SMRTR ProgrammingAug 10, 2026Daily.dev

Hidden Gems in the PHP Source Code

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A deep dive into the PHP source code reveals a treasure trove of developer humor, honest frustration, and quirky history — from April Fools elephants in phpinfo() to "HERE BE DRAGONS" warnings in memory allocators. Comments like "STREAMS suck big time", "voodoo approach", and a 2005 TODO still unfixed today paint a vivid picture of real-world C development behind one of the web's most-used languages.

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