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RisingWave, PHP, and the Streaming Database IdeaA regular database answers the question you ask it, once, against whatever state happens to be sitting on disk at that moment. If the data changes a second…
When PHP Reads Something Else: Visual Traps in Source CodePHP code is read by two very different audiences: human developers and the PHP parser. Humans read glyphs, the shapes our eyes recognise. The parser…
Recently updated PIE extensions #6 (since September 3rd, 2026)33 PHP Pie extensions were updated.
PHP-Powered Government Websites by CountryAfter reading the Digital Sovereignty Is Written in PHP, I became curious where in the world is PHP used in the governement.
Governments may be large or small, and…
JetBrains IDEs have worked with WSL for many years, and over time, several ways of using it have emerged across our products. Depending on the entry point, the IDE could rely on a different underlying architecture, leading to a different experience.
Starting with the 2026.2 release, there is one recommended…
Generate an image of a stereotypical PHP developerThat was a popular toot on Bluesky, by Justin Jackson.
I thought it would be interesting to make it again, in 2026, so here we go.
13 Modern PHP Tips & Tricks from 2015PHP has undergone a massive transformation over the last decade. If you’re still writing PHP like it’s 2015, you’re missing out on massive performance gains, cleaner syntax,…
Rebuilding Taipan! with an AI Pair Programmer in PHPTaipan! was one of the games that hooked me on computers. My brother and I would play it on the Apple ][c bitmap font and the…
I Have a Dream of a PHP PreprocessorWhat if PHP could be faster, stricter, and more expressive, without waiting for PHP 9? What if we could preprocess PHP code into something more optimized, more…
Recently updated PIE extensions #5 (since August 27th, 2026)27 PHP Pie extensions were updated.
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