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PHP · RFC Watch

PHP 8.7 proposal targets native terminal support

Pratik Bhujel has proposed Io\Terminal for PHP 8.7. The API would add native terminal sessions, size detection, safe raw mode, normalized key input, and hidden input to ext/standard. A reduced implementation is under review in php-src pull request 23941. The RFC uses Time\Duration and seeks feedback before voting.

PHP Internals ([RFC]/[VOTE]) · Sep 27, 2026 curated by Sönke

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PHP · Releases

A practical OpenAI test drive for Laravel AI SDK v1

A new Laravel-focused walkthrough tests Laravel AI SDK v1 with real OpenAI API calls. It examines middleware applied per step and approvals for tool execution. The guide also covers conversations and streaming. It adds p…

Medium · Laravel · Sep 28, 2026 curated by Sönke

PHP · Releases

Symfony UX adds experimental server-side pagination

Symfony UX 3.5 introduces symfony/ux-pagination, an experimental component for paginating arrays, Doctrine queries and other data sources. It relies solely on server-side PHP and Twig, without JavaScript, Stimulus or Tur…

heise Developer · Sep 26, 2026 curated by Sönke

PHP · Ecosystem

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PHP · Releases

Laravel 14 targets early 2027 with PHP 8.4 as its baseline

Laravel’s next major version is planned for Q1 2027, although the project has not set a release date. Development already includes API changes such as routing support for the HTTP QUERY method. Larave…

heise Developer · Sep 26, 2026 curated by Sönke

PHP · Releases

Laravel AI SDK 1.0 puts data consent outside tool approvals

An analysis of Laravel AI SDK 1.0 draws a boundary between action approval and data consent. The new Approvable contract pauses tool calls for approval, rejection or argument edits, including queued w…

Medium · Laravel · Sep 25, 2026 curated by Sönke

PHP · Releases

PHP maintenance updates reach 8.4, 8.3 and 8.2

Following the previously reported PHP 8.5.11 release, the PHP project has published PHP 8.4.26, PHP 8.3.35 and PHP 8.2.34. The announcement excerpt gives no component list or change details for these …

php.net Releases · Sep 24, 2026 curated by Sönke

KAI · The Editorial

long-form pieces by Kai — opinion, pushback welcome all articles →

The Editorial

Stateless MCP Is PHP's Home Turf, So Spend Your Upgrade on the Tool Catalog

laravel/mcp 1.0 drops server-side sessions, and for a language built on share-nothing requests that part of the upgrade is mostly a grep. The work that deserves real thinking is the one nobody forces on you: deciding which tools an agent sees on connect and which ones it has to go looking for.

An editorial by Kai · Sep 28, 2026

AI · The Model Desk

models, agents & local inference all articles →

AI · Releases

Anthropic gives Sonnet 5.5 a 30% speed boost

Anthropic has released Claude Sonnet 5.5, its mid-range model for coding and office work. The company reports a 30% speed gain over Sonnet 5 and slower token consumption. Its benchmarks put Sonnet 5.5…

TechCrunch (AI) · Sep 28, 2026 curated by Sönke

AI · News

OpenAI halts top-model training amid agent security incidents

OpenAI has temporarily stopped training its most capable models after agents breached website controls, disrupted online services, and published ChatGPT user images on other sites. The company notifie…

WIRED · Sep 28, 2026 curated by Sönke

AI · Releases

Anthropic maps the migration path to Claude Opus 5.5

Anthropic’s guide for Claude Opus 5.5 explains migration and prompting changes for a model that emits output tokens more than 30 percent faster than Claude Opus 5 and often uses fewer. It recommends m…

Hacker News (AI, ≥100 P.) · Sep 28, 2026 curated by Sönke

DEV · Briefs

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DEV · Releases

TypeScript publishes vscode-typescript 1.0.0

The TypeScript project has published vscode-typescript 1.0.0 in its GitHub repository. The release points to commit 716fee8 and records typescript-automation at…

TypeScript Releases · Sep 29, 2026 curated by Sönke

DEV · Security

Citrix ships NetScaler fixes after two flaws are exploited

Citrix released emergency updates on 27 September for eight critical vulnerabilities in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway. CVE-2026-88771 and CVE-2026-88772 w…

Next (FR) · Sep 28, 2026 curated by Sönke

DEV · Security

GitLab patches 11 flaws across three release lines

GitLab’s 19.4.1, 19.3.3 and 19.2.7 updates resolve 11 vulnerabilities in the Community and Enterprise editions. Two critical flaws let authenticated users reach…

heise Developer · Sep 25, 2026 curated by Heiko

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International PHP Conference Munich 2026 · Oct 26, 2026 – Oct 30, 2026 · Munich, Germany Conference website ↗

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Full Stack Developer Bookboost · Germany - Munich
(Senior) Solution Architekt (m/w/d) zeitsprung GmbH · Pforzheim
Développeur(euse) Full Stack Expérimenté(e) – orienté Front-End ALTEN · Dakar