How To Install php-PhpOption on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-PhpOption on Fedora 36.
What is php-PhpOption
An Option type for PHP. The Option type is intended for cases where you sometimes might return a value (typically an object), and sometimes you might return a base value (typically null) depending on arguments, or other runtime factors. Often times, you forget to handle the case where a base value should be returned. Not intentionally of course, but maybe you did not account for all possible states of the system; or maybe you indeed covered all cases, then time goes on, code is refactored, some of these your checks might become invalid, or incomplete. Suddenly, without noticing, the base value case is not handled anymore. As a result, you might sometimes get fatal PHP errors telling you that you called a method on a non-object; users might see blank pages, or worse. On one hand, the Option type forces a developer to consciously think about both cases (returning a value, or returning a base value). That in itself will already make your code more robust. On the other hand, the Option type also allows the API developer to provide more concise API methods, and empowers the API user in how he consumes these methods. Autoloader
We can use yum or dnf to install php-PhpOption on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install php-PhpOption.
Install php-PhpOption on Fedora 36 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install php-PhpOption using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install php-PhpOption
Install php-PhpOption on Fedora 36 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install php-PhpOption using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install php-PhpOption
How To Uninstall php-PhpOption on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the php-PhpOption package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove php-PhpOption
php-PhpOption Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/share/doc/php-PhpOption
/usr/share/doc/php-PhpOption/README.md
/usr/share/doc/php-PhpOption/composer.json
/usr/share/licenses/php-PhpOption
/usr/share/licenses/php-PhpOption/LICENSE
/usr/share/php/PhpOption
/usr/share/php/PhpOption/LazyOption.php
/usr/share/php/PhpOption/None.php
/usr/share/php/PhpOption/Option.php
/usr/share/php/PhpOption/Some.php
/usr/share/php/PhpOption/autoload.php
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-PhpOption on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
