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Generics in PHP: Current Workarounds and What the Future Holds

01May 3, 2026 · 19 min readCore PHP

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Generics in PHP: Current Workarounds and What the Future

Explores PHP's current lack of runtime generics: PHPDoc template annotations, Psalm and PHPStan generics, and the current RFC landscape.

PHP
Generics
PHPStan
Psalm
Static Analysis

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Core PHP production archive

This filtered archive keeps related Core PHP posts together so the topic is easier to scan before opening a detailed article.

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Architecture decisionsBoundaries, interfaces, ownership, and long-term code shape.
Performance workQueries, workers, profiling, cache behavior, and production speed.
Debugging practiceTrace failures, isolate causes, and make bugs reproducible.
Security reviewsAuth, inputs, uploads, secrets, headers, and release risk.

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Core PHP articles

18 articles filed under Core PHP.

02April 2, 2026 · 16 min readCore PHP

Understanding PHP Stream API: File I/O, Wrappers & Custom

Explores PHP streams - wrappers, filters, stream contexts, and building custom stream wrappers for exotic storage backends.

PHP
Streams
File IO
Wrappers

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03March 10, 2026 · 20 min readCore PHP

Building a PHP Blog Engine From Scratch: No Framework

Builds a feature-complete blog - routing, templating, SQLite storage, markdown support - using only the PHP standard library.

PHP
Blog Engine
SQLite
Markdown

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04February 22, 2026 · 17 min readCore PHP

PHP Event Loops Explained: How ReactPHP and Amp Handle

Demystifies event loops, non-blocking I/O, and timer scheduling in PHP, comparing ReactPHP streams vs Amp channels.

PHP
Event Loops
ReactPHP
Amp

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05January 10, 2026 · 17 min readCore PHP

PHP 9.0 Preview: What's Coming and How to Prepare Your

Early look at PHP 9.0 planned changes - removal of deprecated features, new syntax proposals, and migration path from 8.x.

PHP
PHP 9.0
Migration
Core PHP

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06June 18, 2025 · 16 min readCore PHP

PHP Type System Mastery: Union, Intersection & Never Types

Comprehensive guide to PHP's evolving type system - union, nullable, intersection, never, and void types with strict mode best practices.

PHP
Core PHP
Type System
Union Types

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07December 19, 2024 · 20 min readCore PHP

PHP 8.4 Released: Complete Breakdown of Every New Feature

Definitive release guide covering property hooks, asymmetric visibility, lazy objects, the new HTML5 parser, and all deprecations.

PHP
PHP 8.4
Property Hooks
Migration

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08September 4, 2024 · 20 min readCore PHP

PHP Fibers vs ReactPHP vs Amp: Async PHP Ecosystem

Side-by-side comparison of PHP async approaches: native Fibers, ReactPHP event loop, and Amp coroutines with benchmark methodology.

PHP
Fibers
ReactPHP
Amp

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09March 12, 2024 · 15 min readCore PHP

PHP 8.4 Preview: Property Hooks, Lazy Objects & New Array

Early preview of PHP 8.4 changes: property hooks as a major OOP addition, lazy object proxies, and new array helper functions.

PHP
PHP 8.4
Property Hooks
Lazy Objects

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Archive overview

Core PHP notes with production context.

Production contextArticles focus on live-application problems: slow queries, fragile releases, unclear ownership, failed jobs, admin workflow friction, and code paths that are hard to review.
Implementation detailThe archive favors concrete Laravel and PHP decisions: Eloquent, Blade, queues, Filament, testing, security, structured data, deployment checks, and operational cleanup.
Discovery surfaceEvery listing keeps a stable URL, excerpt, date, reading time, local responsive image, category, tags, RSS entry, sitemap entry, and local search-index data.