June has a way of focusing the mind. The conference season has wound down, the hallway conversations and late-night discussions at WurstCon have settled into plans, and now it’s time to build — carefully, thoughtfully, and with an eye toward what happens when real users and real data show up. This month’s issue is built […] The post PHP Checkup – Keeping Your Applications Healthy in 2026 appeared first on PHP Architect.
Video version: https://youtu.be/uVKXmqYVjpQ One of the more powerful features of AI-assisted development is that you can put multiple AI coding agents to work simultaneously with little effort. For example, you might have one building a new feature, one cleaning up an old API endpoint, and a third drafting a blog post. If the agents share […] The post How to run multiple AI agents in parallel with git worktrees appeared first on PHP Architect.
Recursive CTEs in MySQL let you query trees, org charts, and nested categories in a single query. Here’s how to use them effectively with PHP. Every PHP developer eventually hits the “tree problem.” You have categories with subcategories, employees with managers, comments with replies, or menu items with children — and you need to query […] The post MySQL Recursive CTEs for PHP Developers: Querying Hierarchical Data Without the Pain appeared first on PHP Architect.
Terminal UIs have had a quiet renaissance in the developer tools world. From Lazygit to btop, the era of the ugly text-only CLI is giving way to rich, interactive interfaces built entirely in the terminal. PHP developers have historically been left out of this movement — our CLI tooling was functional but rarely beautiful. That […] The post Laravel Prompts TUI Guide appeared first on PHP Architect.
MySQL’s JSON column type has been around since version 5.7, but it’s one of those features where the gap between “I know it exists” and “I know when and how to use it well” is surprisingly wide. Used correctly, JSON columns give you schema flexibility exactly where you need it. Used poorly, they become a […] The post MySQL JSON Columns appeared first on PHP Architect.
🎙️ PHP Podcast – June 25, 2026 Hosts: Eric Van Johnson & John Congdon Eric and John are back. Sara and Holly did a better job. Eric’s computer still hates him. 🔌 Eric’s Connectivity Saga: A Possible Resolution For weeks, Eric has been dealing with a maddening streaming issue — he could see and hear […] The post The PHP Podcast 2026.06.25 appeared first on PHP Architect.
If you’ve been hearing about Claude Code but assumed it’s mostly for the JavaScript and Python crowd, it’s time to take another look. Claude Code is a command-line AI coding tool that works directly in your terminal, and it’s remarkably effective for PHP development. Whether you’re building with Laravel, Symfony, or vanilla PHP, there are […] The post Claude Code for PHP Developers appeared first on PHP Architect.
I have been using Asterisk for many, many years. Today I release some new code, and upon code release we automatically update Asterisk to the latest version. All of a sudden, I started getting reports from customer service letting me know that recording voice mails was no longer working. I started looking into it and […] The post Asterisk 22.10 Breaks Record App appeared first on PHP Architect.
In this episode, Scott talks Holly Schilling about her work on the php tek 2026 mobile app and spec-driven development. Links: Our Discord – https://discord.gg/aMTxunVx Buy our shirts – https://store.phparch.com/products/community-corner-podcast-t-shirt Holly’s Links: Discord: TheCodeLorax Mastodon: https://tech.lgbt/@TheCodeLorax Blog: https://EventuallyWrong.com Scott’s Links: Website – https://scott.keck-warren.com/ Bluesky – https://bsky.app/profile/scottkeckwarren.bsky.social LinkedIn –…
If you’ve ever watched a colleague fly through code in NeoVim and thought “that looks fast but I’d never figure out the config,” the barrier to entry has dropped significantly. LazyVim — a NeoVim distribution that ships with sensible defaults and a plugin manager — gives you a fully functional IDE experience within minutes, with […] The post Neovim PHP Development Setup appeared first on PHP Architect.
PHP 8.5 shipped with a feature that functional programming enthusiasts have been requesting for years: the pipe operator (|>). If you’ve used pipes in Unix shells, Elixir, F#, or even JavaScript proposals, the concept will feel immediately familiar. If you haven’t, you’re about to discover one of the cleanest ways to express data transformations in […] The post PHP 8.5 Pipe Operator appeared first on PHP Architect.
🎙️ PHP Podcast – June 17, 2026 Hosts: Sara Golemon & Holly Schilling | Guests: Paul Reinheimer & Sean Coates Eric and John are still locked in the basement. Sara is literally on a boat in Spain. Normal show, totally normal. 🚢 Sara Broadcasts from a Harbor in A Coruña Sara is joining this week’s […] The post The PHP Podcast 2026.06.17 appeared first on PHP Architect.
Video version at: https://youtu.be/gAVfQhPw8Do A few weeks ago, I posted something on LinkedIn that ruffled some feathers. Here’s what I said: “Defaulting to the ORM for everything isn’t a best practice. It’s just the path of least resistance.” The replies came in fast, and a good chunk of them said the same thing: “That’s unsafe! […] The post Why skipping Eloquent doesn’t mean skipping SQL injection protection appeared first on PHP Architect.
🎙️ PHP Podcast – June 11, 2026 Guest Hosts: Sara Golemon, Elizabeth Barron & Holly Schilling Eric and John are out this week — Sara, Elizabeth, and Holly take over. Here’s what they covered: 🎬 PHPVerse Recap PHPVerse just wrapped up, and Elizabeth was there in Amsterdam. The format is unusual — all speakers are […] The post The PHP Podcast 2026.06.11 appeared first on PHP Architect.
Video version: https://youtu.be/5n2VZS_YPv0 Let’s say you’re working on a feature branch called add-discount-codes. You’ve been at it for a couple of days, and you’ve got five commits with all of your work done. A team member mentions that git rebase can make sure you have the most recent changes from the “main” branch. So you […] The post How to use git rebase without breaking your team’s history appeared first on PHP Architect.