Shocm's Blog

Build a Drag-and-Drop Board in Livewire 4 with wire:sort and wire:transition

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Build a drag-and-drop task board in Livewire 4 with wire:sort and wire:transition, including how to persist the order and what browsers support.

Claude Code Hooks Can Now Fail Closed: onFailure Block for PHP Guardrails

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Claude Code 2.1.295 adds onFailure "block" to hooks, so a broken guard script stops the action instead of waving it through. Here is a PHP setup.

Laravel AI SDK 1.1: Agent Skills, Tool Approval, and Safer Failover

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Laravel AI SDK 1.1 adds Agent Skills, approval for built-in tools and safer provider failover. Here is what changed and what to check before upgrading.

Test Your App on PHP 8.6 RC3 Today with Docker and GitHub Actions

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

PHP 8.6 is in release candidate stage with GA planned for November 19. Here is how to run your tests against it with Docker and a CI matrix job now.

PHP 8.6 Deprecations: Find Them in Your Codebase Before November 19

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

PHP 8.6 ships November 19 with a long list of deprecations. Here is which ones will hit real code and a small token-based scanner that finds them.

PHP 8.6 pack() and unpack() Get Endianness Modifiers

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

PHP 8.6 adds < and > endianness modifiers to pack() and unpack() for signed integers and floats. Here is the syntax, the rules, and one upgrade gotcha.

Laravel 14 Eloquent defaults(): Model Attribute Defaults That Run Code

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Laravel 14 adds a defaults() method to Eloquent models, so attribute defaults can use config, feature flags, and dates. Here is how it behaves.

PHP 8.6 clamp() and Duration: Cleaner Retry Backoff for PHP Apps

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

PHP 8.6 adds clamp() and a nanosecond-precision Time\Duration class. See how they tidy up exponential backoff and other bounded-value code.

Governments Run on PHP. Here Is How You Can Help Fund and Fix It

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Germany is spending 108 million euros on a PHP CMS while the PHP Foundation raised $730K. What that gap means and how PHP developers can close it.

MySQL 26.7 Hands the Thread Pool to Community, and PHP-FPM Is Why You Care

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The thread pool plugin left Enterprise in MySQL 26.7. For PHP-FPM shops, it changes what an idle connection costs. Here is how to size it.

NativePHP Mobile 4.5: Async Tasks Give You a Second PHP Thread

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

NativePHP Mobile 4.5.0 adds AsyncTask, which runs PHP on a background thread and fires your callback back on the UI thread so the screen never freezes.

Laravel Vet Makes You Read the Code Composer Is About to Install

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Vet is a Composer plugin that shows the diff of every dependency update before it lands in vendor, and records what you trust in a vet.json file.

Symfony 8.2 Is Taking FrameworkBundle Apart, and You Will Feel It in bundles.php

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Two dozen standalone bundles landed on the Symfony 8.2 branch in one week. Here is what MessengerBundle, CacheBundle and friends mean for your app.

Laravel 13.31 Finishes the Queue Drain You Have Been Faking in Bash

Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Four releases across 2026 quietly assembled a real queue drain gate for deploys. Here is how pauseAll, allReservedJobs, and totalSize fit together.

PHP 8.6 Caches Stateless Closures, but Only the Ones You Marked static Yourself

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The closure optimizations RFC passed 24 to 0 and then shipped half. Static inference was pulled in August, so typing static on your closures is back on you.

Laravel 13 Vector Search Now Runs on MariaDB, and the AsVector Cast Is What Makes It Usable

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

whereVectorSimilarTo now compiles to MariaDB's vec_distance_cosine, and the new AsVector Eloquent cast handles the binary vector column format.

PHP 8.6 Gives Streams Real Errors, and You Can Finally Stop Parsing Warning Strings

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

PHP 8.6 adds StreamErrorMode, StreamError objects and stream_last_errors(), so a failed fopen() reports a typed code instead of a warning string.

Stop Asking Claude to Run Pint: Enforce Your PHP Toolchain With Hooks

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Claude Code hooks turn Pint, PHPStan, and Pest from polite CLAUDE.md requests into shell commands that always run. Here is the exact setup for PHP.

Partial Function Application Lands in PHP 8.6, and the Pipe Operator Finally Makes Sense

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

PHP 8.6 ships partial function application. The ? and ... placeholders build closures from any callable, and they make the 8.5 pipe operator usable.

Symfony Finally Has an Official LSP, and It Boots Your Kernel

Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Symfony Language Tools is the official Symfony language server. It boots your app to read the real container, and it runs in Neovim, Zed and VS Code.

Move Buckets Without a Big-Bang Sync: Laravel's Read-Through Disk

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Laravel 13.26 adds a read-through filesystem driver that stacks a new disk over the old one and promotes files on first read, no bulk sync needed.

Your failed_jobs Table Is Logging Customer Emails: Binding Masking in Laravel 13.27

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Laravel 13.27 adds a per-connection option that keeps query bindings out of QueryException messages, your logs, and your failed_jobs table.

Readonly Property Defaults in PHP 8.6: A Four-Year-Old Restriction Finally Lifts

Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

PHP 8.6 lets readonly properties declare default values. Here is what changed, why interface properties made it worthwhile, and the edge cases to watch.

cpx 2.0: PHP Finally Has Its Own npx

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

cpx 2.0 runs any Composer package command without installing it. Local binaries win by default, aliases are yours to define, and agents get JSON output.

Io\Poll: PHP 8.6 Finally Replaces stream_select()

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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 8.5.10 and 8.4.25: The Stack Overflow Hardening Wave Hits Core Array and DOM Functions

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Symfony Reprise: What Comes After Webpack Encore

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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 x-anchor Gets Fixed Positioning, .noflip, and a Livewire Teleport Fix

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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's New #[Authorize] Attribute: Declarative Authorization for Actions

Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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: First-Party Editor Intelligence Finally Comes to Neovim

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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: What PHP Developers Need to Know Before Upgrading

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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 v4's SuperNative: Real SwiftUI and Compose Screens From Blade

Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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

PHP Foundation Q2 2026: URI Builders, Raw Sockets, and a Leaner zval

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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 Finally Makes Session Cookies Secure by Default

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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

Bus::bulk() in Laravel 13.13: Fast Dispatch Without Batch Overhead

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Laravel 13.13 adds Bus::bulk() for high-volume job dispatch. How it groups jobs by queue and connection, and when to prefer it over batch() or dispatch().

NativePHP Desktop 2.2: Nightwatch Support, and a Loopback Fix You Should Not Skip

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

NativePHP Desktop 2.2 adds Nightwatch integration and window polish, then 2.2.1 patches a real issue where the Electron API server could bind past localhost.

Laravel's New @fonts Blade Directive Kills the Web Font Boilerplate

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Laravel 13.x adds a @fonts Blade directive backed by a Vite font runtime, turning self-hosted Google, Bunny, and Fontsource fonts into one line of markup.

Building a Reliable Job Queue on MySQL with SKIP LOCKED

Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

How MySQL's SELECT FOR UPDATE SKIP LOCKED lets PHP workers pull jobs from a queue table concurrently without deadlocks, and how Laravel already uses it.

Closures in Constant Expressions: PHP 8.5's Quiet Power Feature

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

PHP 8.5 lets you place static closures and first-class callables in constant expressions, so attributes and default arguments can finally carry real logic.

Filament Tables Without Eloquent: The records() Method for Arrays and APIs

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Filament's records() method builds tables from arrays or a REST API instead of Eloquent. Here is how to wire up columns, sorting, search, and paging.

Top-N-Per-Group in MySQL: LATERAL Derived Tables for PHP Developers

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

MySQL's LATERAL derived tables solve the top-N-per-group problem cleanly. Here is how PHP and Laravel developers use them with joinLateral and raw SQL.

Single-Use Signed URLs Are Coming to Symfony's UriSigner

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Symfony 8.2 adds a $version argument to UriSigner so a signed URL invalidates itself after one use. A clean native fix for password reset and login links.

The HTTP QUERY Method Comes to Laravel 13.19

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Laravel 13.19 adds Http::query() and query/queryJson test helpers for the HTTP QUERY verb, a safe method that carries its parameters in the body.

The artisan dev Command: Laravel 13.16 Moves Your Dev Stack Into PHP

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Laravel 13.16 turns composer dev into a first-class artisan dev command, moving your concurrent dev processes out of composer.json and into PHP.

NativePHP Mobile v3: The Persistent PHP Runtime Changes Everything

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

NativePHP Mobile v3 boots Laravel once and reuses the kernel, cutting response times from ~200-300ms to ~5-30ms, plus a real background queue worker.

array_first() and array_last(): PHP 8.5 Finally Gives Us the Obvious Functions

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

PHP 8.5 adds array_first() and array_last() to read the ends of an array without touching the internal pointer. Here is how they work and why they matter.

The Pipe Operator in PHP 8.5: Cleaner Chaining Without the Nesting

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

PHP 8.5 ships the pipe operator (|>) for chaining callables left to right. Here is how it works, the rules it follows, and when it earns its place.

Spec-Compliant APIs Without the Package: Laravel 13's JSON:API Resources

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Laravel 13 ships first-party JSON:API resources. See how JsonApiResource handles types, relationships, sparse fieldsets, and includes with less code.

As Easy as PIE: PHP's New Extension Installer Retires PECL

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Stay in the Terminal: Managing MySQL with lazysql, a TUI Database Client

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Less Boilerplate, More Console: Symfony 7.4's Improved Invokable Commands

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Fatal Errors Finally Get a Stack Trace: PHP 8.5's fatal_error_backtraces

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Positioning UI the Easy Way: Alpine's x-anchor Plugin and the New .fixed Modifier

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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.

The Laravel AI SDK: Building AI Agents Without Leaving PHP

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A practical tour of the Laravel AI SDK. Provider-agnostic agents, tools, structured output, and pgvector semantic search, all in idiomatic PHP.

PhpStorm 2026.1: The IDE Becomes an Open Platform for AI Agents

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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: Test a Drop Before You Commit to It

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Route Metadata in Laravel 13.17: Structured Data That Survives Route Caching

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Scaling Laravel Queue Workers: Idle Shutdown and SQS Overflow Storage

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Pest 4 Browser Testing: One Suite for Unit, Feature, and the Browser

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A practical guide to Pest 4 browser testing in Laravel: setup, the sign-in flow, smoke assertions, subdomain testing with withHost, and visual regression.

Laravel Pennant: A Practical Guide to Feature Flags

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A hands-on guide to feature flags with Laravel Pennant covering scopes, rich values, gradual rollouts with Lottery, testing, and cleanup in production.

Composer 2.10: Malware Filtering and Dependency Policies for PHP

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Composer 2.10 adds native malware blocking and a unified config.policy framework for PHP supply chain security. Here is how it works and how to tune it.

Composite and Covering Indexes in MySQL: Getting Column Order Right

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

How MySQL composite indexes really work, why column order decides everything, and how covering indexes skip table lookups entirely for PHP developers.

Inside the True Async RFC: PHP's Long Road to Native Coroutines

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A clear look at PHP's True Async RFC, the spawn and await coroutine model, why version 1.6 was voted down, and where native async is heading for PHP 8.6.

Laravel 13 PHP Attributes: Cleaner Eloquent Models Without Breaking Anything

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Laravel 13 lets you declare Eloquent config like fillable, hidden, and table with native PHP attributes. Here is how the new syntax works in practice.

Inside the PHP Foundation's Ecosystem Security Team: One Month In

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The PHP Foundation's new Ecosystem Security Team scanned 300+ Composer packages in its first month. Here is what shipped and how to get involved.

NativePHP Mobile v3: Building Your First Native Plugin

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

NativePHP Mobile v3 (Air) is free, MIT-licensed, and built on a modular plugin system. Here is how the plugin architecture works and how to build one.

Symfony AI: A Practical Guide to PHP's New Agent Toolkit

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Symfony AI is nearing 1.0 with components for agents, tools, and one unified API across OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini. Here is how to use it in PHP.

Graceful Queue Shutdowns: Laravel's Interruptible Job Interface

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Laravel's Interruptible interface lets queued jobs catch SIGTERM during deploys, so long-running work can stop loops, release locks, and save state cleanly.

Laravel Wayfinder's Next Beta: End-to-End Type Safety From PHP to TypeScript

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Laravel Wayfinder's next beta generates typed TypeScript from your PHP for routes, models, enums, Inertia props, and broadcasts. Here is how it works.

Generics in PHP? Inside the Bound-Erased Generic Types RFC

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

PHP's Bound-Erased Generic Types RFC brings native generic syntax to PHP 8.6. Here is how bound erasure works, the syntax, and why the vote is contested.

One Command to Rule Them All: Laravel 13's New artisan dev

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Laravel 13.16 ships a php artisan dev command that runs your server, queue, logs, and Vite together. Here is how to configure it in your app code.

Step Debugging PHP in NeoVim: nvim-dap and Xdebug, Done Right

Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A practical guide to wiring up nvim-dap with Xdebug 3 so you can set breakpoints and step through PHP code without ever leaving NeoVim.

Indexing the Unindexable: MySQL Generated Columns and Functional Indexes

Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Generated columns and functional indexes let MySQL index expressions, JSON paths, and case-insensitive lookups that would otherwise force a full table scan.

Symfony 7.4 LTS: The Features Worth Upgrading For

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Symfony 7.4 is the new LTS, bringing invokable command upgrades, decoupled controllers, UUID v7 by default, and a caching HTTP client. Here is what matters.

Drag-and-Drop That Survives a Refresh: Alpine's Sort Plugin with Laravel

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Alpine's Sort plugin gives you Kanban-style drag-and-drop in a few attributes. Here is how to wire it to a Laravel backend and persist the order.

blink.cmp: The Completion Plugin That Made My PHP NeoVim Setup Feel Instant

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

blink.cmp is the batteries-included NeoVim completion plugin replacing nvim-cmp. Here is how to wire it up for fast, typo-resistant PHP completion.

Partial Function Application: The PHP 8.6 Feature That Completes the Pipe Operator

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

PHP 8.6's partial function application lets you pre-fill arguments with a ? placeholder, and it finally makes the 8.5 pipe operator genuinely useful.

Laravel Boost: Giving Your AI Agent the Context It Actually Needs

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Laravel Boost feeds Claude Code and Cursor version-aware guidelines, on-demand skills, and 17,000+ docs so they write idiomatic Laravel instead of generic PHP.

Filament v4 in 2026: Why the Panel Builder Is Worth a Second Look

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Filament v4 is now at 4.11 with faster table rendering, a TipTap editor, nested resources, and dead-simple MFA. Here is what PHP developers should know.

Pest 4 Browser Testing: End-to-End Tests That Feel Like Unit Tests

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Pest 4 brings Playwright-powered browser testing to PHP with the visit() helper, smoke tests, visual regression, and parallel sharding. Here is how it works.

PHPUnit 13: Sealed Mocks, Smarter Array Assertions, and a Real withConsecutive() Replacement

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

PHPUnit 13 adds sealed test doubles, eight precise array assertions, and a true withConsecutive() replacement. Here is what PHP developers should know.

Laravel 13 JSON:API Resources: Spec-Compliant APIs Without a Package

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Laravel 13 ships first-party JSON:API resources. Learn how JsonApiResource handles attributes, relationships, sparse fieldsets, and includes.

MySQL 9.7 LTS Is Here: What PHP Developers Need to Know

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

MySQL 9.7 LTS ships the Hypergraph Optimizer, free enterprise replication tools, JSON Duality Views DML, and officially ends MySQL 8.0 support.

Livewire 4: Islands, Lazy Loading, Optimistic UI, and What Changed

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Livewire 4 ships single-file components, islands, lazy/defer bundling, wire:sort, optimistic UI, and seven security hardening fixes. Here's the full breakdown.

PHPverse 2026: Everything You Need to Know Before Tomorrow's Free PHP Conference

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

PHPverse 2026 is a free online PHP conference on June 9 with Jeffrey Way, Fabien Potencier, Larry Garfield, and more. Here's the full breakdown.

PHP Foundation 2025: 42% of PHP Core, a New Security Team, and What's Next

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The PHP Foundation's 2025 impact report reveals 2,929 commits, a new Ecosystem Security Team funded by Alpha-Omega, and bold goals for 2026.

NativePHP v3.1: 10x Faster Mobile Apps with Persistent PHP Runtime

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

NativePHP v3.1 ships a persistent PHP runtime, background queue workers, and Android 8+ support — slashing response times from 300ms to 30ms.

Building Real-Time Laravel Apps with Reverb in 2026

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Laravel Reverb is the first-party WebSocket server built for Laravel. Learn how to set it up, broadcast events, and scale to production.

Tinkerwell 5 and the MCP Bridge: Let Claude Actually Run Your PHP Code

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Tinkerwell 5 ships an MCP server that gives Claude and Cursor direct PHP execution in your project context. Here's how to wire it up and use it well.

Symfony 8.1: Build HTTP-Less Applications with the Full DI Container

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Symfony 8.1 ships HTTP-less app support, a standalone ConsoleBundle, method-based commands, and the new #[RateLimit] attribute. Here's what changes.

Supercharge Your PHP Workflow with Claude Code: Practical Tips for Laravel and Symfony Developers

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Practical Claude Code tips for PHP developers: CLAUDE.md setup, custom agents for Laravel/Symfony, skill libraries, and MCP-powered workflows.

PHP 8.5's `clone with`: Immutable Objects Without the Boilerplate

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

PHP 8.5 adds clone with syntax to update readonly properties while cloning. Learn how to ditch boilerplate wither methods and write cleaner immutable objects.

PHP 8.5's Pipe Operator: Cleaner Data Pipelines in PHP

Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

PHP 8.5's pipe operator (|>) enables clean left-to-right function chaining. Learn practical examples, Laravel integration with Spatie's Piper, and what comes next.

NeoVim for PHP Developers: Simplified LSP Setup in NeoVim 0.11 and 0.12

Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

NeoVim 0.11 and 0.12 dramatically simplified PHP LSP setup. Learn how to configure phpactor, Treesitter, Blade support, and Laravel Pint with minimal config.

Getting Started with the Laravel AI SDK: Provider-Agnostic AI in Laravel 13

Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Laravel 13's first-party AI SDK brings provider-agnostic text, image, audio, and embedding generation to PHP developers with a clean, familiar API.

Composer 2.9 and 2.10: Security Blocking, Better Repo Management, and What PHP Developers Need to Know

Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Composer 2.9 and 2.10 bring automatic security blocking, a new repo CLI command, and malware filtering. Here's what changed and how to use it.

NativePHP Air: Free, Modular, and Ready to Ship Native Apps with Laravel

Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

NativePHP Air goes free and open source with a modular plugin system. Here's what changed, how plugins work, and why this matters for PHP developers.

Stop Ignoring Important Return Values with PHP 8.5's #[NoDiscard]

Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

PHP 8.5's #[NoDiscard] attribute warns you when critical return values are silently discarded. Here's how to use it to write safer, self-documenting APIs.

Ship Code Safely with Laravel Pennant Feature Flags

Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Laravel Pennant makes feature flags a first-class citizen in your app. Learn how to use it for gradual rollouts, A/B tests, and premium tiers.

Stop Writing PHP Loops for This: MySQL Window Functions Every Developer Should Know

Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

MySQL window functions let the database do ranking, running totals, and row comparisons that most PHP devs still handle in application code.

Building Your First MCP Server with Laravel

Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how to expose your Laravel application to AI agents using the official laravel/mcp package — tools, resources, and prompts in minutes.

Building Rich Terminal UIs in PHP with the Symfony Tui Component

Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Symfony's new Tui component brings CSS-like styling, widget toolkits, and PHP Fibers to terminal UI development in pure PHP 8.4+.

Laravel Herd's MCP Server: Manage Your PHP Dev Environment with AI

Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Laravel Herd now ships with a built-in MCP server that connects AI clients like Claude to your local PHP environment with 218 tools.

Laravel Nightwatch: Production Monitoring Built for the Laravel Ecosystem

Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Laravel Nightwatch delivers production-grade observability for Laravel apps with zero-config setup, deep telemetry, and real-time alerting.

Tempest 3.0: The PHP Framework That Gets Out of Your Way

Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Tempest 3.0 is the forward-thinking PHP framework requiring PHP 8.5, with a new exception handler, faster ORM, and a discovery system that removes boilerplate.

Debounceable Queued Jobs in Laravel 13.6: Stop Processing Redundant Work

Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Laravel 13.6 adds native debounceable queued jobs. Dispatch the same job dozens of times, only the last one runs. Here's how to use it.

AlpineJS in 2026: $store, $persist, and $dispatch Patterns for PHP Developers

Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Master AlpineJS state management with $store, $persist, and $dispatch. Practical patterns for PHP, Laravel, and Livewire developers building reactive UIs.

The PHP Foundation in 2026: New Leadership, New Direction

Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Elizabeth Barron joins as Executive Director, Matt Stauffer lands on the board—here's how the PHP Foundation's bold 2026 moves shape PHP's future.

Livewire 4: Islands, wire:transition, and the New Performance Playbook

Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Livewire 4 ships Islands, native View Transitions, parallel requests, and single-file components — here's what changes and how to migrate.

PHP 8.6 Closure Optimizations: Free Performance from Code You Already Write

Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

PHP 8.6 lands two closure optimizations — static inference and stateless caching — delivering real memory and speed gains with zero code changes required.

FrankenPHP Worker Mode: Boot Once, Serve Everything

Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

FrankenPHP is now an official PHP Foundation project. Here's how worker mode delivers 15,000 req/sec and what it means for your Laravel and Symfony apps.

Claude Code Subagents: Delegate Like a Senior PHP Developer

Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Claude Code subagents let you delegate specialized tasks to purpose-built agents. Here's how PHP developers can use them to work faster and smarter.

MySQL Performance Schema: Finding Hidden Bottlenecks in Your PHP Apps

Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The slow query log only shows you part of the picture. Learn to use MySQL Performance Schema to uncover lock waits, I/O lag, and query patterns your logs miss.

Symfony UX 3.0: A Component-First Frontend for PHP Developers

Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Symfony UX 3.0 raises the bar for PHP frontends: PHP 8.4 required, dead weight dropped, and Live Components sharper than ever.

Laravel Skills Directory: AI Agent Skills That Think Like a Laravel Developer

Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The Laravel Skills directory at skills.laravel.cloud gives your AI coding agent deep Laravel knowledge. Here's how to set it up and write your own.

NativePHP Mobile v1 Is Here — And It's Free

Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

NativePHP Mobile v1 launched May 2, 2026 as a free, modular platform for building real iOS and Android apps with Laravel.

Tinkerwell 5's MCP Server: Let Your AI Agent Actually Run the PHP

Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Tinkerwell 5 ships a built-in MCP server that lets Claude, Cursor, and others execute PHP inside your real project context.

PhpStorm's MCP Server: Giving Your AI Agents Eyes Inside the IDE

Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

PhpStorm 2026.1 ships an expanded MCP server that lets Claude Code, Windsurf, and other agents use PhpStorm's own static analysis tools.

Laravel 12's Automatic Eager Loading: Finally Solving N+1 Without Thinking About It

Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Laravel 12.8 introduces automatic relationship eager loading that silently eliminates N+1 query problems — no more forgetting `with()` on every query.

NeoVim for PHP Development in 2026: Native LSP, Intelephense, and the Modern Setup

Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Set up a powerful PHP development environment in NeoVim 0.11+ using native LSP, Intelephense, Phpactor, Mason, and Treesitter — no more plugin sprawl.

PHP 8.5's Hidden Gems: array_first, clone with, and the Features Nobody Is Talking About

Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Beyond the pipe operator and URI extension, PHP 8.5 ships quality-of-life features that clean up your daily code immediately — here's what to know.

PHP 8.5's URI Extension: Modern URL Parsing Done Right

Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

PHP 8.5's built-in URI extension replaces the broken parse_url() with RFC 3986 and WHATWG-compliant classes for immutable, safe URL handling.

MySQL 9 VECTOR Type: Building Semantic Search in PHP Without a Dedicated Vector Database

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

MySQL 9's native VECTOR data type lets PHP developers build semantic search and AI similarity features without spinning up a separate vector database.

Symfony 7.3: ObjectMapper, JsonPath, and the Features That Actually Change How You Work

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Symfony 7.3 ships two powerful new components — ObjectMapper and JsonPath — plus console upgrades and security wins worth knowing about.

Laravel Volt: Single-File Livewire Components Done Right

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Laravel Volt lets you write Livewire components as single-file PHP closures — less boilerplate, faster iteration, and cleaner folder structures.

PHP 8.4 Property Hooks: Cleaner Object APIs Without Magic Methods

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

PHP 8.4 property hooks let you intercept property reads and writes directly — no more boilerplate getters, setters, or fragile magic methods.

Pest PHP 3: Advanced Testing Patterns Every PHP Developer Should Know

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Pest PHP 3 brings mutation testing, architecture assertions, and type coverage to PHP. Here are the advanced patterns worth adding to your workflow.

Laravel Reverb: Real-Time WebSockets Without the Infrastructure Tax

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Laravel Reverb gives PHP developers a self-hosted WebSocket server that plugs directly into Laravel's broadcasting system — no Pusher account required.

Rector: Stop Manually Upgrading PHP — Let the Robot Do It

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Rector automates PHP version upgrades and refactoring. Learn how to set it up, write custom rules, and integrate it into your CI pipeline.

FrankenPHP in Production: Worker Mode, Embedded Binaries, and Real Performance

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A practical guide to running FrankenPHP in production. Worker mode, embedded binaries, HTTP/3, and the deployment patterns that actually pay off.

PHPStan 2 Tips and Tricks: Leveling Up Legacy PHP Codebases

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Practical PHPStan 2 tips for PHP developers. Learn baselines, generics, custom rules, and strategies to reach level max on real-world projects.

NativePHP Mobile: Build Real Native Apps With Laravel and PHP

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

NativePHP Mobile lets PHP developers build native iOS and Android apps using Laravel. Here's a practical guide to its APIs, setup, and native device features.

Symfony Messenger: The Component PHP Developers Keep Underusing

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Symfony Messenger handles async queues, retries, and message buses elegantly. Here's a practical guide to using it properly in your PHP apps.

The PHP Foundation: How It's Shaping the Future of PHP

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The PHP Foundation funds core PHP development and drives the language forward. Here's what it does, why it matters, and how PHP developers can support it.

MySQL Recursive CTEs for PHP Developers: Querying Hierarchical Data Without the Pain

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Recursive CTEs in MySQL let you query trees, org charts, and nested categories in a single query. Here's how to use them effectively with PHP.

Building Beautiful TUIs in PHP with Laravel Prompts and Termwind

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Laravel Prompts and Termwind bring polished terminal UIs to PHP developers. Learn to build interactive CLI tools your team will actually enjoy using.

Alpine.js Patterns Every Livewire Developer Should Know

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Alpine.js is Livewire's client-side companion. Master these practical patterns to build snappy UIs without reaching for a full JavaScript framework.

MySQL JSON Columns for PHP Developers: When to Use Them and How to Make Them Fast

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

JSON columns in MySQL are powerful but misunderstood. Here's a practical guide for PHP developers on when JSON makes sense, how to query it efficiently, and the indexing tricks that keep things fast.

Livewire 4's Islands Architecture: Build Faster UIs Without the JavaScript Overhead

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Laravel Livewire v4 introduces islands architecture, single-file components, and optimistic UI directives that change how PHP developers build reactive interfaces. Here's a hands-on guide to what's new.

PHP Tek 2026 Is Next Month — Here's Why You Should Be There in Person

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

PHP Tek returns to Chicago May 19-21 with 30+ sessions, hands-on workshops, and the kind of hallway conversations that change careers.

The PHP 8.5 Pipe Operator

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

PHP 8.5's pipe operator (|>) is here, and it's quietly transforming how we write data transformation chains.

Setting Up NeoVim as a PHP IDE: A LazyVim-Based Guide for 2026

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

NeoVim with LazyVim gives PHP developers a fast, keyboard-driven IDE with LSP support, testing integration, and Blade syntax highlighting. Here's how to set it up from scratch.

LazyGit: The Terminal UI That Makes Git Actually Enjoyable

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

If you've ever dreaded interactive rebasing or fumbled through staging individual lines, LazyGit is the TUI that will change your entire Git workflow.

NativePHP 3.1: The Performance Leap That Makes Your App Actually Feel Native

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

NativePHP 3.1 changes the game with a single-boot architecture that dramatically improves performance. There's never been a better time to build desktop and mobile apps with Laravel.

Claude Code for PHP Developers

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Claude Code isn't just for JavaScript developers. Here are real workflow patterns for PHP developers — from plan mode to test generation to MCP integrations.