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PhpStorm 2026.3 Adds an Agent Workspace and PHP 8.6 SupportPhpStorm 2026.3 brings PHP 8.6 support, new Laravel inspections, and a Processes tab for monitoring queue workers. It also introduces Air, a workspace designed for coding agents. This excerpt covers the main additions in the release.Laravel · via Laravel News · 10h ago1 minPHP 8.6 RC5 Is Out: Test Your Apps Before November 19PHP 8.6.0 RC5 is out for testing ahead of the planned November 19, 2026 release. The post explains how to add RC5 to your CI, check dependency version constraints, report bugs on GitHub Issues, and download the source tarballs, git tag, or Windows binaries.PHP · via PHP News · 10h ago2 minInsert Middleware Before or After Existing Laravel MiddlewareLearn how Laravel 13.40 lets you add custom middleware directly before or after built-in middleware such as TrustProxies and StartSession, using the new insertBefore() and insertAfter() methods. This avoids having to redefine the entire middleware stack.Laravel · via Laravel News · 21h ago1 minThe PHP Podcast 2026.11.05The PHP Architect hosts return after two months with a leaked AWS key that led to a Bitcoin-mining attack, a look at the developer-only social network /dev/null, and the PHP2Shell CVE response. They also cover the PHP Tek 2027 speaker review process.AWS · via phparch.com · 1d ago7 minWhat’s new in PHP 8.6A look at what PHP 8.6 brings so far, including explicit endianness for pack() and unpack(), stream error handling via contexts, writes to object properties referenced by constants, a stream filter chain limit, and #[\Override] for class constants. Details may still change before the November 2026 release.PHP · via amitmerchant.com · 1d ago7 minWhat’s New in PhpStorm 2026.3PhpStorm 2026.3 adds Air, a workspace for running and reviewing coding agents, plus PHP 8.6 support with new inspections and quick-fixes. It also covers Laravel checks, Git worktree improvements, GitLab OAuth sign-in, a new Home window, sound cues for accessibility, and a libghostty-based terminal.Laravel · via PhpStorm Blog · 1d ago9 minStrict Request Input Casting in LaravelLearn how the new strict flag in Laravel 13.40 changes the request integer(), boolean(), float(), and string() helpers. Invalid input now returns your default value instead of being silently cast to 0 or raising an error.Laravel · via Laravel News · 2d ago1 minLaravel's Service Container Is Spring With Different AccentsThe author, a longtime Laravel developer, argues that Laravel's service container and Spring's dependency injection solve the same problem with different vocabulary and ceremony. He compares how each handles bindings and configuration, notes Laravel's convenience versus Spring's explicitness, and offers advice for moving between the two.Laravel · via guywarner.dev · 2d ago4 minSetting Up A Laptop That Isn't MineA developer explains how they configured a borrowed work MacBook after starting a new role. They cover restoring their dotfiles, keeping work notes in a separate Obsidian vault, and using mise to pick between Homebrew's PHP builds.PHP · via juststeveking.com · 2d ago1 minLaravel October Product UpdatesA roundup of what shipped across the Laravel product line in October. It covers Resend email support on Laravel Cloud, QUERY route support in the Laravel framework, and PHP security advisories in Laravel Forge.Laravel · via blog.laravel.com · 2d ago1 minPost Mortem: Patching the PHP and Node.js VulnerabilitiesThis post mortem explains how the team patched every Laravel Cloud app in place within about 27 hours of the PHP and Node.js vulnerability disclosures. It also covers what broke on Forge, Envoyer, and Vapor during the rollout and the process changes the team plans to make.Laravel · via blog.laravel.com · 2d ago1 minWhy PHP 6 Never Shipped and PHP Skipped to 7Explains why PHP 6 was planned as a Unicode-focused release around UTF-16 strings, what it was meant to fix, why its development stalled and was shelved in 2010, and how the version number was later skipped in favor of PHP 7.PHP · via PHP News · 2d ago9 min