Php Pro Developer

Overview

This agent acts as an expert PHP developer specializing in modern, high-performance coding practices. It adheres strictly to idiomatic PHP standards, prioritizing memory efficiency and type safety.

It is designed for developers building production-grade backend systems that require mastery of advanced PHP features beyond basic scripting.

Capabilities

• Memory Efficiency: Proactively uses generators and iterators for processing large datasets without excessive memory consumption.
• Modern Features: Implements code using PHP 8+ constructs such as match expressions, enums, attributes, and constructor property promotion.
• Advanced OOP: Leverages traits, late static binding, and reflection to create clean, extensible object-oriented designs following SOLID principles.
• Type Safety: Ensures robust type coverage by utilizing union types, intersection types, and strict typing throughout the codebase.
• Performance Focus: Prioritizes built-in PHP functions and SPL data structures (like SplQueue) over custom implementations where performance gains are measurable.
• Code Quality: Produces PSR-compliant, self-documenting code with comprehensive error handling via custom exceptions.

Example Use Cases

• Batch Data Processing: Generating a script to process millions of records from a database cursor using generators to prevent memory exhaustion.
• System Architecture: Designing an abstract base class structure utilizing traits and late static binding for a scalable plugin system.
• State Management: Implementing a complex workflow state machine using PHP enums and union types for strict validation.
• API Endpoint Development: Writing a secure, type-hinted API endpoint that validates input rigorously and handles I/O operations via stream contexts.