We explain why Flare's old AI-generated solutions no longer fit the way developers debug with modern coding agents. The replacement is a better workflow built around the MCP server, CLI, Copy for AI prompts, and agent-friendly docs. Read more
When we announced the Symfony AI initiative in July 2025, the goal was to bring powerful, well-integrated AI capabilities to PHP applications and to build them in the open with the community. A little over a year later, Symfony AI has grown far beyond those…
When we launched the PHP Ambassador Program on June 19, 2026, we honestly didn’t know what to expect. We knew the need for something like this was definitely there, and it seemed like something the community would be interested in being a part of. But as they say, “you never know how a thing is going to go, until it goes.” I mentioned in my strategy document that I was hoping to enlist 10 people to attend a regular cadence of meetings. (Honestly, 10 people seemed like a reasonable number.) Not…
Michael explains why exit() can make parallel test workers crash without useful diagnostics, and why verbose flags do not help when the process dies outside PHPUnit's control. The fix is simple: throw an exception instead, so the failure is reported normally with a stack trace. Read more
We are counting down to SymfonyCon Warsaw 2026, taking place on November 26-27, 2026, in Warsaw (Poland)! Get ready for a week full of workshops, sessions, and community magic. 🎤 Speaker announcements Make sure not to miss Ramona Schwering, Developer…
Mercure 1.0 is here in its first public preview, and it is the biggest release in the project’s history! Mercure powers mission-critical real-time communication across hundreds of production deployments. It delivers Server-Sent Events over plain HTTP without requiring client SDKs. Version 1.0 maintains this architecture while modernizing core capabilities using newly established web standards: This... Mercure 1.0 alpha is here first appeared on Kévin Dunglas.
Sebastian explains why Amp became his default coding harness, and why user experience now matters more to him than model churn. He also shares the AGENTS.md tweaks that reduced overzealous verification during day-to-day coding. Read more
A practical walkthrough for running Claude Code inside Docker's new sbx sandbox, with a custom PHP setup and extra tools for open source work. Benjamin also explains why sandboxing AI coding agents is the sensible default. Read more
This week, Symfony 7.4.16 and 8.1.4 maintenance versions were released, alongside Symfony UX 3.4.0 and Symfony Polyfill 1.41.0. In addition, we highlighted Twig 4.0's new macro system and first-class sandbox. Finally, we announced that SymfonyLive Germany…
Symfony 8.1.4 has just been released. Read the Symfony upgrade guide to learn more about upgrading Symfony and use the SymfonyInsight upgrade reports to detect the code you will need to change in your project. Tip…
Symfony 7.4.16 has just been released. Read the Symfony upgrade guide to learn more about upgrading Symfony and use the SymfonyInsight upgrade reports to detect the code you will need to change in your project. Tip…
🎙️ PHP Podcast – August 6, 2026 Hosts: Joe Ferguson, Sara Golemon & Holly Schilling A sick kitten steals the show, Sara loses a fight with her smart lights, PHP 8.6 beta is almost here, and the crew argues about roadmaps, deprecations, and why you shouldn’t be a meat proxy. 🐱 Cats, Ice Cream, and […] The post The PHP Podcast 2026.08.06 appeared first on PHP Architect.
SymfonyCon Warsaw 2026 is officially set for November 26 and 27, 2026, in Warsaw (Poland)! Join developers from across the globe for our flagship international event. 🎤 Speaker announcements We are happy to host Timo Bakx, Webdeveloper, Linku for…
Contributed by Fabien Potencier Macros are as old as Twig itself. They look like functions, you call them like functions,…
In this episode, Scott talks with Andrey Kucherenko, creator of jscpd, about why copy-pasted code is an anti-pattern, how jscpd detects duplicate code across dozens of languages, and how the tool has evolved to work inside agentic coding workflows. Links: Our Discord – https://discord.gg/aMTxunVx Buy our shirts – https://store.phparch.com/products/community-corner-podcast-t-shirt Andrey’s Links: jscpd – […] The post Community Corner: JSCPD with Andrey Kucherenko appeared first on PHP Architect.