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Picked up this little one at #TechMids thank you @Vonage

It's Friday once again! Another week has flown by here at @jumptwenty4 , so lets get down to the top ten @laravelphp and @official_php things I've found this week. In 🥇 place this week we have @ccmiller2018 and @MikePageDev over on the PHP Alive and Kicking Podcast. This week they have the @nativephp team @simonhamp and @ShaneDRosenthal on. It was a great live podcast with lots of great questions from the viewers and some great answers. If you haven't given Native a go yet give this a listen and then go do that - 📽️ - t.ly/_S0Qm In 🥈 place this week we have Joseph Montanez with "Phrost Update #2 - 2D Game Engine For PHP" I mean why not build a 2D game engine for PHP :) - 📽️ - t.ly/TNb6I In 🥉 place this week its @brendt_gd with "Game changing editions" - Brent talks about one item that stood out on his PHP Wishlist for 2026 "PHP Editions" or as he also calls it "opt-in breaking changes" - t.ly/SKn8x 🥇 @ccmiller2018 , @MikePageDev , @simonhamp and @ShaneDRosenthal - 📽️ - t.ly/_S0Qm 🥈 Joseph Montanez - "Phrost Update #2 - 2D Game Engine For PHP" - 📽️ - t.ly/TNb6I 🥉 @brendt_gd with "Game changing editions" - t.ly/SKn8x 4️⃣ @ollieread - "Decorating Services in Laravel" - t.ly/oAKjv 5️⃣ James Seconde - "The Laravel AI Experience: Coding Basic RCS Functionality" - t.ly/HMlzj 6️⃣ @calebporzio - With all the Wire:Live talks going live - 📽️ - t.ly/bhzqn 7️⃣ @DanielNewns - PHP 8.5's #[NoDiscard] Attribute - t.ly/oK9Su 8️⃣ @AshAllenDesign - "Saloon vs Guzzle vs SDK vs Http Facade for Laravel API Integrations" - t.ly/1skhj 9️⃣ Pete Heslop over on Laravel News with his new book release "Laravel for the Rest of Us" - t.ly/YDTrZ 🔟 Dennis Koch With LaraMaps if you're a Laravel developer and not already on the map head over and add yourself - t.ly/SYhoO That's it for this week hopefully there is something there for everyone to enjoy reading. Don't forget to tag your posts with hashtag#PHP or hashtag#Laravel for a chance to be in next weeks top ten. Thanks for reading and let me know in the comments what your favourite read is or what you might have found this week.

Heading to #TechMids

Last night @ccmiller2018 and I talked to @ShaneDRosenthal and @simonhemp about @nativephp and more #PHP #NativePHP #Laravel

Episode 10 of PHP Alive and Kicking is going live in 3 minutes youtube.com/watch?v=Ua-j1Y… #PHP

Checkout out @MikePageDev and @ccmiller2018 interview with @JustSteveKing in an hour on own YouTube channel. youtube.com/watch?v=jYJn-H…

I'm really excited to catch up with Nuno tomorrow. He's one of the brightest minds in the Laravel/PHP World, and he's always building. He might be the only person who gets more excited about PHP packages than I do.

Episode 5 is out

We are going live at 8:00 pm UK time.

On Tuesday, the latest episode of PHP Alive and Kicking dropped. In this episode @ccmiller2018 and I talked to @ashleyhindle about #LaravelBoost and working with AI. Is AI taking over our jobs? youtube.com/watch?v=anOlog… #php #larvel #ai

A new episode of PHP Alive and Kicking today at 8:00 pm UK time #PHP #Laravel #AI

Episode 3 of PHP Alive and Kicking went live last night, featuring me, @ccmiller2018, and special guest Gina Banyard. And yes, this episode was recorded live! youtube.com/live/DQqW5LRVJ… #php #WebDev

The second episode is now out. In this episode, @ccmiller2018 and I talk to Sara Golemon about what is coming in PHP 8.5 youtube.com/live/D3FZr0Itz…

@ccmiller2018 and I started a podcast, under the @phparch umbrella!!!

@ccmiller2018 @phparch Welcome to the team. Looking forward to working with you.

Excited to be starting at @phparch next week as a full time employee! I’ll be working in the consultancy arm, and will continue to be writing for the magazine. Could not be happier!

@shocm @gonedark Generally we refer to it as a rugby match.

@gonedark It was a gem of a game. Match? I don’t know what they call it. 😁

Kid decided to take up Ruby. I think I’ll just watch from the sidelines, thank you very much.

@shocm I miss my playing days

@ccmiller2018 @nativephp I have my licence but haven't started playing with it yet.

if you have a mobile app to build, and you're a PHP developer - have you tried @nativephp? honestly - I built an app that got investment for the third party in 2 and a half weeks - i could NOT have achieved that in any of the other options. Native PHP rocks!

Were you unable to attend PHP Tek 2025 this year? You can catch a free talk on phptek.tv right now, where @awoods will discuss "Keeping Up with PHP."

@realFlowControl @phparch You certainly will.

@MikePageDev @phparch See you there 👋

The long journey to #phptek25 has just started. Looking forward to catching up with the rest of the @phparch team and all the friends I met last year.