‘BattleSnake: They Said I Cheated—I’d Do It Again’ by Holly Schilling is our first feature article this month. Wait, don’t stop reading yet. Give Holly a chance to explain in the article. A good story will walk you through exactly what led to the cheating charge and how Holly justifies the decisions made. The post PHP Battlesnakes appeared first on PHP Architect.
🎙️ PHP Podcast – October 15, 2026 Hosts: Joe Ferguson & Holly Schilling Longhorn PHP kicks off, agentic commerce gets scary, bots keep scanning, and a Cold War satellite schematic proves software is harder than hardware. 🧦 Swag, Longhorn PHP, and “Am I Even a PHP Developer?” Joe opened by confessing he found a JavaScript […] The post The PHP Podcast 2026.10.15 appeared first on PHP Architect.
In this episode, Scott talks with Paul Conroy about agentic commerce: how AI agents buy things on our behalf, how Stripe’s shared payment tokens keep them on a budget, and how the Machine Payments Protocol finally puts HTTP 402 Payment Required to work in your API middleware. Links: Our Discord – https://discord.gg/aMTxunVx Buy […] The post Community Corner Podcast: Agentic Commerce with Paul Conroy appeared first on PHP Architect.
🎙️ PHP Foundation Community Hour – October 8, 2026 Hosts: Elizabeth Barron & James Titcumb James tells the story of how he fell into open source, breaks down what Pie actually does, celebrates the 1.5 release, and shares real advice for anyone nervous about making their first contribution. 🌱 How James Got Into Open Source […] The post PHP Foundation Community Hour Podcast 2026.10.08 appeared first on PHP Architect.
In this episode, Scott talks Len Woodward about This Week in PHP Internals and the state of the PHP Internals world. Links: Our Discord – https://discord.gg/aMTxunVx Buy our shirts – https://store.phparch.com/products/community-corner-podcast-t-shirt Len’s Links: X / Twitter: @ProjektGopher — https://x.com/ProjektGopher Bluesky: @projektgopher.com — https://bsky.app/profile/projektgopher.com Mastodon: @ProjektGopher@phpc.social — https://phpc.social/@ProjektGopher Threads: @projektgopher —…
🎙️ PHP Podcast – October 1, 2026 Hosts: Joe Ferguson, Sara Golemon & Holly Schilling It’s John’s birthday, so naturally he skipped. The PHP Foundation is hiring, 8.6 picks up a surprise RC, and the crew goes deep on ABI promises, deprecation pile-ups, generics, and a childhood firefighter who’s still “a hit.” 🎂 John’s Birthday […] The post The PHP Podcast 2026.10.01 appeared first on PHP Architect.
In this episode, Scott talks to Nick Sagona about Pop PHP, a PHP framework that removes the “magic” so your code is easier to understand and maintain. Links: Our Discord – https://discord.gg/aMTxunVx Buy our shirts – https://store.phparch.com/products/community-corner-podcast-t-shirt Nick’s Links: X – https://x.com/popphpframework https://www.popphp.org/ Scott’s Links: Website – https://scott.keck-warren.com/ Bluesky – https://bsky.app/profile/scottkeckwarren.bsky.social LinkedIn –…
🎙️ PHP Podcast – September 24, 2026 Hosts: Joe Ferguson, Sara Golemon & Holly Schilling Ian Littman joins the crew to talk PHP community and conferences. Longhorn PHP is three weeks out with a brand new format, the industry keeps shifting under everyone’s feet, and RAM prices remain a personal insult. The hallway track survives […] The post The PHP Podcast 2026.09.24 appeared first on PHP Architect.
This is how PHP 8.6 lets you write a string transformation, with no closures and no temp variables. $name = 'Scott Keck-Warren'; $fixed = $name |> str_replace('Scott', 'Alice', ?) |> strtolower(...); // string(17) "alice keck-warren" var_dump($fixed); It’s going to be released November 19, and I’ll also show you a deprecation that’s almost certainly in […] The post Stop Writing PHP Like This (8.6 Fixes It) appeared first on PHP Architect.
🎙️ PHP Podcast – September 17, 2026 Hosts: Joe Ferguson, Sara Golemon & John Congdon The September issue shipped 13 days early, a blue elephant named Eric raised eyebrows, PHP 8.6 is racing GTA 6 to a November launch, and a CDN bug taught us all a lesson about cache keys. Also: a lot of […] The post The PHP Podcast 2026.09.17 appeared first on PHP Architect.
Welcome to the September issue of PHP Architect. Stop everything! Did you know that at this very minute, Tek 27 Call For Papers is LIVE?! It gets better… You can also purchase early-bird tickets to Tek 27 right now!! Breathe, take a minute, let yourself process that amazing info. Now that you’ve let that sink […] The post Modernize with htmx appeared first on PHP Architect.
In this episode, Scott talks with Stanislav Khromov about his project bun-php, which allows PHP to be run through the Bun JavaScript runtime. Links: https://github.com/khromov/bun-php/ https://github.com/khromov/bun-wordpress/ https://mochi.fast/ Our Discord – https://discord.gg/aMTxunVx Buy our shirts – https://store.phparch.com/products/community-corner-podcast-t-shirt Stanislav’s Links: Website – https://stanislav.garden/ TED Talk – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P11VunN876Q Scott’s Links:…
🎙️ PHP Foundation Community Hour – September 10, 2026 Hosts: Elizabeth Barron & Matt Stauffer The very first PHP Foundation Community Hour kicks off with autumn vibes, a blog post that started it all, and one big message: contributing to PHP is easier — and broader — than you think. 🍂 Welcome to the First […] The post PHP Foundation Community Hour Podcast 2026.09.10 appeared first on PHP Architect.
In this episode, Scott talks with Nia Luckey about her new book “Trust Hacked: What Firewalls, Failures, and the Frontlines Taught Me About Trust”. Links: Our Discord – https://discord.gg/aMTxunVx Buy our shirts – https://store.phparch.com/products/community-corner-podcast-t-shirt Nia’s Links: Book – https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.1201/9781003688815/trust-hacked-nia-luckey TED Talk – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P11VunN876Q Scott’s Links: Website – https://scott.keck-warren.com/…
🎙️ PHP Podcast – September 2, 2026 Hosts: Eric Van Johnson & Joe Ferguson John’s out, Joe jumps in at the last second, a brand-new intro gets debuted mid-flight, a new PHP Foundation podcast gets announced, Frank’s database issues (not production), and somebody’s selling 37 elePHPants to fund a startup and open-heart surgery. 🎬 New […] The post The PHP Podcast 2026.09.02 appeared first on PHP Architect.