Tag: php

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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