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PHPStan tutorial: catch PHP bugs before production with levels
Install PHPStan 2.3, choose a rule level, adopt a baseline for legacy code and fail CI only on new errors, with real output from a worked PHP 8.5 example.
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Resource guide
PHP 8.2 reaches end of life on 31 December 2026: an upgrade checklist
PHP 8.2 stops receiving security fixes on 31 December 2026. Here is the current support table from php.net, how to choose between PHP 8.4 and 8.5, and a step-by-step checklist for a safe upgrade.
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Tutorial
Build a read-only PHP MCP server with MySQL and the official SDK
Expose product lookup, bounded low-stock searches and an inventory summary to AI clients with the official PHP MCP SDK, PDO and local STDIO transport.
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Tutorial
Laravel AI SDK 1.0 tutorial: build your first AI agent in Laravel 13
Build a tested Laravel 13 AI agent with laravel/ai 1.x: providers, a PHP tool, structured output, queued jobs, fakes for tests, cost caps and a security checklist.
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Resource guide
Laravel 13 production deployment checklist
A practical checklist for deploying Laravel 13 to a Linux server with Nginx and PHP-FPM: PHP version, web root, environment and secrets, permissions, deployment commands, queue workers, the scheduler, health checks and security.
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How to add rate limiting to a Laravel 13 API
A step-by-step guide to protecting a Laravel 13 API with named rate limiters: per-user and per-IP limits, strict login limits, JSON 429 responses, Redis counters, limits on non-HTTP actions and feature tests.
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Troubleshooting guide
How to find and fix N+1 queries in Laravel Eloquent
N+1 queries make Laravel pages slow as data grows. Learn to detect them with preventLazyLoading and query listeners, then fix them with eager loading, withCount and Laravel 13's automatic eager loading.
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Architecture guide
Dependency injection in CakePHP 5: services, providers and testing
How the CakePHP 5 service container works: where CakePHP injects services, when a service is worth it, shared services, configuration injection, service providers, the optional 5.4 built-in container, and swapping services in tests.
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Resource guide
CakePHP 5 production deployment checklist: security, performance and releases
A practical checklist for running CakePHP 5.4 in production: debug and secrets, App.fullBaseUrl and host-header checks, webroot as document root, HTTPS, CSRF and security headers, caching, a deploy script and monitoring.
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Resource guide
CakePHP 4 security support has ended: a checklist for upgrading to CakePHP 5.4
CakePHP 4.x stopped receiving security fixes on 10 September 2026. This step-by-step checklist covers deprecations, the rector upgrade tool, composer and skeleton changes, the main breaking changes and PHPUnit updates for moving to CakePHP 5.4.
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Tutorial
How to build a JSON REST API with CakePHP 5.4
A step-by-step CakePHP 5.4 tutorial: resource routes under an /api prefix, JsonView serialisation, bounded pagination, 201/204/422 status codes, JSON error bodies, CSRF handling for stateless clients and an integration test.
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Industry update
WordPress 7.1 Abilities API: expose plugin actions to AI safely
What the Abilities API changed in WordPress 7.1: the public flag, filtered discovery, lifecycle hooks and typed REST input, with a working ability.
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