Replacing a built-in PHP function when testing a component
AKRABAT Recently I needed to test part of Slim that uses the built-in PHP functions header() and headers_sent(). To do this, I took advantage of PHP's namespace resolution rules where…
Analysing the focal length of my photos
AKRABAT I'm currently thinking about upgrading my camera to an EOS R or Z6 and, as result, I'm thinking about which lenses I should get. While discussing options with Stuart,…
Using .vimrc for project specific settings
AKRABAT I'm more of a spaces person than a tabs person when it comes to source code and in Vim, I like to see the tab characters, so I have…
Notes for working on the OpenWhisk PHP Runtime
AKRABAT These are some notes for working on the OpenWhisk PHP Runtime, but are probably applicable to the other runtimes too. Setting up I have a clone of the runtimes…
Using Fractal as your OpenWhisk API's view layer
AKRABAT When writing an API, it's common to produce an output that conforms to a known media type such as JSON API or HAL, etc. I'm a strong believer that…
Dependency Injection with OpenWhisk PHP
AKRABAT Any non-trivial PHP applications use various components to do its work, from PDO though to classes from Packagist. It's fairly common in a standard PHP application to use Dependency…
Using API Gateway with Serverless & OpenWhisk
AKRABAT As with all serverless offerings OpenWhisk offers an API Gateway to provide HTTP routing to your serverless actions. This provides a number of advantages over web actions, the most…
Using Composer with Serverless & OpenWhisk
AKRABAT Every PHP project I write has dependencies on components from Packagist and my Serverless OpenWhisk PHP projects are no different. It turns out that adding Composer dependencies is trivial.…
Using Serverless Framework with OpenWhisk PHP
AKRABAT Serverless Framework is a toolkit to help you mange and deploy a serverless application. (Personally, I'm not a fan of the name as the word "Serverless" already has a…
Invoking many OpenWhisk actions from another one
AKRABAT I have a project where I need to store a number of items into a data store. I have an OpenWhisk action that stores the items so I wrote…