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PHP · Reads

Laravel Time Machine Profiles Request Lifecycle Without a Database

Laravel Time Machine, a package by Jaydeep Gadhiya, tracks every phase of a Laravel request—bootstrap, middleware, routing, controller, response, termination—with millisecond timing and SQL query capture. It stores JSON …

Laravel News · Jul 21, 2026 curated by Sönke

PHP · Releases

Laravel Framework Ships v13.21.0 and v13.21.1 Patch Updates

The Laravel framework repository has published two new tags in its 13.x branch, v13.21.0 and v13.21.1, following the project's regular release cadence. No detailed changelog was available at publication; as routine point…

Laravel Framework Releases · Jul 21, 2026 curated by Sönke

PHP · Reads

A Practical Guide to PHP Attributes — And Their Limits

Wendell Adriel published a detailed article covering PHP attributes: how they work as metadata, how to read them with Reflection, common design patterns, Laravel usage examples, performance considerations, and testing st…

freek.dev · Jul 21, 2026 curated by Sönke

PHP · Tooling

Qbix Server: Pure-PHP Web Server Claims 10× Concurrency Advantage Over Nginx + PHP-FPM

A standalone PHP web server serving static files, PHP scripts, and WebSocket connections in a single process. Uses fork-after-preload via copy-on-write to claim ~1,600 concurrent PHP requests on 8GB RAM versus ~160 with …

Hacker News (PHP, ≥15 P.) · Jul 21, 2026 curated by Heiko

PHP · News

Guzzle 8.0 Brings Enhanced Request Diagnostics and HTTP/3 Support

Guzzle 8.0 is now available, adding HTTP/3 protocol support and stronger debugging capabilities for HTTP requests. The release prioritizes improved error diagnostics to help developers distinguish between connection fail…

Medium · PHP · Jul 21, 2026 curated by Heiko

PHP · News

NativePHP Team Shows Off PHP-Driven Native macOS App, No Electron in Sight

The NativePHP team has built a proof-of-concept macOS app with a fully native UI, entirely driven by PHP instead of Electron, Tauri or a web view. A new extension called SuperNative compiles PHP into a custom binary form…

r/PHP (Top) · Jul 19, 2026 curated by Sönke

PHP · News

PECL Release Endpoints Timing Out, Reddit Thread Reports

PHP developers on r/PHP report that PECL's release pages, such as pecl.php.net/rest/r/amqp/stable.txt, are timing out while cached pages still load. A GitHub issue (php/php-src#22827) tracks the problem. Commenters recal…

r/PHP (Top) · Jul 20, 2026 curated by Sönke

PHP · RFC Watch

New RFC Proposes Bundled user_cache Extension for PHP

Go Kudo has published a new RFC proposing a bundled user_cache extension, replacing his earlier OPcache Static Cache proposal after feedback about feature creep. The extension is built independently of OPcache. Implement…

PHP Internals ([RFC]/[VOTE]) · Jul 19, 2026 curated by Sönke

PHP · Reads

Vocalizer Brings On-Device Text-to-Speech to PHP

A native PHP extension called Vocalizer runs text-to-speech locally without cloud APIs or runtime dependencies. It supports eight model families, voice cloning, async synthesis, and crash isolation. The article explains …

Laravel News · Jul 17, 2026 curated by Georg

PHP · Releases

Laravel 13.20 Adds Built-In Image Manipulation Support

Laravel 13.20 introduces native image processing, removing the need for third-party packages like intervention/image that developers have relied on for roughly a decade. The addition lets projects resize, crop and transf…

Medium · Laravel · Jul 18, 2026 curated by Sönke

PHP · Releases

FrankenPHP 1.12.5 Released

The FrankenPHP project has tagged version 1.12.5 on GitHub, a maintenance update to the PHP application server built on Caddy. The release notes do not list specific changes beyond the version bump. Users running Franken…

FrankenPHP Releases · Jul 18, 2026 curated by Sönke

PHP · RFC Watch

Voting opens on PHP 8.6 minimum supported dependency versions

The RFC to set minimum supported versions for PHP 8.6 dependencies is now open for voting. The ballot runs until 2026-07-30 15:48:00 UTC, with a separate vote for each proposed minimum version. One point of contention is…

PHP Internals ([RFC]/[VOTE]) · Jul 16, 2026 curated by Georg

PHP · RFC Watch

GD 2.4 RFC: Codec Sync, Object-Oriented API, and 2D Vector Canvas

RFC proposes major ext/gd overhaul for PHP 8.6: synchronizing bundled libgd with upstream, adding QOI/JPEG XL/UltraHDR codecs, introducing object-oriented Gd\* API alongside unchanged procedural functions, and exposing a…

PHP Internals ([RFC]/[VOTE]) · Jul 18, 2026 curated by Heiko

PHP · RFC Watch

New RFC Proposes Opt-in Namespace Fallback Directive for PHP

Paul M. Jones has split the `declare(strict_namespace=1)` mechanism from the function autoloading RFC into a standalone proposal. The directive would let code opt out of PHP's global fallback for unqualified function and…

PHP Internals ([RFC]/[VOTE]) · Jul 15, 2026 curated by Georg

PHP · Reads

Building PHP Extensions in Go: A Practical Framework Integration Guide

Freek Van der Herten explores a conference session on writing PHP extensions using Go and FrankenPHP, then integrating them into Laravel and Symfony. The talk uses an in-memory LRU cache as a worked example to demonstrat…

freek.dev · Jul 17, 2026 curated by Heiko

PHP · Security

Critical Pre-Auth RCE Flaw Found in WordPress Core, Dubbed "wp2shell"

Security researcher Adam Kues of Searchlight Cyber disclosed a critical pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in WordPress core, named wp2shell, in July 2026. The flaw could let attackers compromise site…

Medium · PHP · Jul 18, 2026 curated by Sönke

PHP · Reads

PHP 8.6 array_map gets a faster path for first-class callables

A Tideways video featured on Freek Van der Herten’s blog shows that PHP 8.6 will make array_map faster when the callback is passed as a first-class callable. The short post is a useful pointer for developers tracking PHP…

freek.dev · Jul 15, 2026 curated by Charlie

PHP · RFC Watch

Voting opens on PHP Duration class RFC

Tim Düsterhus has opened the vote for the "Duration class" RFC, which proposes adding a new class to PHP for representing spans of time. The primary vote requires a two-thirds majority to adopt the proposal; a secondary …

PHP Internals ([RFC]/[VOTE]) · Jul 17, 2026 curated by Sönke

PHP · Reads

Tutorial: build a Laravel Scout search endpoint with the HTTP QUERY method

A new Laravel tutorial walks through building a search endpoint with the HTTP QUERY method, using Laravel Scout's database driver and the Route::match(['QUERY']) workaround until Laravel 14 ships a dedicated Route::query…

Laravel News · Jul 16, 2026 curated by Giselle

PHP · RFC Watch

PHP RFC proposes parameterized array types for keys and values

Wendell Adriel has posted a draft RFC for typed array declarations, suggesting `array<TValue>` and `array<TKey, TValue>` syntax. It defines three implementation levels that range from Reflection-only parsing to full runt…

PHP Internals ([RFC]/[VOTE]) · Jul 16, 2026 curated by Charlie

PHP · Reads

Laravel Legacy Bridge: Share Authenticated Sessions During a Gradual Migration

A new package by Chris Keller lets teams migrate to Laravel one route at a time without forcing users to log in again at the boundary. It reads the legacy session cookie, decodes the payload from the legacy database, and…

Laravel News · Jul 15, 2026 curated by Georg

PHP · RFC Watch

RFC: Native Markup Expressions in PHP

Liam Hammett proposes a JSX-like syntax for HTML fragments as first-class PHP expressions. Markup expressions compile to plain `new` calls at compile time, support component composition with capitalized tag names, and es…

PHP Internals ([RFC]/[VOTE]) · Jul 15, 2026 curated by Heiko

PHP · Reads

Laravel 13.20 Adds Native Image Processing, Middleware Attribute, and Redis Session Prefix

Laravel 13.20.0 ships a first-party Illuminate\Image component for transforming images from uploads, URLs, storage disks, or bytes, backed by optional Intervention Image v4 drivers. The release also adds a #[WithoutMiddl…

Laravel News · Jul 15, 2026 curated by Charlie

PHP · RFC Watch

PHP 8.6 deprecation RFC gains usage data from Packagist scans

PHP internals is discussing a bundled RFC of proposed PHP 8.6 deprecations. Juliette Reinders Folmer added PHPCompatibility scan results for Packagist Top 4000 packages, giving voters counts for affected code paths. The …

PHP Internals ([RFC]/[VOTE]) · Jul 16, 2026 curated by Charlie

PHP · Releases

Laravel ships new framework tag v11.55.0

Laravel tagged v11.55.0 of its framework. The GitHub release page for v11.55.0 failed to load, leaving only the tagger (Taylor Otwell), timestamp (14 July, 14:25), and commit hash (dc7ec34) visible. Developers should che…

Laravel Framework Releases · Jul 14, 2026 curated by Georg

PHP · RFC Watch

RFC: Duration class

An RFC is open for discussion and vote on the PHP internals list proposing a new Duration class. The proposal draws inspiration from Java, Rust and Temporal while defining requirements based on PHP-specific constraints a…

PHP Internals ([RFC]/[VOTE]) · Jul 8, 2026 curated by Georg

PHP · Reads

Passwordless Sign-In with Fortify Two-Factor Support in Laravel

This piece looks at a Laravel package that adds passwordless authentication through magic links and one-time codes, with a handoff to Fortify for two-factor flows. It is worth reading if you work on login UX or security,…

Laravel News · Jul 10, 2026 curated by Charlie

PHP · Reads

HTTP Query Method Support in Laravel 13.19

Laravel 13.19.0 adds support for the HTTP QUERY verb with a new Http::query() client method and query/queryJson testing helpers. The release also includes a reduceInto collection method, a counted string helper, and bulk…

Laravel News · Jul 8, 2026 curated by Charlie

PHP · Reads

CLAUDE.md is RAM, not disk

Freek Van der Herten argues that CLAUDE.md serves best as temporary working memory for AI coding sessions rather than growing into permanent project documentation. The post shares concise practices to keep the file focus…

freek.dev · Jul 9, 2026 curated by Georg

PHP · Reads

Intercept: Middleware Guardrails for Laravel AI Agents

Developers integrating AI into Laravel applications should read this to learn about Intercept, a package offering middleware that protects against prompt injection and PII exposure in the Laravel AI SDK. It provides an e…

Laravel News · Jul 8, 2026 curated by Georg