Don’t Miss: PHP 9.0 Preview, 10 Critical Mistakes & Laravel 12 Highlights

Boost your PHP, Laravel and Symfony expertise with fresh insights, best practices and the latest release news.

Don’t miss the most interesting GitHub repositories. You will find unique tools, and resources. Follow me on X’s, Threads, or in Blue Sky.

PHP News & Events

PHP 8.4.6 & PHP 8.3.20 Released!
Immediate bug-fix upgrades—all PHP 8.4 users are encouraged to upgrade.

PHP Core Security Audit Results
In-depth findings from the Sovereign Tech–commissioned source-code review.

phpday 2025 (May 15–16, Verona)
Networking, talks & workshops at the 22nd edition of Europe’s longest-running PHP conference.

The Future of PHP: What PHP 9.0 Brings
Real-world impact, migration tips and feature deep-dives.

Top PHP Tutorials

PHP: Random Failures in Tests
Tame dates, complex calculations & RNG for rock-solid unit tests.

Implementing and Understanding Linked List Insertion in PHP
Step-by-step guide to inserting nodes at any position.

PHP Traits: The Secret Sauce for Cleaner, Reusable Code
When inheritance doesn’t make sense, traits come to the rescue.

MongoDB optimistic update with versioned documents
Conflict-free writes using versioned docs + RabbitMQ/Kafka.

Laravel Spotlight

Laravel 12 – New Features and Enhancements
Official release 24 Feb 2025: what’s new and how to upgrade.

Using PHP Enums in Laravel 12
Strongly-typed constants for safer, clearer code.

Automatic Relation Loading in Laravel 12.8
Eager-load Eloquent relationships with zero boilerplate.

7 Ways SQL Injections Destroy Your App
Devastating vulnerabilities & proven countermeasures.

Best Practices & Tips

7 Ways to Perfect Your Filament Table Filters
UX-driven tweaks to make filters intuitive and fast.

How to Build a Generic CRUD Controller in Laravel for Multiple Resources
One controller, unlimited resources—keep your code DRY.

PHP Security Best Practices
Consolidated security checklist for 2025.

Symfony

April 7–13, 2025 – A Week of Symfony #954
Symfony 7.3 enters feature-freeze: rate-limiters, JsonPath enhancements & more.