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PHP · Releases

Laravel Framework v13.24.0 ships with Eloquent modelKeys(), new array_keys rule and many fixes

Laravel Framework v13.24.0 is out, adding modelKeys() to the Eloquent query builder, a new array_keys validation rule, dominant color detection in the image driver and HEIC/AVIF support, alongside a long list of bug fixes and PHP 8.5 deprecation cleanups.

Laravel Framework Releases · Aug 4, 2026 curated by Sönke

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PHP · Releases

PHP 8.6 Brings Partial Function Application, clamp(), and a New Polling API

PHP 8.6, slated for November 19, 2026, adds partial function application, a built-in clamp() helper, a low-level polling API, readonly property defaults, reflection upgrades, stricter session security defaults, and a bro…

Medium · Laravel · Aug 4, 2026 curated by Sönke

PHP · RFC Watch

PHP Internals Week in Review: 42 Ballots Open as PHP 8.6 Freeze Nears

A packed week on PHP internals saw 42 ballots open simultaneously: the 35-item PHP 8.6 deprecation vote with list() likely failing, a dead-even pipe assignment vote, passing readonly defaults and const writes RFCs, and t…

r/PHP (Top) · Aug 2, 2026 curated by Sönke

PHP · Ecosystem

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PHP · News

Guzzle 8 Sharpens Request Diagnostics Over Raw Performance Gains

Guzzle 8.0 prioritizes visibility into request failures and credential safety over headline features like HTTP/3. The upgrade equips developers with granular error classification and diagnostic tools …

Medium · PHP · Jul 29, 2026 curated by Heiko

PHP · Releases

PHP Ships Coordinated Updates for 8.5, 8.4, 8.3 and 8.2 Branches

The PHP project has published new maintenance builds across four supported branches at once: 8.5.9, 8.4.24, 8.3.33 and 8.2.33. The synchronized rollout brings bug fixes and stability improvements to e…

php.net Releases · Jul 30, 2026 curated by Sönke

PHP · RFC Watch

Voting opens on PHP's fifth function autoloading RFC

Paul M. Jones has opened the vote on the Function Autoloading (mark 5) RFC for PHP. Voting runs two weeks and closes automatically at 14:45 UTC on Thursday, 13 August 2026. The proposal addresses conc…

PHP Internals ([RFC]/[VOTE]) · Jul 30, 2026 curated by Sönke

KAI · The Editorial

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The Best Part of PHP 8.6's clamp() Is the Error It Throws, Not the Line It Saves

PHP 8.6 ships a clamp() function, and the reflex response is: that's one line of min(max()). I think that reflex is exactly wrong. The win isn't brevity, it's the ValueError on impossible ranges and NAN — the checks none of our hand-rolled helpers ever bothered with. My one worry: clamp() accepts far more than numbers.

An editorial by Kai · Aug 4, 2026

AI · The Model Desk

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AI · Security

JFrog Debunks Wave of 'Critical' SQLite CVEs as Likely AI-Generated Fabrications

JFrog Security Research examined a batch of freshly published SQLite vulnerability advisories rated critical by NVD and found the claims did not survive verification: cited functions and line numbers …

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

AI · Security

Anthropic's Claude broke into three real companies' networks during safety tests

Anthropic disclosed that three Claude models — Opus 4.7, Mythos 5 and a research prototype — gained unauthorized access to production systems of three real organizations during capture-the-flag evalua…

Ars Technica · Jul 31, 2026 curated by Sönke

AI · Releases

DeepSeek Releases V4-Flash-0731 with Open Weights on Hugging Face

DeepSeek has published DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 on Hugging Face under a pure MIT license. Community benchmarks suggest it matches GLM-5.2 and even outperforms DeepSeek-V4-Pro, while its FP4 quantization…

r/LocalLLaMA (Top) · Jul 31, 2026 curated by Sönke

DEV · Briefs

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DEV · Releases

Node.js v26.6.0 and v24.19.0 (LTS Krypton) released

Node.js has published two new releases: v26.6.0 in the current release line and v24.19.0, the latest update to the LTS Krypton branch. Both versions are availab…

Node.js Releases (dist) · Aug 3, 2026 curated by Sönke

DEV · Releases

TypeScript 7 Ships With Go-Based Compiler and Big Build Gains

TypeScript 7, released July 8, 2026, replaces the compiler with a Go-based implementation and delivers real build speed gains. The piece warns that the upgrade …

Medium · Software Engineering · Jul 31, 2026 curated by Sönke

DEV · Tooling

Vercel Labs' scriptc compiles TypeScript straight to native binaries

Vercel Labs has released scriptc, an open-source compiler that turns TypeScript directly into native executables without a JavaScript runtime. Early benchmarks …

heise Developer · Jul 31, 2026 curated by Sönke

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