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FrankenPHP is now an official PHP Foundation project.

Claude Code subagents let you delegate specialized tasks to purpose-built agents.

The slow query log only shows you part of the picture.

Symfony UX 3.0 raises the bar for PHP frontends: PHP 8.4 required, dead weight dropped, and Live Components sharper than ever.

The Laravel Skills directory at skills.laravel.cloud gives your AI coding agent deep Laravel knowledge.

NativePHP Mobile v1 launched May 2, 2026 as a free, modular platform for building real iOS and Android apps with Laravel.

Tinkerwell 5 ships a built-in MCP server that lets Claude, Cursor, and others execute PHP inside your real project context.

PhpStorm 2026.1 ships an expanded MCP server that lets Claude Code, Windsurf, and other agents use PhpStorm's own static analysis tools.

Laravel 12.8 introduces automatic relationship eager loading that silently eliminates N+1 query problems — no more forgetting `with()` on every query.

Set up a powerful PHP development environment in NeoVim 0.11+ using native LSP, Intelephense, Phpactor, Mason, and Treesitter — no more plugin sprawl.

Beyond the pipe operator and URI extension, PHP 8.5 ships quality-of-life features that clean up your daily code immediately — here's what to know.

PHP 8.5's built-in URI extension replaces the broken parse_url() with RFC 3986 and WHATWG-compliant classes for immutable, safe URL handling.

MySQL 9's native VECTOR data type lets PHP developers build semantic search and AI similarity features without spinning up a separate vector database.

Symfony 7.3 ships two powerful new components — ObjectMapper and JsonPath — plus console upgrades and security wins worth knowing about.

Laravel Volt lets you write Livewire components as single-file PHP closures — less boilerplate, faster iteration, and cleaner folder structures.

PHP 8.4 property hooks let you intercept property reads and writes directly — no more boilerplate getters, setters, or fragile magic methods.

Pest PHP 3 brings mutation testing, architecture assertions, and type coverage to PHP.

Laravel Reverb gives PHP developers a self-hosted WebSocket server that plugs directly into Laravel's broadcasting system — no Pusher account required.

Rector automates PHP version upgrades and refactoring.

A practical guide to running FrankenPHP in production.

Practical PHPStan 2 tips for PHP developers.

NativePHP Mobile lets PHP developers build native iOS and Android apps using Laravel.

Symfony Messenger handles async queues, retries, and message buses elegantly.

The PHP Foundation funds core PHP development and drives the language forward.

Recursive CTEs in MySQL let you query trees, org charts, and nested categories in a single query.

Laravel Prompts and Termwind bring polished terminal UIs to PHP developers.

Alpine.js is Livewire's client-side companion.

JSON columns in MySQL are powerful but misunderstood.

Laravel Livewire v4 introduces islands architecture, single-file components, and optimistic UI directives that change how PHP developers build reactive interfaces.

PHP Tek returns to Chicago May 19-21 with 30+ sessions, hands-on workshops, and the kind of hallway conversations that change careers.

NeoVim with LazyVim gives PHP developers a fast, keyboard-driven IDE with LSP support, testing integration, and Blade syntax highlighting.

PHP 8.5's pipe operator (|>) is here, and it's quietly transforming how we write data transformation chains.

NativePHP 3.1 changes the game with a single-boot architecture that dramatically improves performance.

If you've ever dreaded interactive rebasing or fumbled through staging individual lines, LazyGit is the TUI that will change your entire Git workflow.

Claude Code isn't just for JavaScript developers.