Posts about PHP

September 21, 2026

14 min read

Laravel Octane + FrankenPHP: What Actually Breaks (I Reproduced Every Leak)

Laravel Octane FrankenPHP PHP Performance Migration

Typographic cover: the word Octane above a diff labelled laravel 13, - server: php-fpm in red and + server: frankenphp (worker) in green

September 2, 2026

10 min read

Pest 5 and PHPUnit 13: What Breaks When You Upgrade (and What Fails Silently)

PHP Laravel Testing Migration Upgrade

Typographic cover for the Pest 5 upgrade guide: a two-line diff from the previous version to Pest 5

September 2, 2026

12 min read

What Breaks When You Upgrade from Symfony 7.4 to 8.1

PHP Symfony Backend Migration Upgrade

Typographic cover for the Symfony 8.1 upgrade guide: a two-line diff from the previous version to Symfony 8.1

August 29, 2026

11 mins read

PHP 8.6: What Actually Breaks When You Upgrade

PHP PHP 8.6 Backend Migration Upgrade Security

Typographic cover for the PHP 8.6 upgrade guide: a two-line diff from the previous version to PHP 8.6

14 mins read

PHP 8.6: Every New Feature and the Release Date

PHP PHP 8.6 Backend New Features Migration Web Development

3D illustration of the PHP elephant next to a question mark floating as a placeholder inside a function call

13 mins read

Laravel 13: What Actually Breaks When You Upgrade (and What Doesn't)

Laravel Laravel 13 PHP Migration Backend Upgrade

Typographic cover for the Laravel 13 upgrade guide: a two-line diff from the previous version to Laravel 13

8 min read

Zed vs PhpStorm for PHP: Can the Fastest Editor Beat the Most Complete IDE? (2026)

PHP IDEs PhpStorm Zed Laravel AI Assistant Comparison Tools

Stylized Zed and PhpStorm logos facing off to compare which is better for PHP

9 min read

PhpStorm vs VS Code for PHP: which should you choose in 2026?

PHP IDEs PhpStorm VS Code Laravel AI Assistant Comparison Tools

PhpStorm and Visual Studio Code logos facing off to compare which is better for PHP

11 min read

Build an AI agent on WhatsApp for your small business (Laravel + OpenAI)

Laravel OpenAI AI WhatsApp PHP Chatbot Tutorial

AI agent replying on WhatsApp, connected to a Laravel backend and the OpenAI API

8 min read

How to Build an AI Agent with Laravel and MCP (2026)

Laravel MCP AI Claude PHP Tutorial

MCP server built with Laravel connecting AI agents to a PHP application

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