Tools to approach reliability
11. 25:14Execution orchestration
12. 27:45Reliability pipeline
13. 28:47Roberto’s contribution
14. 29:38The structure of Why from the programmer
15. 32:26Useful documentation tools
16. 35:01Why I prefer PHP?

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