Tag: backend

Symfony 8.1 ships HTTP-less app support, a standalone ConsoleBundle, method-based commands, and the new #[RateLimit] attribute. Here's what changes.

PHP 8.5's #[NoDiscard] attribute warns you when critical return values are silently discarded. Here's how to use it to write safer, self-documenting APIs.

Laravel Pennant makes feature flags a first-class citizen in your app. Learn how to use it for gradual rollouts, A/B tests, and premium tiers.

MySQL window functions let the database do ranking, running totals, and row comparisons that most PHP devs still handle in application code.

Tempest 3.0 is the forward-thinking PHP framework requiring PHP 8.5, with a new exception handler, faster ORM, and a discovery system that removes boilerplate.

Laravel 13.6 adds native debounceable queued jobs. Dispatch the same job dozens of times, only the last one runs. Here's how to use it.

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.

Symfony Messenger handles async queues, retries, and message buses elegantly. Here's a practical guide to using it properly in your PHP apps.