PHP

Alithya will hold a PHP and Drupal meetup on Tuesday, September 30th, at 6 pm Montréal time, in Montreal, featuring expert talks on Drush command security and migrating to asymmetric translations. The event targets web developers and Drupal professionals. ...more

A quick look at the latest technical updates in Drupal AI: a new Tool API module has been released, image-to-image editing merged, Tavily web search support added, and groundwork laid for async processing. ...more

Longhorn PHP 2025 takes place October 23–25 in Austin, Texas. The schedule includes workshops, keynotes, and over 30 talks. Blind Bird ticket pricing is available until August 24 before rates increase. ...more

Luhur Abdi Rizal has released Pasir v0.1, a PHP application server written in Rust. Pasir runs PHP apps like Laravel and WordPress with minimal configuration and improved performance using Rust’s async ecosystem. ...more

Klaus Purer has released GraphQL 5.0.0-alpha3 for Drupal, featuring PHP attribute refactoring, dependency injection updates, and compatibility fixes for Drupal 10.4 and 11.3.x. The release resolves 13 issues and improves overall module stability. ...more

Texas Drupal organizers join Longhorn PHP Conference 2025 to connect Drupal and PHP communities in Austin, October 23–25. The event features joint sessions, an extended CFP through August 1, and highlights Drupal innovations like phpstan-drupal, composer-stager, and open-source AI tooling. ...more

Symfony has introduced the Symfony AI Initiative, led by Fabien Potencier, offering AI components and bundles for PHP applications. The project provides a unified API for OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure, Google, Mistral, a framework for AI agents, data storage and retrieval tools, and an MCP implementation—all under active development in the symfony/ai mono-repository. ...more

Stas Zhuk details two ways to integrate FrankenPHP into DDEV—via a custom container or embedded setup. Discover information on extension support, Drupal compatibility, and benchmark results. ...more

Learn how to downgrade Pantheon’s Terminus in DDEV for PHP 8.1 compatibility and add custom developer tools using Dockerfiles. ...more

Drupal 11.2 adds native AVIF image support, offering major performance gains with minimal setup. Learn how to enable it, the required server settings, and tips for browser fallback handling. ...more

Drupal 11.2.0 is now available, delivering faster installs, object-oriented hook APIs, JSON Schema support, AVIF image handling, and improved cache efficiency. ...more

PHP marks its 30th birthday this year, and to celebrate, we explore fun facts about the language that powers Drupal and millions of other websites. From its humble beginnings to its thriving, modern-day performance, discover why PHP continues to be a developer favorite. ...more