Longhorn PHP

We may be starting to wrap things up, but this amazing event is far from over! Huge thanks to @Vonage for sponsoring our second after party! #LonghornPHP wouldn't be possible without our sponsors, so please make sure to thank them!

Closing out #longhornphp for this year is Ben Ramsey talking about Saving Open Source.

Our final set of multi-track #longhornphp sessions consist of David Kerber talking about IAM, Lemon explaining the benefits of progressive web apps, and Ben Batschelet describing how to create developer-friendly projects.

Our 3pm #longhornphp sessions have commenced, with @crell digging into PHP properties, @jimbojsb talking search with TypeSense, and Levi Morrison showing how to write PHP extensions in Rust.

After an insightful keynote from @CoriLint, #longhornphp afternoon sessions have commenced. @DanielScherzer is walking through new PHP 8.5 features, @cabbey is unearthing advanced shenanigans of the @rectorphp variety, and @scottkeckwarren is speaking of taming time itself.

Thanks to our 11am hour #longhornphp presenters: @asgrim talking about PIE, @EvanHahn walking through Unicode, and Keith Davis explaining the machinations of a multi-version, multi-step PHP upgrade.

We're well into our first multi-track #longhornphp sessions of the day, after a keynote from @realFlowControl. We have @daveliddament talking about decoupling tests, Eric Poe walking through the command line, & Nočnica Mellifera explaining how to monitor synthetics w\Playwright.

Thanks to all of our fantastic speakers today, and our sponsors as well! Ready for the After-Party? Tonight's party is sponsored by @RoaveTeam - come hang out in the Main Ballroom to socialize, enjoy some tasty beverages, and play games! As always, Code of Conduct applies!

For our final #longhornphp sessions of the day we have @crell getting meta about PHP attributes, Mandy Hubbard talking about software supply chain security, and @ogprogrammer vibe coding it up with Claude.

A bit late, but this hour's #longhornphp sessions are courtesy @bytesofbree talking about Git, @lotharthesavior on building resilient event-driven applications, and @mikemiles86 talking about shifting left by incorporating testing earlier in the development process.

Our next set of afternoon #longhornphp sessions is a rundown of what happens when you inherited a legacy application by @JoePFerguson, a discussion of local development via DDEV with Bernardo Martinez, and a digression into writing SQL with AI by @stoker.

joind.in/event/longhorn… Slides on my Can AI Write Better SQL Than You are available

Friday afternoon #longhornphp sessions are commencing. We have "Love your Monolith" from @M1ke, "AI Agents in Drupal" by Marcus Johansson, database optimization strategies by @alenaholligan, and a special uncon presentation about HTTP/3 by @paulcdejean .

Lunch today is sponsored by @phparch.com - Thanks so much PHP Architect! Head over to the hallway just across from registration - and enjoy! #LonghornPHP

Got plenty of slots left for the #longhornphp uncon

Next up at #longhornphp, we're navigating the #a11y evolution with AmyJune Hineline, using network magic to do zero trust with @jimbojsb, and doing @PHPUnit database testing with Charles Sprayberry

The 1st (zero-indexed) day of #longhornphp is well underway! After an opening keynote by @housecor, we have Janani Subbiah talking about API specification, Chuck Reeves walking through PHP security mechanisms, and @scottkeckwarren explaining database design for developers.

If you're at @LonghornPHP, make sure to stop by and say hello!

The morning tutorials at #LonghornPHP are concluded! Please join us for lunch in Hill Country C, then get ready for the afternoon sessions!

The #longhornphp 2025 tutorial day is underway! @alenaholligan is presenting on BDD, @realFlowControl is walking through building an observability extension with Rust, and @DaveLiddament is diving into building custom Rector rules.