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Chris Kankiewicz
@phlak.dev
👨‍💻 Passionate PHP developer
🐧 Linux junkie
🖥️ Avid PC gamer
☕ Coffee aficionado
👫 Dedicated husband
👨‍👧‍👦 Proud father of two

https://www.chriskankiewicz.com
Hey #Laravel people, is this the best way to set default values for Model attributes on object instantiation? Am I missing an obvious alternative solution?
November 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
This is one of my favorite helper functions I end up adding to many projects I work on (or some variation of this). It makes extracting bits of text from a larger bit of text simple.
October 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
@colinodell.com 😄 👍
September 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Not sure if I've noticed this before but I smiled when I saw it today.
September 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
MariaDB 11.4 included a change to require SSL and verify certificates by default thus causing the error.
August 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Following this thread we see that Debian 13 included an update of MariaDB from 10.11 to 11.8 and ...
August 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
After a lot of debugging I realized the 'php:8.4-apache' image was recently updated to be based on Debian 13 Trixie.
August 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Started getting this "self-signed certificate in certificate chain" error when running "artisan migrate ..." commands within my Docker container today.
August 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This is going to be fun! #laracon
July 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Received my @PHPStan ElePHPant over the weekend!

#PHP #PHPStan #ElePHPant
July 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
OH HELL YEAH! Someone over at Laravel implemented my idea/request!
April 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
March 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Hey @taylorotwell.bsky.social, would it be possible to get the docs page outline pinned to the right on larger monitors? I hate having to scroll to the top every time I want to "quickly" navigate to another section.
February 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Continuing on my library modernization kick, v5.0.0 of Twine, the missing string helper library for PHP, has been tagged.

github.com/PHLAK/Twine/...
December 17, 2024 at 2:28 AM
Working on modernizing the code for an old library I maintain.

github.com/PHLAK/Twine
December 15, 2024 at 3:28 AM
Time things in PHP with Chronometer.

github.com/PHLAK/Chrono...
December 10, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Morning, happy Monday! Here's another PHP library I wrote for working with Semantic Version strings.

github.com/PHLAK/SemVer/
December 9, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Just tagged Colorizer v5.0.0 to bring a modernized code base with PHP 8.4 support.

Colorizer is a PHP library for generating deterministic Color objects from strings.

github.com/PHLAK/Colori...
December 7, 2024 at 2:36 AM
Ever needed to iterate over files based on glob-like patterns? What about match or filter strings using globs?

Check out Splat, a glob-like file and pattern matching utility for PHP I wrote for a specific need while working on DirectoryLister. v6.0.0 just released!

github.com/PHLAK/Splat
December 6, 2024 at 3:17 AM
This is my favorite software related quote so I created a custom image, printed and framed it and hung it next to my desk.

Pay no attention to the janky cable management.
December 4, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Mise en place'd.
November 27, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Also eggnog and bourbon. 🥃
November 24, 2024 at 1:11 AM
My first night home alone in as long as I can remember so decided to repaste my #Framework13 laptop and watch The Beanie Bubble. 😅
November 24, 2024 at 1:11 AM