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This week on the PHP Podcast, Eric and John talk about Github Skylines, ElePHPants, PHP Tek and more... Links from the show: PHP Tek 2025 - May 20th to 22nd, 2025 A Field Guide to Elephpants ElePHPant.me | The best place for your elePHPant collection How…

A new year often comes with new goals, ideas, and plans for the future. We start with the best intentions to achieve all of those things; however, somewhere between the end of January and Springtime, we have lost all motivation to keep them up. Hmmm...that…

In this episode, Scott talks with John Congdon about PHP Tek 2025, speaking, and writing articles for PHP Architect magazine. PHP Tek is looking for sponsors! Contact see https://phptek.io/blog/elevate-your-brand-sponsorship-phptek-2025 for more information.…

How it started I am not aware of anyone who doesn't know that PHP's mascot is an elePHPant, created by Vincent Pontier back in 1998. Most

Welcome to PHP Tek 2025 where we combine leadership, expertise, and networking in one event.

Lesser-known PHP features In the realm of PHP, developers often underexploit a treasure trove of powerful features. On a recent episode of The PHP Podcast, we had a great discussion about a blog post titled “PHP’s Hidden Treasures: 10 Powerful Features You…

The PHP Podcast is the official podcast of PHP Architect. We discuss the magazine, conferences, community, and business of PHP, as well as web development and tech.

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  This week on the PHP Podcast, Eric and John discuss PHPStan 2.0, Facebook blocking Linux, JetBrains The State of PHP 2024, what's new in PhpStorm 2024.3, and more. Links from the show: Facebook Accidentally Blocks Users From Posting About Linux | PCMag…

The social networking landscape has changed so dramatically in the past five years. It's challenging to keep up with. When you get on a new social network, one of the first hurdles you have is to figure out who's on that network you would be interested in…

Git. It's the lifeblood of modern software development. After several years of navigating through code repositories and juggling various project versions, it’s easy for seasoned developers to settle into a comfortable routine with familiar tools. Git, the…

This month, PHP Architect introduces a new column written by Chris Hartjes (aka Grumpy Programmer) titled, Yelling at Clouds.

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This week on the PHP Podcast, Eric and John talk about Laravel 12 released, Laravel.cloud released, and more... Links from the show: Laravel 12: A Quiet Evolution That Packs a Punch | ICreator Studio - Premium Admin Templates & Web Solutions Laravel - The…

Markdown for Developers One of my guiding principles as a developer is that our ability to communicate is one of the most important tools we developers have in our toolbox. There are lots of ways we communicate with others in code, documentation, and blog…

In this episode, Scott talks with TJ Miller about Prism

The PHP Podcast is the official podcast of PHP Architect. We discuss the magazine, conferences, community, and business of PHP, as well as web development and tech.

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 This week on the PHP Podcast, Eric and John talk about Explain Explained, Postgres All The Things, Livewire Remote Code Execution, Lazy Object, and more... Links from the show: Understanding MySQL Queries with Explain I replaced my entire tech stack with…

This week, a client complained about a long-running query, and we needed to fix it. While I can't divulge the actual query, I can give an idea of its nastiness, which we inherited when we took over the project. The query itself doesn't matter, so don't overanalyze…

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