In this episode, Scott discusses why backups are important and uses #rsync to create an automated backup using #cron. PHP Tek is looking for sponsors! Contact see https://phptek.io/blog/elevate-your-brand-sponsorship-phptek-2025 for more information. Links: HoneyBadger.io – https://HoneyBadger.io Our Discord – https://discord.gg/aMTxunVx Scott’s Social Media: Bluesky – https://bsky.app/profile/scottkeckwarren.bsky.social LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-keck-warren-91689810/ Mastodon – https://phpc.social/@scottkeckwarren

In this episode, Scott talks with Dr. Molly McQueary, CMPC about Performance Psychology and Dr. McQueary’s talk at #phptek 2025. PHP Tek is looking for sponsors! Contact see https://phptek.io/blog/elevate-your-brand-sponsorship-phptek-2025 for more information. Links: HoneyBadger.io – https://HoneyBadger.io Our Discord – https://discord.gg/aMTxunVx Molly’s Social Media: Website – https://drmollymcq.com/ Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/dr.mollymcq/ LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/molly-mcqueary/ Scott’s Social Media: […]

In this episode, Scott talks with Tessa Kriesel about #DevRel and her talk at #phptek 2025. PHP Tek is looking for sponsors! Contact see https://phptek.io/blog/elevate-your-brand-sponsorship-phptek-2025 for more information. Links: HoneyBadger.io – https://HoneyBadger.io Our Discord – https://discord.gg/aMTxunVx Molly’s Social Media: Website – https://www.tessakriesel.com Twitter – https://x.com/tessak22 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/tessak22/ Scott’s Social Media: Bluesky – https://bsky.app/profile/scottkeckwarren.bsky.social Mastodon […]

This week on the PHP Podcast, Eric and John discuss Laravel Enums, Serialization, json_decode, Bye Bye to Skype, and more. Links from the show: Buffer Overflow in Laravel: Causes, Prevention & Fixes – DEV Community The death of Skype: when it closes and what you need to do Avoid This Laravel Enum Trap: Learn How […]

This week, a client complained about a long-running query, and we needed to fix it. While I can’t divulge the actual query, I can give an idea of its nastiness, which we inherited when we took over the project. The query itself doesn’t matter, so don’t overanalyze it. Depending on the id’s used, this query […]

 This week on the PHP Podcast, Eric and John talk about Explain Explained, Postgres All The Things, Livewire Remote Code Execution, Lazy Object, and more… Links from the show: Understanding MySQL Queries with Explain I replaced my entire tech stack with Postgres… – YouTube RCE Via User-Crafted Requests · Advisory · livewire/volt · GitHub […]

In this episode, Scott talks with TJ Miller about Prism “a powerful Laravel package for integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) into your applications”. PHP Tek is looking for sponsors! See https://phptek.io/blog/elevate-your-brand-sponsorship-phptek-2025 for more information. Links: Prism Website – https://prism.echolabs.dev/ HoneyBadger.io – https://HoneyBadger.io Our Discord – https://discord.gg/aMTxunVx TJ’s Social Media: Twitter – https://x.com/heytjmiller Bluesky – https://bsky.app/profile/tjmiller.bsky.social […]

Markdown for Developers One of my guiding principles as a developer is that our ability to communicate is one of the most important tools we developers have in our toolbox. There are lots of ways we communicate with others in code, documentation, and blog posts. What we need is a way to write our documentation […]

This week on the PHP Podcast, Eric and John talk about Laravel 12 released, Laravel.cloud released, and more… Links from the show: Laravel 12: A Quiet Evolution That Packs a Punch | ICreator Studio – Premium Admin Templates & Web Solutions Laravel – The PHP Framework For Web Artisans https://cloud.laravel.com/sign-up Built for Devs: We Fast-Track […]

Git. It’s the lifeblood of modern software development. After several years of navigating through code repositories and juggling various project versions, it’s easy for seasoned developers to settle into a comfortable routine with familiar tools. Git, the ubiquitous version control system, is no exception to this rule. It’s a tool that many of us use […]