PHP News for Developers
Latest PHP news, tutorials and tools
PHP runs a huge share of the web through Laravel, Symfony and WordPress, and the language keeps modernizing with every release. Here you will find the latest PHP news, framework updates and backend tutorials, refreshed hourly, alongside trending PHP repositories and upcoming conferences.
Latest PHP articles
OpenBSD 8.0
OpenBSD 8.0 release: new kernel features, security hardening, expanded ports, and detailed install guides for CD, USB, PXE. Get the latest OS updates....
20 October 2026lobsters
Lesson 8: Install Composer inside a Docker Container
Install Composer 2 in a Laravel PHP 8.2 container, build dependencies from composer.lock, and manage Docker vendor volumes and platform checks for reliable builds....
19 October 2026medium
Lesson 6: Connect Laravel with PostgreSQL in Docker
Connect Laravel 12 to PostgreSQL 17 with Docker Compose, PDO pgsql, health checks, persistent storage, migrations, and a Blade demo....
19 October 2026medium
Lesson 5: Laravel Queue Jobs & Mailtrap with Docker
Learn how to queue Laravel emails with Docker, MySQL, and Mailtrap: dispatch jobs, run a Docker worker, render Blade templates, and test in a sandbox....
19 October 2026medium
Lesson 4: Laravel Scheduler & Cron Jobs with Docker
Run Laravel scheduled tasks in Docker: create synthetic users every 5 s, view them on a Blade page, with Nginx fixes and Docker Compose scheduler....
19 October 2026medium
What Happens When PHP Handles a Request — and Why Everything Resets
Learn why PHP counters and caches reset each request. Understand the shared‑nothing model that clears globals, statics, and singletons on every run....
19 October 2026medium
AI Agents Broke Into 100+ Sites at About $50 Each. The Confirmed One Used Old PHP Flaws
AI Agents Broke Into 100+ Sites at About $50 Each. The Confirmed One Used Old PHP Flaws...
19 October 2026devto
I built XFedi — a lightweight, self-hosted Fediverse server using PHP, Python, and ActivityPub
XFedi: a lightweight, self‑hosted, single‑user Fediverse server using ActivityPub, compatible with Mastodon, built in PHP/Python, Docker‑ready....
19 October 2026reddit
PHP is not dead. Here is what people shipped
PHP is alive: 80M Laravel installs, 34M Pest, new AI SDKs, fresh projects like Qbix Server, and an active dev/null community prove it....
19 October 2026medium
What Cache::get() Really Calls: Laravel Facades Are a Service Locator in Disguise
What Cache::get() Really Calls: Laravel Facades Are a Service Locator in Disguise...
19 October 2026devto
Popular WordPress SEO Plugin Rank Math PRO Hijacked to Deliver Self-Restoring Backdoor
Rank Math PRO WordPress plugin was hijacked to deliver a self‑restoring backdoor. Learn how to detect, clean, and secure sites affected by the malware....
19 October 2026thehackernews.com
The PHP 9 Upgrade Is Already in Your Error Log
PHP 9 isn’t a release date—breaking changes are already in PHP 8.6, with warnings not deprecations. Learn what’s decided, how it affects frameworks, and plan....
19 October 2026medium
A contact form said “Message sent”, and no email left the server
PHP mail() and PHPMailer can return true even when no email is sent, discover why and how to verify real delivery on PHP 8.3.6/Linux and WordPress....
19 October 2026medium
Symfony Ecosystem Updates: Security Patches and UX 3.6 — Laravel PHP, October 19, 2026 | Witaj!
Symfony Ecosystem Updates: Security Patches and UX 3.6 — Laravel PHP, October 19, 2026 | Witaj!...
19 October 2026medium
Introducing Laravel System Status: a live status page for your Laravel app
Laravel package technobase/laravel-system-status adds a GitHub‑style status page with 90‑day history, automatic incidents, Telegram alerts, and real‑traffic probes....
19 October 2026medium
Connect To MySql Database On ‘AWebServer Http Apache Sql‘ Using A ‘HiSQL’ ( MySql Client App )
Learn how to connect to a MySQL database on AWebServer using HiSQL and create a new database on an Android smartphone....
19 October 2026medium
Google Indexed 258 of My 406 Pages. The Sitemap Was Never the Problem.
Fixing missing Google index on a 406‑page site: server‑render navigation, add real content, boost internal links, and avoid thin‑content pitfalls....
19 October 2026devto
Schema-Valid Is Not Complete: Strict Output Answered 8 of 30
Schema-Valid Is Not Complete: Strict Output Answered 8 of 30...
19 October 2026devto
One Pipeline, Many Servers: How I Deploy 19+ Repos With One GitHub Actions Template
Automate PHP/Laravel and WordPress deployments with a single GitHub Actions template, SSH, Discord alerts, and rollback‑ready releases....
19 October 2026devto
Trending PHP repositories
laravel/ai
the laravel ai sdk provides a unified, expressive api for interacting with ai providers such as openai, anthropic, gemini, and more.
1,234 stars361 forks
Dolibarr/dolibarr
dolibarr erp crm is a modern software package to manage your company or foundation's activity (contacts, suppliers, invoices, orders, stocks, agenda, accounting, ...). it's an open source web application (written in php) designed for businesses of any sizes, foundations and freelancers.
7,752 stars3,585 forks
Leantime/leantime
leantime is a goals focused project management system for non-project managers. building with adhd, autism, and dyslexia in mind.
11,869 stars1,153 forks
Upcoming PHP conferences
Frequently asked questions
Where can I find the latest PHP news?
This page is a dedicated PHP news hub: it collects new articles, release announcements and tutorials from 50+ developer sources and refreshes every hour, so checking it once a day keeps you up to date without following dozens of blogs.
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Is this PHP feed updated regularly?
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