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A few weeks ago I published a post about our ReactPHP WebSocket server that's been running in production since 2019. While writing it, I…

We've been running a real-time event delivery server in PHP for six years. It handles thousands of WebSocket connections a day, and its…

PHP 8.1 reaches end of life on December 31, 2025. After that date, it stops receiving updates or security fixes, and the version effectively…

Accesto has just turned 15. During this time, we have accumulated a couple of clients that worked with us for almost a decade. So I asked…

Upgrading your PHP application can feel like opening Pandora’s box — you never quite know what you’ll find inside. But at some point, it has…

Most PHP applications don’t become slow because of one obvious bug. They degrade gradually. A nested loop that seemed harmless in the first…

In Part 1 of our JetBrains PHPverse recap, we looked at how PHP is being re-engineered from the ground up, runtimes, packaging, and…

PHP marked its 30th anniversary in 2025, and the JetBrains PHPVerse Conference celebrated this milestone with five hours of intense…

PHP doesn’t need defending in 2025 (and 2026😉). The language is stable, actively maintained, and deeply integrated into production systems…

Yes, it is. Period. End of article 😉 Source: isphpstillrelevant.com And now let's be more serious. The same question is being asked over…

This year PHP gets into its thirties 🎉 And on this occasion I would like to briefly summarise the history of PHP web development, to better…

You've just had a brilliant idea — a potentially revolutionary product. Excellent start, or so you think. Once, at the start of my career…