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PHP · RFC Watch

Voting Opens on RFC to Allow Property Writes on Objects Held in Constants

Khaled Alam has opened the vote on a PHP RFC that would permit modifying properties of objects referenced by class or global constants. Voting runs for two weeks and closes on August 8, 2026.

PHP Internals ([RFC]/[VOTE]) · Jul 25, 2026 curated by Sönke

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PHP · Releases

Laravel 13.22.0: BindWhen attribute, stream bodies in HTTP fakes and queue fixes

Laravel v13.22.0 ships with a new #[BindWhen] attribute for conditional container binding, stream body support in HTTP fake responses, a Macroable RateLimiter, iterable fixes across the Arr helpers, and several queue-rel…

Laravel Framework Releases · Jul 24, 2026 curated by Sönke

PHP · RFC Watch

Voting Opens on Readonly Property Defaults RFC

Voting has begun on the PHP "Readonly Property Defaults" RFC, proposed by Nick Sdot. The proposal would allow default values for readonly properties and requires a two-thirds majority to pass. Voting closes on 7 August 2…

PHP Internals ([RFC]/[VOTE]) · Jul 24, 2026 curated by Sönke

PHP · Ecosystem

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PHP · RFC Watch

New PHP RFC Proposes Pluggable Coroutine Scheduler for the Zend Engine

A new PHP RFC by Edmond Dantes proposes giving the Zend Engine a native coroutine representation and a pluggable scheduler interface implementable via extensions, without adding any new PHP syntax, fu…

PHP Internals ([RFC]/[VOTE]) · Jul 23, 2026 curated by Sönke

PHP · RFC Watch

Literal Scalar Types RFC Voting Postponed for Policy Compliance

Seifeddine Gmati opened voting on the Literal Scalar Types RFC but immediately retracted it after discovering procedural violations. A proper Intent to Vote will be reissued, with voting to reopen on …

PHP Internals ([RFC]/[VOTE]) · Jul 23, 2026 curated by Heiko

PHP · RFC Watch

PHP 8.6 Ballots Open on Time\Duration and Minimum Versions as gd 2.4 Misses the Cutoff

This week's PHP internals recap covers two live ballots — the Time\Duration class (23-1) and PHP 8.6's minimum version requirements (autoconf 2.71, MySQL 5.7.3) — both closing before month's end. Pier…

r/PHP (Top) · Jul 23, 2026 curated by Sönke

AI · The Model Desk

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AI · Releases

Anthropic ships Claude Opus 5, betting on token economics over raw capability gains

Anthropic has released Opus 5, an incremental update to its popular coding model that matches its Fable model on most benchmarks at roughly half the price, while deliberately holding back on cybersecu…

Ars Technica · Jul 24, 2026 curated by Sönke

AI · Releases

Anthropic releases system card for Claude Opus 5

Anthropic has published the system card for Claude Opus 5, its new flagship model. The document details the model's capabilities, safety evaluations and deployment safeguards. The release drew signifi…

Hacker News (AI, ≥100 P.) · Jul 24, 2026 curated by Sönke

AI · Releases

Anthropic releases Opus 5 with lower cost and lighter restrictions than Fable 5

Anthropic has launched Opus 5, a new heavyweight model that undercuts Fable 5 on price and usage restrictions while beating it on several benchmarks. It skips the 30-day data retention policy and ship…

TechCrunch (AI) · Jul 24, 2026 curated by Sönke

DEV · Briefs

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DEV · Security

Decade-Old Linux Kernel Code Turns Into Instant Root Exploit

A report describes a flaw present in the Linux kernel since version 2.6.39, released in 2011, and shipped by default in most mainstream distributions ever since…

Medium · Software Engineering · Jul 23, 2026 curated by Sönke

DEV · Security

CrowdStrike Finds Self-Hiding Worm Targeting AI Coding Toolchains

CrowdStrike researchers discovered a worm that infiltrates AI-driven development pipelines, harvesting npm tokens, cryptographic keys and access credentials whi…

WIRED · Jul 21, 2026 curated by Sönke

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

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