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If you don't feel like reading this week, but still want to catch up on the latest PHP news, why not head on over to the Podcast section and listen in on the different topics they have on offer? This week we have new episodes from North meets South where they discuss feature flags. There's also a new episode from The PHP roundtable where the panel discusses the adoption and the current state of PHP in the industry. If AI and investing is your thing, the Frontmatter team has author Leo Tam and they chat about the deep applications of AI in investing. In Tutorials we have guides in mastering middleware, Query scopes in Laravel, and how to build an API with Laravel Breeze in Laravel 11. Finally in our Reading section we have an article on why OOP can be helpful as well as some useful Filament snippets for everyday use. We have all that and more, so we do hope you enjoy this week's newsletter. If you're a student or developer on the move and want the latest PHP news and updates in one place, then subscribe to PHPWeekly.
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Articles
Streamline Your String Manipulations with Str::ucfirst() in Laravel
Manipulating strings is a common task in web development, and sometimes you need to ensure that the first character of a string is capitalized.
Careful of orWhere() query condition
Understanding the orWhere Clause in Laravel and Why Caution is Crucial.
PHP Cheat Sheet Covering Essential Syntax And Functions
Here's a comprehensive PHP cheat sheet covering essential syntax and functions.
Practial Domain Driven Design
Theory can lead to experience by practice. However theory without practice will not give us real understanding of how things are done.
8 Security Best Practices in Laravel
Many new developers question whether Laravel is secure or not. Laravel offers various security features, but the framework itself is neither inherently secure nor insecure.
Mistakes to Avoid While Deploying Symfony App
Updating your app in production, especially on a Friday, can feel like a nightmare. If you don’t want to ruin your weekend, here are the most common mistakes to avoid.
PHP Heredoc Formatting Pitfalls
PHP’s heredoc syntax, while powerful for handling multi-line strings, comes with a crucial formatting requirement that can cause unexpected issues for developers.
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Tutorials and Talks
How to Migrate MySQL from DBngin to Laravel Herd
Ever since Laravel Herd Pro was launched with the ability to manage database and cache services like MySQL, Postgres, and Redis, I've been wanting to switch from DBngin to Herd's MySQL and Redis.
Learn to master Query Scopes in Laravel
When building your Laravel applications, you'll likely have to write queries that have constraints which are used in multiple places throughout your application.
Using whereAny() for cleaner queries in Eloquent
In this episode of the Quick Win Wednesday series, we're taking a look at whereAny(), which was released with Laravel 10.47. A very elegant way of grabbing data based on a conditional "any of the following columns".
Mastering Middleware in Laravel: An In-Depth Guide
As I navigated the labyrinth of web development, one feature consistently illuminated my path: Laravel's middleware system.
Using Helper Functions to Convert Markdown to HTML in Laravel 11
In this tutorial, we'll create a helper function in a Laravel application to convert Markdown content to HTML using the league/commonmark library.
How to Build an API with Laravel Breeze in Laravel 11
A step-by-step guide on building a simple API with authentication using Laravel Breeze in Laravel 11.
How to Configure Mailgun for Laravel: 5 Easy Methods
Discover 5 efficient ways to set up Mailgun for sending emails in your Laravel project. Boost your app’s email capabilities with our step-by-step guide.
Deploy your Symfony app on GCP Cloud Run
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News and Announcements
PHP 8.4 Alpha 1 is now out!
The first release of PHP 8.4 is now available and ready for testing! PHP 8.4 is scheduled to be officially released on November 21, 2024. Before the release, it will feature six months of pre-release phases, going from Alphas to Betas to Release Candidates to the official release.
Generics Added to Eloquent Builder in Laravel 11.15
The Laravel team released v11.15 this week, which includes improvements to the make:mail command, support for setting mime types on attachments with Resend, database migration updates, and more.
A Week of Symfony #915 (8-14 July 2024)
This week, Symfony continued tweaking and polishing the new features of the upcoming Symfony 7.2 version, such as the new WordCount constraint. In addition, we announced the date and the first details of the SymfonyLive Berlin 2025 conference.
CakeFest 2024: The Official CakePHP Conference
Our annual conference dedicated to CakePHP. One full workshop day (plus one hybrid day) that is an ideal way to learn as both beginners and advanced users, followed by a full day of presentations, discussions and talks on CakePHP related technologies.
SymfonyLive Berlin 2025: Save the date!
The next SymfonyLive Berlin 2025 will take place on April 3 - 4! Enjoy now the early bird registration ticket & the call for papers.
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Podcasts and Vlogs
PHP Ugly: 389: Yo PHP Raps!
This week on PHPUgly, join Eric and John as they delve into the tech world’s latest trends and challenges. They discuss the a shift from Laravel to Rails, analyze the implications of the recent Twilio security breach, and compare the functionalities of Hotwire and Livewire.
The Stack Overflow: The framework helping devs build LLM apps
Ben and Eira talk with LlamaIndex CEO and cofounder Jerry Lu, along with venture capitalist Jerry Chen, about how the company is making it easier for developers to build LLM apps.
North Meets South Podcast: The one with feature flags
In this episode, Jake and Michael discuss feature flags, particularly the freshly-released before hook, and the perils of incorrect eager loading as your application scales.
Maintainable Podcast: James Socol: Building Social Capital in Engineering Teams
In this episode of the Maintainable Software Podcast, Robby Russell sits down with James Socol, a Staff Engineer at Fastly, to discuss the art of maintaining legacy code and the nuances of technical debt versus technical depreciation.
Software Engineering Radio: SE Radio 624: Marcelo Trylesinski on FastAPI
Marcelo Trylesinski, a senior software engineer at Pydantic and a maintainer of open-source Python tools including Starlette and Uvicorn, joins host Gregory M. Kapfhammer to talk about FastAPI.
Shoptalk Show: Blogging, In App Browsers are Bad, and Teaching CSS from Scratch
On this epsiode we're talking about the current state of blogging and social media, the polyfill hack, whether in app browsers should be banned, web components and the difficulty of front end web dev, and how we would go about teaching CSS from scratch in 2024.
WP Builds: 380 – Exploring Siren Affiliates with Alex Standiford: redefining affiliate marketing strategies
On the podcast today, we have Alex Standiford talking about his innovative approach to affiliate programs through his new plugin, Siren Affiliates, which is unlike any other affiliates system you’ve used.
The PHP Roundtable: 091: PHPRoundtable July 2024
In this episode on PHPRoundtable, the panel discusses the adoption and current state of PHP in the industry. We also share out thoughts on what we feel could be some potential improvements for the development experience.
Frontmatter Podcast: Leo Tam, Author of Truth Engine: Applying AI to Investing
Leo Tam is the author of Truth Engine: Applying AI to Investing. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Leo about his background and career, his academic research and his time working at NVIDA, the deep applications of AI in investing, and about his writing process.
Mostly Technical: Idea About Ideas
Ian and Aaron talk about Ian's new idea that's got him frazzled and on tilt, Aaron's sales milestone, the game Factorio, and a lot more.
Syntax: Hosting Private Fonts on the Edge With Cloudflare
Discussion on building a custom font hosting server to securely serve licensed fonts only to allowed origins using Cloudflare Workers, Pages and KV store.
The Changelog: The six dumbest ideas in computer security
Marcus J. Ranum’s 2005 post on dumb ideas in computer security still holds up, Barry Jones argues why story points are useless, Posting is an HTTP client as a TUI, Varnish ceator Poul-Henning Kamp (phk) reflects on ten years of working on the HTTP cache & es-tookit is a major upgrade to Lodash.
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Say Goodbye to Friday Bugs: Making isset() Work for You!
It’s Friday, and yet another bug has surfaced… My excitement for the upcoming weekend quickly fades as I realize I need to fix it by today.
Why OOP is Your Old New Best Friend: The Date Distance Problem
Calculating the distance between two dates is relatively straightforward. There are multiple ways. Think about it for a moment... If you like functional programming, your first thought might look like this.
PHP MDCLogger: Enhance Your PHP Logging with Mapped Diagnostic Context
This post will guide you through what MDC is, how MDCLogger works, and how you can seamlessly integrate it into your PHP applications, whether you’re using Symfony, Laravel, or any other framework.
Top 10 PHP Project Ideas to Elevate Your Portfolio in 2025
In this article, I’m going to talk about 10 different PHP project ideas that can take your portfolio to the next level.
Filament Snippets For Everyday Use
I want to share some useful code snippets for Filament’s everyday use!
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Interesting Projects, Tools and Libraries
dxw/php-missing
The stdlib you wish PHP had.
efficiently/authority-controller
AuthorityController is an PHP authorization library for Laravel 5 which restricts what resources a given user is allowed to access.
aura/sqlquery
Object-oriented query builders for MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, and SQLServer; can be used with any database connection library.
lipemat/wp-phpcs
PHP Codesniffer for a WordPress plugin.
slevomat/coding-standard
Slevomat Coding Standard for PHP_CodeSniffer complements Consistence Coding Standard by providing sniffs with additional checks.
amphp/byte-stream
A stream abstraction to make working with non-blocking I/O simple.
robrichards/xmlseclibs
A PHP library for XML Security.
nikic/fast-route
Fast request router for PHP.
consolidation/self-update
Provides a self:update command for Symfony Console applications.
codeception/module-asserts
Codeception module containing various assertions.
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