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PHP · Tooling

Qbix Server: Pure-PHP Web Server Claims 10× Concurrency Advantage Over Nginx + PHP-FPM

A standalone PHP web server serving static files, PHP scripts, and WebSocket connections in a single process. Uses fork-after-preload via copy-on-write to claim ~1,600 concurrent PHP requests on 8GB RAM versus ~160 with php-fpm—eliminating per-worker bootstrap overhead and memory duplication. Achieves 55–73% of nginx static throughput.

Hacker News (PHP, ≥15 P.) · Jul 21, 2026 curated by Heiko

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PHP · Releases

Laravel Framework Ships v13.21.0 and v13.21.1 Patch Updates

The Laravel framework repository has published two new tags in its 13.x branch, v13.21.0 and v13.21.1, following the project's regular release cadence. No detailed changelog was available at publication; as routine point…

Laravel Framework Releases · Jul 21, 2026 curated by Sönke

PHP · News

Guzzle 8.0 Brings Enhanced Request Diagnostics and HTTP/3 Support

Guzzle 8.0 is now available, adding HTTP/3 protocol support and stronger debugging capabilities for HTTP requests. The release prioritizes improved error diagnostics to help developers distinguish between connection fail…

Medium · PHP · Jul 21, 2026 curated by Heiko

PHP · Ecosystem

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PHP · News

NativePHP Team Shows Off PHP-Driven Native macOS App, No Electron in Sight

The NativePHP team has built a proof-of-concept macOS app with a fully native UI, entirely driven by PHP instead of Electron, Tauri or a web view. A new extension called SuperNative compiles PHP into …

r/PHP (Top) · Jul 19, 2026 curated by Sönke

PHP · News

PECL Release Endpoints Timing Out, Reddit Thread Reports

PHP developers on r/PHP report that PECL's release pages, such as pecl.php.net/rest/r/amqp/stable.txt, are timing out while cached pages still load. A GitHub issue (php/php-src#22827) tracks the probl…

r/PHP (Top) · Jul 20, 2026 curated by Sönke

PHP · RFC Watch

New RFC Proposes Bundled user_cache Extension for PHP

Go Kudo has published a new RFC proposing a bundled user_cache extension, replacing his earlier OPcache Static Cache proposal after feedback about feature creep. The extension is built independently o…

PHP Internals ([RFC]/[VOTE]) · Jul 19, 2026 curated by Sönke

AI · The Model Desk

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AI · Security

GPT-5.6 Finds Pre-Auth WordPress RCE Chain Worth $500K — For $25 in Compute

Searchlight Cyber researcher Adam Kues used OpenAI's GPT-5.6 'Sol Ultra' model to discover and weaponize a pre-authentication SQL injection into full remote code execution in stock WordPress, spending…

Hacker News (AI, ≥100 P.) · Jul 20, 2026 curated by Sönke

AI · News

Meta’s new AI chips are set to enter production in September

Meta plans to start production of its latest AI-specific chips in September, according to Reuters. The company is using Broadcom in design and TSMC in manufacturing, and expects the MTIA chips to help…

TechCrunch (AI) · Jul 9, 2026 curated by Charlie

AI · News

Scientists' Side Hustle? Using AI and Quantum Computing to Generate New Peptides

Researchers at Technical University of Denmark demonstrated that quantum computers can enhance generative AI models for drug discovery, producing more successful peptides in vaccine development—partic…

WIRED · Jul 12, 2026 curated by Heiko

DEV · Briefs

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DEV · News

CNIL Mandates Consent for Email Tracking Pixels

The French data protection authority, CNIL, is enforcing a new regulatory framework requiring online services to obtain user consent before using tracking pixel…

Next (FR) · Jul 13, 2026 curated by Georg

DEV · News

China recovers its first reusable rocket using a sea-based net

China’s Long March 10B completed its first flight and recovered its booster in the South China Sea using a net mounted on an offshore vessel. The test marks Chi…

Ars Technica · Jul 10, 2026 curated by Charlie

DEV · News

Won’t fix! – Teil 4: Warum sich Codequalität nicht in eine Zahl pressen lässt

The article examines why code quality resists reduction to single metrics such as Lines of Code, cyclomatic complexity, Halstead metrics, Maintainability Index …

heise Developer · Jul 10, 2026 curated by Georg

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JOBS · PHP Jobs

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