MySQL 9.7 LTS ships the Hypergraph Optimizer, free enterprise replication tools, JSON Duality Views DML, and officially ends MySQL 8.0 support.
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Livewire 4 ships single-file components, islands, lazy/defer bundling, wire:sort, optimistic UI, and seven security hardening fixes. Here's the full breakdown.
PHPverse 2026 is a free online PHP conference on June 9 with Jeffrey Way, Fabien Potencier, Larry Garfield, and more. Here's the full breakdown.
The PHP Foundation's 2025 impact report reveals 2,929 commits, a new Ecosystem Security Team funded by Alpha-Omega, and bold goals for 2026.
Laravel Reverb is the first-party WebSocket server built for Laravel. Learn how to set it up, broadcast events, and scale to production.
Tinkerwell 5 ships an MCP server that gives Claude and Cursor direct PHP execution in your project context. Here's how to wire it up and use it well.
Symfony 8.1 ships HTTP-less app support, a standalone ConsoleBundle, method-based commands, and the new #[RateLimit] attribute. Here's what changes.
Practical Claude Code tips for PHP developers: CLAUDE.md setup, custom agents for Laravel/Symfony, skill libraries, and MCP-powered workflows.
PHP 8.5 adds clone with syntax to update readonly properties while cloning. Learn how to ditch boilerplate wither methods and write cleaner immutable objects.
PHP 8.5's pipe operator (|>) enables clean left-to-right function chaining. Learn practical examples, Laravel integration with Spatie's Piper, and what comes next.