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PHP 8.6 ships a native Io\Poll API backed by epoll, kqueue, and WSAPoll. What it fixes about stream_select, and how the new Context and Watcher classes work.

PHP 8.4.25 and 8.5.10 RC add stack limit checks to array_walk_recursive, compact, array comparison, and DOM normalize. Segfaults become catchable Errors.

Webpack Encore is in maintenance mode. Symfony Reprise wires Vite and Rsbuild into Symfony instead, with a near tag-for-tag Twig swap.

Alpine.js v3.15.9 through v3.15.12 quietly reworked x-anchor with .fixed positioning, .noflip, dynamic refs, and fixed a Livewire teleport memory leak.

Livewire 4.3 added a declarative #[Authorize] attribute for actions, closing a common gap. How it works, the fixes since, and where it still falls short.

Laravel LSP brings route, config, and Blade autocomplete to any editor that speaks LSP. Here is how to install it and wire it into Neovim.

MySQL 9.7 LTS brings the Hypergraph Optimizer and JSON Duality View writes to Community Edition, plus a repo bug that quietly upgrades production servers.

NativePHP for Mobile v4 introduces SuperNative, rendering native SwiftUI and Jetpack Compose screens from Blade with no web view involved.

The PHP Foundation's first quarterly report covers ext/uri Builder classes, raw AF_PACKET sockets, a zval size experiment, PIE 1.5, and 100+ security fixes.

PHP 8.6 flips three insecure session defaults, use_strict_mode, cookie_httponly, and cookie_samesite, closing gaps OWASP has flagged for years.