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LARAVEL FRAMEWORK RELEASES, July 21, 2026 — 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 releases, they typically bundle minor fixes and small improvements for existing Laravel 13 users.
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FREEK.DEV, July 21, 2026 — 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 strategies. It also we…
Tooling
HACKER NEWS (PHP, ≥15 P.), July 21, 2026 — 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 php-fpm—eliminating …
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LARAVEL NEWS, July 21, 2026 — 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 profiles in storage/time-machine, flags slow requests and queries, and ships a dashboard at /time-machine for Laravel 8 through 13.
News
MEDIUM · PHP — 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 failures and ambiguous t…
News
R/PHP (TOP) — 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 format embedded directly…
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THE PHP FOUNDATION, July 21, 2026 — The PHP Foundation launched a new quarterly report format detailing its 13 core contractors' work: engine bug fixes, new streaming/TLS APIs, Windows toolchain upgrades ahead of PHP 8.6, an accepted URI RFC, a fresh Ecosystem Security Team that scanned 500+ Composer packages, and leadership initiatives like the PHP Ambassador program and State of PHP Survey.
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R/PHP (TOP) — 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 probl…
RFC Watch
PHP INTERNALS ([RFC]/[VOTE]) — 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 o…
Reads: Vocalizer Brings On-Device Text-to-Speech to PHP B2
Releases: Laravel 13.20 Adds Built-In Image Manipulation Support B2
Releases: FrankenPHP 1.12.5 Released B2
RFC Watch: Voting opens on PHP 8.6 minimum supported dependency versions B2
RFC Watch: GD 2.4 RFC: Codec Sync, Object-Oriented API, and 2D Vector Canvas B2
RFC Watch: New RFC Proposes Opt-in Namespace Fallback Directive for PHP B2
Reads: Building PHP Extensions in Go: A Practical Framework Integration Guide B2
Security: Critical Pre-Auth RCE Flaw Found in WordPress Core, Dubbed "wp2shell" B2
Reads: PHP 8.6 array_map gets a faster path for first-class callables B3
RFC Watch: Voting opens on PHP Duration class RFC B3
Reads: Tutorial: build a Laravel Scout search endpoint with the HTTP QUERY method B3
RFC Watch: PHP RFC proposes parameterized array types for keys and values B3
Reads: Laravel Legacy Bridge: Share Authenticated Sessions During a Gradual Migration B3
RFC Watch: RFC: Native Markup Expressions in PHP B3
Reads: Laravel 13.20 Adds Native Image Processing, Middleware Attribute, and Redis Session Prefix B3
RFC Watch: PHP 8.6 deprecation RFC gains usage data from Packagist scans B3
Releases: Laravel ships new framework tag v11.55.0 B4
Releases: PHP 8.6.0alpha2 ready for testing B4
RFC Watch: RFC: Duration class B4
Reads: Passwordless Sign-In with Fortify Two-Factor Support in Laravel B4
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