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Projects & Contributions

Things I’ve built and contributed to, grouped by focus area, from open-source framework work to PHP internals, Laravel tooling, and personal experiments.

Open Source Contributions

Contributions to the frameworks and tools the wider community relies on.

laravel/docs

Documentation contributions for the Laravel framework.

notrab/dumbo

A lightweight, developer-friendly PHP framework for HTTP services.

nuxt-modules/sitemap

Flexible XML sitemap generation for Nuxt applications.

Games

Games I build for fun, an excuse to explore engines, low-level code, and design.

PixelInvaders: Rogue Mode

A retro-inspired 2D space shooter with roguelite progression, built in C and SDL.

Deadline: Outbreak

A turn-based, tile-based survival horror game inspired by Urban Dead, built with PHP 8.4 and Laravel.

Architecture & PHP Internals

Experiments and reference implementations exploring how PHP works under the hood.

Clean Architecture PHP

Demonstrates clean architecture principles applied to PHP.

PSR-4 Autoloader

An example implementation of a PSR-4 compliant autoloader.

Type-Safety

Runtime type checking for arrays and primitives in PHP.

Unicode

Type-safe handling of Unicode characters in PHP.

Laravel Ecosystem

Packages that smooth off rough edges and add handy behaviour to Laravel apps.

Laravel Remove Mass Assignment

Removes mass assignment protection from Laravel models.

Laravel URL Activity

Records and tracks URL requests within Laravel applications.

APIs, SDKs & Integrations

Libraries and wrappers that make talking to third-party services in PHP pleasant.

FetchPHP

A functional approach to making HTTP requests in PHP.

Numverify Wrapper

A PHP wrapper for the Numverify API.

SpaceTradersPHP

A PHP API wrapper for the spacetraders.io service.

Tooling, Starters & Infrastructure

Starters and configs that get new projects off the ground faster.

Appwrite Nuxt Starter

Starter kit for building Nuxt applications with Appwrite.

Solid.js, Vite, Tailwind Starter

Starter template integrating Solid.js, Vite, and Tailwind CSS.

Docker Configs

A collection of reusable Docker configuration files.

Writing & Personal Projects

Sites and side projects where I write, tinker, and share what I learn.

isphpdying.com

Repository for isphpdying.com, exploring the ongoing relevance of PHP.

Personal Website

Source code for my personal website, rayblair.co.uk.