{"id":1106,"date":"2023-03-26T19:31:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T19:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wade.one\/blog\/?p=1106"},"modified":"2023-03-26T19:33:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T19:33:17","slug":"google-bard-php-developer-viewpoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wade.one\/blog\/2023\/03\/26\/google-bard-php-developer-viewpoint\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Bard &#8211; PHP developer viewpoint"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So I asked Bard to give me a reason to help me as as PHP developer then digged in to each point. Here&#8217;s the answers and when I tried:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bard can help a PHP developer in a number of ways, including (wht:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Code generation:<\/strong>\u00a0Bard can generate code in a variety of programming languages, including PHP. 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