PHP

The Polling API Is the Most Underrated RFC PHP Has Shipped in Years

An in-depth look at PHP 8.6's Polling API RFC, explaining how it provides native access to high-performance I/O multiplexing mechanisms like epoll and kqueue, finally bringing PHP's async capabilities in line with modern runtimes like Node.js and Go.

Getting started with Tempest, the PHP framework that gets out your way

Brent walks us through getting started with Tempest, installing it in an empty directory and building out a small application.

The final boss. Generics in PHP

Brent goes through the latest Generics RFC that has been submitted. Let's see what he thinks and will we actually get it coming to a PHP near you.

What goes on when you call an objects method

Have you ever wondered what actually happens when you call a objects method in PHP well Alexandre Daubois talks us through what actually happens under the hood. Alexandre has tweeted a few great little tweets like this over the last few days so go checkout his x account for more

Dependency Hygiene

An insightful analysis of how PHP developers often include unnecessary polyfill dependencies in their projects, with a study showing 15% of scanned packages had unused compatibility libraries. The post explores ways to practice better dependency hygiene and includes practical tips for identifying and removing redundant packages using Composer's replace feature.

Technical Journey: Building a PHP Debugger

A detailed technical deep-dive into the development process and challenges of building a PHP debugger. Jefferson shares insights and lessons learned from creating debugging tools for PHP developers.

Matt Stauffer on Shaping the Future of PHP Through the Foundation

Matt joins Eric on the latest Laravel News video where they talk about Matts recent appointment to the PHP Foundation board.

PHP Foundation Director interview

Today I'm joined by Elizabeth Barron, the new PHP Foundation Director, to talk about PHP, the Foundation, and the future.

Managing PHP Extensions Is As Easy As PIE

An in-depth look at PIE (PHP Installer for Extensions), the new de-facto extension manager that's replacing PECL for managing PHP extensions. Learn about this modern tool funded by the Sovereign Tech Agency and how it's making PHP extension management as straightforward as using Composer. James talks us through creating a native DD helper

GPX Runner's data decoded with PHP

As a developer we all know that we love to play around with data. Now if you're a runner as well you might own a GPX sports watch. In this post Roberto walks us through parsing a GPX file and playing around with the data. If this is your kind of thing and you've always wanted to do things with that running date then checkout this article and see what you can do.

Generate OG images for your Laravel app

Freek introduces laravel-og-image, a new Spatie package that lets you generate Open Graph images directly from Blade templates without external services. The package automatically takes screenshots of your HTML templates and serves them as OG images, making social media sharing previews effortless.

A clean API for reading PHP attributes

Freek introduces spatie/php-attribute-reader, a package that dramatically simplifies reading PHP 8.0 attributes by turning verbose reflection boilerplate into clean one-liners. The package provides intuitive methods for reading attributes from classes, methods, properties, and parameters, making attribute handling much more developer-friendly.