Tag: tools-for-php-developers

Filament's records() method builds tables from arrays or a REST API instead of Eloquent. Here is how to wire up columns, sorting, search, and paging.

MySQL's LATERAL derived tables solve the top-N-per-group problem cleanly. Here is how PHP and Laravel developers use them with joinLateral and raw SQL.

Symfony 8.2 adds a $version argument to UriSigner so a signed URL invalidates itself after one use. A clean native fix for password reset and login links.

Laravel 13.19 adds Http::query() and query/queryJson test helpers for the HTTP QUERY verb, a safe method that carries its parameters in the body.

Laravel 13.16 turns composer dev into a first-class artisan dev command, moving your concurrent dev processes out of composer.json and into PHP.

NativePHP Mobile v3 boots Laravel once and reuses the kernel, cutting response times from ~200-300ms to ~5-30ms, plus a real background queue worker.

PHP 8.5 adds array_first() and array_last() to read the ends of an array without touching the internal pointer. Here is how they work and why they matter.

PHP 8.5 ships the pipe operator (|>) for chaining callables left to right. Here is how it works, the rules it follows, and when it earns its place.

Laravel 13 ships first-party JSON:API resources. See how JsonApiResource handles types, relationships, sparse fieldsets, and includes with less code.

PECL is officially deprecated. Here is how PHP's new extension installer PIE works, why it exists, and how to use it to manage extensions like Composer.

lazysql is a fast, Vim-friendly terminal UI for MySQL and PostgreSQL. Here is how PHP developers browse, query, and edit databases without leaving the shell.

Symfony 7.4 upgrades invokable console commands with enum arguments, a MapInput DTO attribute, and new interactive prompts. Here is how to use each one.

PHP 8.5 gives fatal errors a full stack trace by default. Here is how the fatal_error_backtraces directive works and how to tune it in production.

Build dropdowns, tooltips, and popovers that stay glued to their trigger using Alpine's x-anchor plugin, including the new .fixed modifier shipped in May 2026.

Laravel 13.17 promotes route metadata to a first-class attribute with dot-notation reads and group cascading that survives route:cache. Here is how to use it.

How Laravel 13.10 makes queue workers cheaper to run with --stop-when-empty-for, the WorkerIdle event, and SQS overflow storage for oversized job payloads.

A practical guide to Pest 4 browser testing in Laravel: setup, the sign-in flow, smoke assertions, subdomain testing with withHost, and visual regression.

A hands-on guide to feature flags with Laravel Pennant covering scopes, rich values, gradual rollouts with Lottery, testing, and cleanup in production.

Composer 2.10 adds native malware blocking and a unified config.policy framework for PHP supply chain security. Here is how it works and how to tune it.

Laravel 13 lets you declare Eloquent config like fillable, hidden, and table with native PHP attributes. Here is how the new syntax works in practice.

NativePHP Mobile v3 (Air) is free, MIT-licensed, and built on a modular plugin system. Here is how the plugin architecture works and how to build one.

Symfony AI is nearing 1.0 with components for agents, tools, and one unified API across OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini. Here is how to use it in PHP.

Laravel Wayfinder's next beta generates typed TypeScript from your PHP for routes, models, enums, Inertia props, and broadcasts. Here is how it works.

Symfony 7.4 is the new LTS, bringing invokable command upgrades, decoupled controllers, UUID v7 by default, and a caching HTTP client. Here is what matters.