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UUID Request Input and Migration Failure Events in Laravel 13.42
Laravel 13.42 adds uuid() and ulid() input helpers, a MigrationFailed event, skip reasons for scheduled tasks, and Uri::origin() for comparing URL origins. The post UUID Request Input and Migration Failure Events in Laravel 13.42 appeared first…
Read original →Laravel Rest Api 3.0: Typed Fields, Metrics, and OpenAPI Docs
Laravel Rest Api 3.0 rebuilds the package around typed fields, adds metric endpoints and write confirmations, and documents your API with Scramble. The post Laravel Rest Api 3.0: Typed Fields, Metrics, and OpenAPI Docs appeared first…
Read original →Replay Missed Laravel Scheduled Tasks With Schedule Catchup
Schedule Catchup replays missed Laravel scheduled tasks after downtime, with opt-in recovery, bounded retries, and access to the original scheduled date. The post Replay Missed Laravel Scheduled Tasks With Schedule Catchup appeared first on Laravel News.…
Read original →Search Polymorphic Relations and Filament Tables With Laravel Searchable
Laravel Searchable adds Eloquent search across polymorphic relations and separate database connections, with relevance ranking for Filament tables. The post Search Polymorphic Relations and Filament Tables With Laravel Searchable appeared first on Laravel News. Join the…
Read original →Real-Time Inertia Props With Laravel Reverb
Update Inertia page props in real time with live props and Laravel Reverb. Broadcast an event, and every open page reloads the prop without polling. The post Real-Time Inertia Props With Laravel Reverb appeared first on…
Read original →PhpStorm 2026.3 Adds an Agent Workspace and PHP 8.6 Support
PhpStorm 2026.3 adds PHP 8.6 support, new Laravel inspections, a Processes tab for queue workers, and Air, a workspace for coding agents. The post PhpStorm 2026.3 Adds an Agent Workspace and PHP 8.6 Support appeared first…
Read original →Insert Middleware Before or After Existing Laravel Middleware
Laravel 13.40 adds insertBefore() and insertAfter() to place middleware next to built-in ones like TrustProxies and StartSession without redefining the stack. The post Insert Middleware Before or After Existing Laravel Middleware appeared first on Laravel News.…
Read original →Laravel Herd 2: Coding Agents, Workspaces, and Cloud Deploys
Laravel Herd 2.0 adds Herd Studio for running coding agents on local sites, git workspaces for parallel work, and Laravel Cloud deploys. The post Laravel Herd 2: Coding Agents, Workspaces, and Cloud Deploys appeared first on…
Read original →Strict Request Input Casting in Laravel
Laravel 13.40 adds a strict flag to the request integer(), boolean(), float(), and string() helpers, so bad input returns your default instead of 0 or an error. The post Strict Request Input Casting in Laravel appeared…
Read original →Be humble
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Read original →Prevent Duplicate File Uploads With Laravel Storage Dedupler
Laravel Storage Dedupler uses SHA-1 hashes to prevent duplicate file storage, attach files to Eloquent models, and analyse existing directories. The post Prevent Duplicate File Uploads With Laravel Storage Dedupler appeared first on Laravel News. Join…
Read original →Flock: A Free, Native Herd Alternative for Laravel
Flock is a free, open source local dev app for Laravel that runs PHP, Node, databases, mail, and HTTPS natively on macOS, Windows, and Linux. The post Flock: A Free, Native Herd Alternative for Laravel appeared…
Read original →Slow Job Alerts and Replica Commit IDs in Laravel 13.40
Laravel 13.40 adds callbacks for slow queue jobs and scheduled tasks, commit IDs to check read replica lag, and insertBefore() and insertAfter() for middleware. The post Slow Job Alerts and Replica Commit IDs in Laravel 13.40…
Read original →Cooldown Dependency Policy now in Composer 2.11
Composer 2.11 can hold back newly published package versions for a set period before installing them. It also ships six security fixes and faster resolution. The post Cooldown Dependency Policy now in Composer 2.11 appeared first…
Read original →Live Props for Real-Time Updates in Inertia.js v3.11
Inertia.js v3.11 adds live props, which reload a page prop when a broadcast event arrives, with Laravel Echo, Reverb, Pusher, and Action Cable transports. The post Live Props for Real-Time Updates in Inertia.js v3.11 appeared first…
Read original →Email Sending and Testing for Laravel in One Account
Send real mail from Laravel and catch test emails in one Maileroo account: SMTP sink, spam and dark-mode checks, and automated tests in CI. The post Email Sending and Testing for Laravel in One Account appeared…
Read original →PIE 1.5 Changes PHP Extension Installs in CI
PIE 1.5 requires explicit extension package choices in CI. See how to update a Laravel project's Redis install and skip development extensions. The post PIE 1.5 Changes PHP Extension Installs in CI appeared first on Laravel…
Read original →Backwards beneficial
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Read original →Decide with Jev: Tie Every AI Check to the Exact Draft
If a draft changes after an AI check, the old result can still look current. In episode 4 of Decide with Jev, we tie every check to the exact text it looked at. The editor's decision…
Read original →Delete Expired Sessions in Laravel With a Scheduled Command
Schedule session:garbage-collect to delete expired Laravel database and file sessions, and turn off the session lottery that runs cleanup in web requests. The post Delete Expired Sessions in Laravel With a Scheduled Command appeared first on…
Read original →Pollora: Run WordPress Inside a Laravel Application
Pollora runs WordPress inside Laravel, with Route::wp() routing on conditional tags, Blade themes, and PHP attributes for post types and hooks. The post Pollora: Run WordPress Inside a Laravel Application appeared first on Laravel News. Join…
Read original →Scheduled Session Garbage Collection in Laravel 13.39
Laravel 13.39 adds a session:garbage-collect command for scheduled session cleanup, keyless models with #[Table(key: false)], and durations on JobAttempted. The post Scheduled Session Garbage Collection in Laravel 13.39 appeared first on Laravel News. Join the Laravel…
Read original →Deferred Schema Loading in Filament v5.8
Filament v5.8 adds deferLoading() for sections, tabs, wizards, and repeater items, plus session-persisted table grouping and lifecycle hooks in traits. The post Deferred Schema Loading in Filament v5.8 appeared first on Laravel News. Join the Laravel…
Read original →Mastering Laravel Testing: A Video Course on Laravel Tests
Mastering Laravel Testing is a video course from Joel Clermont on feature tests, mocks, policies, and form validation. Presale pricing ends November 20. The post Mastering Laravel Testing: A Video Course on Laravel Tests appeared first…
Read original →Sloppy: Static Analysis for AI-Written PHP
Sloppy checks AI-written PHP for swallowed exceptions, query loops, and unfinished code, with coding-agent hooks and reviews focused on new findings. The post Sloppy: Static Analysis for AI-Written PHP appeared first on Laravel News. Join the…
Read original →NativePHP Mobile Security Advisories: Update to 4.6.1
NativePHP published seven security advisories for its mobile package, plus rebuilt PHP binaries for this week's PHP CVEs. Update to 4.6.1 or 3.3.11 and rebuild. The post NativePHP Mobile Security Advisories: Update to 4.6.1 appeared first…
Read original →Volker Dusch on the PHP RCE Vulnerabilities and Disclosure
Volker Dusch of the PHP Foundation explains how the two critical PHP RCE vulnerabilities were found, fixed, and disclosed, plus the leak and the broken embargo. The post Volker Dusch on the PHP RCE Vulnerabilities and…
Read original →Decide with Jev: Turn AI Answers into Decisions with PHP Rules
Jev can answer three questions about a draft, but the model should not decide what happens next. In episode 3 of Decide with Jev, we write a small PHP class that turns those answers into one…
Read original →Laravel Read Replicas: Prevent Stale Reads After a Write
Laravel's PreventStaleDatabaseReads middleware keeps a user's reads on the write database after they save, so read replica lag doesn't show them old data. The post Laravel Read Replicas: Prevent Stale Reads After a Write appeared first…
Read original →Reset Sticky Database Connections Between Laravel Queue Jobs
Laravel 13.36 adds Worker::$flushStickyConnections so queue jobs go back to your read replicas after an earlier job writes to the database. The post Reset Sticky Database Connections Between Laravel Queue Jobs appeared first on Laravel News.…
Read original →Skuul: Open-Source School Management Built on Laravel
Skuul 3.0 is an open-source school management app on Laravel 13 and Livewire 4, with per-campus roles, gradebooks, a family portal, and fee tracking. The post Skuul: Open-Source School Management Built on Laravel appeared first on…
Read original →Screenshot: Capture Images and PDFs with PHP and Laravel
Screenshot captures HTML, Blade views, and web pages as PNG, JPEG, or PDF files with Chrome, then saves them locally or to Laravel filesystem disks. The post Screenshot: Capture Images and PDFs with PHP and Laravel…
Read original →PHP Security Releases Fix Two Critical RCE Vulnerabilities
PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36, and 8.2.35 fix two critical vulnerabilities that allow unauthenticated remote code execution. Here's who's at risk and how to update. The post PHP Security Releases Fix Two Critical RCE Vulnerabilities appeared first…
Read original →Prevent Stale Database Reads in Laravel 13.38
Laravel 13.38 adds PreventStaleDatabaseReads middleware and DB::usingWritePdo() so users see their own writes when you read from database replicas. The post Prevent Stale Database Reads in Laravel 13.38 appeared first on Laravel News. Join the Laravel…
Read original →Critical PHP Security Release Coming Tomorrow (October 21)
The PHP security team will ship a release on October 21, 2026 at 14:00 UTC that fixes two critical vulnerabilities, both rated CVSS 9.2. Plan your upgrade now. The post Critical PHP Security Release Coming Tomorrow…
Read original →Update PHP now
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