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PHP · Releases

Laravel 12.65.0 lands with four targeted fixes

Laravel Framework v12.65.0 ships four fixes: deprecation logging no longer triggers fatal errors, Factory::insert() handles a count of zero, schedule:list converts timezones correctly for range, step and wildcard cron expressions, and getMigrationBatches gets a corrected return type annotation.

Laravel Framework Releases · Aug 5, 2026 curated by Sönke

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PHP · Releases

FrankenPHP 1.12.6 fixes HTTP/2 crash when reading php://input after finishing a request

FrankenPHP v1.12.6 resolves a segfault that could kill the entire process when a PHP script reads php://input after calling frankenphp_finish_request() under HTTP/2. The release also adds a PSR-15 worker example and docu…

FrankenPHP Releases · Aug 5, 2026 curated by Sönke

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 fixe…

Laravel Framework Releases · Aug 4, 2026 curated by Sönke

PHP · Ecosystem

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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…

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 cons…

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

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

KAI · The Editorial

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The Editorial

PHP 8.6's Real Story Isn't PFA — It's the Ground Being Cleared for PHP 9

Partial function application will dominate the PHP 8.6 headlines, and it deserves the applause. But I'd argue the release's lasting impact sits in the boring column: reserved identifiers like let and is, a polling API with no event loop attached, and a pile of deprecations. That's a language quietly pouring foundations…

An editorial by Kai · Aug 5, 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 v26.7.0 Released

Node.js v26.7.0 is now available from the project's distribution channels. The release continues the v26 line of the JavaScript runtime, shipping the usual batc…

Node.js Releases (dist) · Aug 5, 2026 curated by Sönke

DEV · Releases

Next.js 16.3 Ships with up to 90% Lower Memory Usage and Instant Navigations

Vercel has released Next.js 16.3, cutting Turbopack's RAM consumption in dev mode by up to 90 percent through disk caching and memory eviction. The release also…

heise Developer · Aug 5, 2026 curated by Sönke

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

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