PECL is officially deprecated. Here is how PHP's new extension installer PIE works, why it exists, and how to use it to manage extensions like Composer.
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lazysql is a fast, Vim-friendly terminal UI for MySQL and PostgreSQL. Here is how PHP developers browse, query, and edit databases without leaving the shell.
Symfony 7.4 upgrades invokable console commands with enum arguments, a MapInput DTO attribute, and new interactive prompts. Here is how to use each one.
PHP 8.5 gives fatal errors a full stack trace by default. Here is how the fatal_error_backtraces directive works and how to tune it in production.
Build dropdowns, tooltips, and popovers that stay glued to their trigger using Alpine's x-anchor plugin, including the new .fixed modifier shipped in May 2026.
PhpStorm 2026.1 expands its MCP server, adds a Claude Code plugin, ships Git worktrees for parallel agents, and a PHP 8.5 pipe operator quick-fix.
MySQL invisible indexes let you test whether an index is safe to drop without a destructive change. Here is how PHP and Laravel developers can use them.
Laravel 13.17 promotes route metadata to a first-class attribute with dot-notation reads and group cascading that survives route:cache. Here is how to use it.
How Laravel 13.10 makes queue workers cheaper to run with --stop-when-empty-for, the WorkerIdle event, and SQS overflow storage for oversized job payloads.