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A Hard Memory Ceiling for PHP Scripts That Run for HoursYou inherit a legacy table full of auto-incrementing integers and a new architecture that wants UUIDs. You write a CLI worker, build an in-memory…
26 PHP Pie extensions were updated.
Discover PHP 8.6 Through Its New Error MessagesA guided tour of what will bark at your code when you move, and how you should care now
PHP 8.6 lands in November 2025. You have…
Last week I attended FOST London 2026, mostly I was there for apidays and the OpenAPI Initiative track. As ever, there was a set of excellent talks and I particularly liked Abby Bangser's opening keynote, Steven Willmott's talk on how to think about software systems as AI is…
Building the Call Along the WayA function call is always atomic with PHP. The target and every argument must converge at the same place, at the same moment, or nothing happens. This doesn’t sound…
Recently updated PIE extensions #9 (since September 24th, 2026)27 PHP Pie extensions were updated.
ulimit and PHP: When the OS Says NoYou set memory_limit and max_execution_time in php.ini and feel in control. You are, in fact, but you are also not the only one in control. Underneath PHP,…
How to lint PHP code within the sourceAhead-of-time languages check a closed world. Compile a Rust crate, a Go module, a C project with two functions named parse_config, and you never get to…
Four ways to count to four: PHP strings, iconv, mbstring and graphemeNothing like starting the day with a nice café, in a Parisian café, pun intended. Now, when you ask PHP how long the…
Recently updated PIE extensions #8 (since September 17th, 2026)18 PHP Pie extensions were updated.
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