📣 Symfony speakers! Longhorn PHP 2025 CfP closes July 18.

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🤝 Drupal meets PHP at Longhorn PHP 2025! Devs from both worlds are joining forces in Austin this October to share tools, workflows, and innovation. CFP extended to Aug 1. Co-authored by Carlos Ospina @camoa and JD Leonard @drupal_jd via TDT:

@QiMata FYI, site's down.

Also, Longhorn PHP CFP's up through Friday the 1st (). Your Home Lab and Build/Print/Solder talks from KCDC look like they'd land well. Reply (also DMs are open) with any Q's!

Übersetzung@QiMata FYI, die Seite ist down.

Außerdem läuft der Longhorn PHP CFP noch bis Freitag, den 1. (). Deine Home Lab- und Build/Print/Solder-Talks von KCDC würden dort echt gut ankommen. Antworte gern (auch DMs sind offen) mit Fragen!

@JMHReif o/

Saw your Interpreting Data talk on the KCDC lineup and thought that might be a good fit for Longhorn PHP (Oct 23-25 in Austin). CFP's open through Friday at. Ping me (DMs open) if you're interested/have questions!

We're excited to have @serverless_mom at Longhorn PHP this year, for her talk "Synthetics Monitoring with Playwright". Come find out how playwright can not only automate user actions, but also be used as part of a monitoring solution!

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🚨 The #LonghornPHP @LonghornPHP 2025 schedule is out!
🧠 6 workshops, 4 keynotes, 33+ talks & more in Austin.

⏰ Blind Bird prices end 24 Aug—save up to $50!
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Code is just one part of a great software project. If you want the best developer experience you'll need to think about docs, tooling, and more. Join us at Longhorn PHP Oct 23-25 to learn about "Creating Developer Friendly Projects" with @bbatsche!

Thank you to @laravelshift for supporting Longhorn PHP as a Bronze sponsor this year! Shift provides instant, automated Laravel upgrades. Just connect your project and Shift will create a PR with all the required changes!

A huge thanks to @vehikl for partnering with Longhorn PHP as a Gold sponsor this year! Vehikl's talented team uses PHP and other modern technologies to build web and mobile apps.

Learn more about Vehikl at Longhorn PHP, October 23-25 in Austin, Texas!

We're excited to partner with @datadoghq, the integrated platform for monitoring & security. Thank you to Datadog for joining Longhorn PHP as a Silver sponsor!

We're excited to welcome back long-time partner @geocodio as a Gold sponsor for Longhorn PHP! Their geocoding API converts addresses to coordinates and enriches data with census info, time zones, and more - whether you've got 100 or 100 million addresses!

We're proud to have @laravelphp joining us again as a Platinum sponsor! Laravel's elegant PHP framework has transformed how developers build web applications. Come speak with their team at Longhorn PHP to learn about the latest in the Laravel ecosystem!

Heads up - tomorrow is the LAST DAY to get Early Bird pricing on tickets to Longhorn PHP - which means prices go up on Saturday! You do not want to miss our amazing lineup of speakers or this great chance to network with your peers! Grab tickets now:

Did you get your tickets? Today is your last chance to get Early Bird pricing on Longhorn PHP! Get over there and grab tickets before the price increase!

If you've been to #LonghornPHP in the past as an attendee and haven't grabbed a ticket yet, we've got a few wks before the conference & I'd love to see y'all there. If our GA tickets feel pricey, DM me. I'm proud of our schedule and want to give speakers the audience they deserve

Interested in attending Longhorn PHP, but can't afford a ticket? We have tickets to give away thanks to some amazing members of the PHP community. To ensure the tickets are actually used you'll be asked to pay $20 deposit (refunded at check-in)

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If you're in Austin and want to attend #LonghornPHP next week but can't swing the ticket price, we still have some donated in-person tickets available. Pay $20 now, then get that $20 refunded when you show up.

Want to attend Longhorn PHP in person, but can't afford a ticket? Thanks to the PHP community, we have a few free tickets to give away to those who need it.

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Huge thanks to our Platinum sponsor @phparchitect for leveling up our Friday lunch! How much better can it get than fajitas and great PHP educational content? Join us and the PHP Architect crew this week for Longhorn PHP!

Good Morning #LonghornPHP attendees! Today is a beautiful day here in Austin - if you're attending tutorials today, remember to dress in layers - the venue is WELL air-conditioned.

The #longhornphp 2025 tutorial day is underway! @alenaholligan is presenting on BDD, @realFlowControl is walking through building an observability extension with Rust, and @DaveLiddament is diving into building custom Rector rules.

The morning tutorials at #LonghornPHP are concluded! Please join us for lunch in Hill Country C, then get ready for the afternoon sessions!

The 1st (zero-indexed) day of #longhornphp is well underway! After an opening keynote by @housecor, we have Janani Subbiah talking about API specification, Chuck Reeves walking through PHP security mechanisms, and @scottkeckwarren explaining database design for developers.

Next up at #longhornphp, we're navigating the #a11y evolution with AmyJune Hineline, using network magic to do zero trust with @jimbojsb, and doing @PHPUnit database testing with Charles Sprayberry

Lunch today is sponsored by @phparch.com - Thanks so much PHP Architect! Head over to the hallway just across from registration - and enjoy! #LonghornPHP

Friday afternoon #longhornphp sessions are commencing. We have "Love your Monolith" from @M1ke, "AI Agents in Drupal" by Marcus Johansson, database optimization strategies by @alenaholligan, and a special uncon presentation about HTTP/3 by @paulcdejean .

Our next set of afternoon #longhornphp sessions is a rundown of what happens when you inherited a legacy application by @JoePFerguson, a discussion of local development via DDEV with Bernardo Martinez, and a digression into writing SQL with AI by @stoker.

A bit late, but this hour's #longhornphp sessions are courtesy @bytesofbree talking about Git, @lotharthesavior on building resilient event-driven applications, and @mikemiles86 talking about shifting left by incorporating testing earlier in the development process.

For our final #longhornphp sessions of the day we have @crell getting meta about PHP attributes, Mandy Hubbard talking about software supply chain security, and @ogprogrammer vibe coding it up with Claude.

We're well into our first multi-track #longhornphp sessions of the day, after a keynote from @realFlowControl. We have @daveliddament talking about decoupling tests, Eric Poe walking through the command line, & Nočnica Mellifera explaining how to monitor synthetics w\Playwright.

Thanks to our 11am hour #longhornphp presenters: @asgrim talking about PIE, @EvanHahn walking through Unicode, and Keith Davis explaining the machinations of a multi-version, multi-step PHP upgrade.

After an insightful keynote from @CoriLint, #longhornphp afternoon sessions have commenced. @DanielScherzer is walking through new PHP 8.5 features, @cabbey is unearthing advanced shenanigans of the @rectorphp variety, and @scottkeckwarren is speaking of taming time itself.

Our 3pm #longhornphp sessions have commenced, with @crell digging into PHP properties, @jimbojsb talking search with TypeSense, and Levi Morrison showing how to write PHP extensions in Rust.

Our final set of multi-track #longhornphp sessions consist of David Kerber talking about IAM, Lemon explaining the benefits of progressive web apps, and Ben Batschelet describing how to create developer-friendly projects.

Closing out #longhornphp for this year is Ben Ramsey talking about Saving Open Source.

We may be starting to wrap things up, but this amazing event is far from over! Huge thanks to @Vonage for sponsoring our second after party! #LonghornPHP wouldn't be possible without our sponsors, so please make sure to thank them!