--- title: "Building Maintainable PHP Applications: Data Transfer Objects" url: https://daily.dev/posts/building-maintainable-php-applications-data-transfer-objects-ohkfupf14 source_url: https://davorminchorov.com/articles/building-maintainable-php-applications-data-transfer-objects type: article source: "Community Picks" author: "Davor Minchorov" published: 2024-11-19T13:15:29.809Z updated: 2024-12-08T21:00:13.023Z tags: ["php", "laravel"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 32 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Building Maintainable PHP Applications: Data Transfer Objects **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · [@davorminchorov](https://daily.dev/davorminchorov) · 5 min read · 32 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary PHP developers often use arrays for handling data, but they fall short in complex scenarios due to lack of types and visibility. Data Transfer Objects (DTOs) offer a structured alternative, clearly defining data properties and their types, which improves code readability, maintainability, and IntelliSense support. DTOs are particularly useful when handling multiple data values, either from web requests, API responses, or other data sources. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php), [#laravel](https://daily.dev/tags/laravel) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/building-maintainable-php-applications-data-transfer-objects-ohkfupf14)