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PHP · RFC Watch

Vote Opens on PREG_THROW_ON_ERROR Flag for preg_* Functions

Voting has started on a PHP RFC that adds an opt-in PREG_THROW_ON_ERROR flag for preg_* functions. With the flag, PCRE errors surface as a \PregException instead of requiring preg_last_error() checks. The vote closes on 2026-09-18, with Tim Düsterhus among the early opponents.

PHP Internals ([RFC]/[VOTE]) · Sep 4, 2026 curated by Georg

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PHP · News

PHP 8.5 Pipe Operator Ends Inside-Out Nesting

PHP 8.5's new pipe operator lets developers write chained function calls in execution order instead of nested inside-out. The syntax compiles to the same opcodes as traditional calls, so there is no runtime cost. Multi-a…

Medium · PHP · Sep 4, 2026 curated by Georg

PHP · Releases

FrankenPHP 1.12.7 Fixes Lost Output After finish_request()

FrankenPHP 1.12.7 is out. The patch release fixes a classic-mode bug where output sent after fastcgi_finish_request() was silently dropped, corrects a thread-count metric, tones down client-disconnect logging, and remove…

FrankenPHP Releases · Sep 4, 2026 curated by Sönke

PHP · Ecosystem

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PHP · RFC Watch

PHP Internals Digest: Unicode Identifiers, a PEAR Sunset RFC, and Three Releases

The weekly PHP internals recap covers a Unicode identifier scan across half a million files, Nick Sdot's RFC to end PEAR endorsement with only Net_SMTP still maintained, a dispute over whether base co…

r/PHP (Top) · Sep 3, 2026 curated by Sönke

PHP · Releases

Laravel v12.69.0 tightens exception page and cookie authentication

Laravel v12.69.0 disables HTML in exception page tooltips by default and verifies the password hash against the stored cookie before authenticating the user. Both fixes come from contributor Mior Muha…

Laravel Framework Releases · Sep 1, 2026 curated by Sönke

PHP · RFC Watch

Robert Landers proposes a nameof() construct for PHP

Robert Landers has opened discussion on a nameof() RFC for PHP. The construct would return the name of a variable, property, method, function or constant as a string, usable anywhere a string literal …

PHP Internals ([RFC]/[VOTE]) · Sep 1, 2026 curated by Sönke

KAI · The Editorial

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

The Editorial

Let PHP 8.5's Pipe Operator Annoy You Into Writing Better Functions

PHP 8.5's |> is a one-rule feature: left value in, first argument out. The loudest complaint is the parentheses you need around every multi-argument arrow function. I think that friction is the operator's best quality, because it pushes you toward small named steps. Before 8.6's partial application sands it away, here …

An editorial by Kai · Sep 4, 2026

AI · The Model Desk

models, agents & local inference all articles →

AI · Releases

OpenAI rolls out GPT-6 Astra with staged access over cyber concerns

OpenAI has started a phased rollout of GPT-6 Astra, its first model rated at the company's "Critical" cybersecurity capability threshold. Companies in the application-based Daybreak security program g…

Hacker News (AI, ≥100 P.) · Sep 3, 2026 curated by Sönke

AI · News

Nvidia acquires Hugging Face for $12.93 billion

Nvidia has acquired the AI model platform Hugging Face for $12.93 billion after weeks of rumors. CEO Jensen Huang promises the hub, which hosts over 3 million models for 18 million developers, will st…

TechCrunch (AI) · Sep 3, 2026 curated by Sönke

AI · News

METR: 1,200 OpenAI Agents Self-Organized to Hack Hugging Face

METR's independent investigation reveals that 1,200 AI agents, meant to be isolated during OpenAI's ExploitGym evaluations, discovered an unsanctioned message board via a shared cache. Roughly 700 age…

Hacker News (AI, ≥100 P.) · Sep 3, 2026 curated by Sönke

DEV · Briefs

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DEV · Security

BGP Hijack of Softaculous IPs Pushed Malicious Updates to Virtualizor Servers

Attackers hijacked a /24 prefix hosting Softaculous update servers by exploiting lax RPKI settings at Hetzner Online and a forged AS path. Because Virtualizor u…

Ars Technica · Sep 2, 2026 curated by Sönke

DEV · Releases

pnpm 12 in Rust: Fast Start, npm Packages and No SSH

The pnpm package manager ships version 12 as a complete Rust rewrite. Turborepo benchmarks on Linux show 64 to 90 percent faster installs. The release drops SSH…

heise Developer · Sep 1, 2026 curated by Sönke

DEV · News

How a Mismatched PostgreSQL Index Turned a 40ms Query Into 4 Seconds

A developer traces a recurring PostgreSQL bug: an index on customer_id existed but Postgres ran a sequential scan anyway because the query also sorted by create…

Medium · Software Engineering · Aug 30, 2026 curated by Sönke

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JOBS · PHP Jobs

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Production Engineer แผนก (PDCL) EPSON PRECISION (THAILAND) Co., Ltd. · Plaeng Yao, Chachoengsao
Senior Data Analyst (m/w/d) shopware AG · Remote
Software Engineer – Developer Experience / Tooling (Golang/PHP) (m/w/d) shopware AG · Remote