This comprehensive guide explores the use of Laravel's Pipeline class, detailing its application for handling complex processes through multiple stages. Learn to create, manage, and test pipelines, enhancing code maintainability and efficiency in your Laravel projects.

This update adds a stop() method to gracefully halt processes and pools, and introduces the ability to use mass assignment with mutators while using Model::guarded. It also includes a new make:job-middleware Artisan command for easier job middleware creation. Finally, event auto-discovery now supports kebab-case folder names outside the app folder.

Laravel 11 introduces a new way to configure middleware using the Illuminate\Foundation\Configuration\Middleware class. This class provides a fluent interface fo managing you application's middleware stack. Whether you’re new to middleware or looking for the latest best practices, this guide breaks it down in a way that’s easy to follow.

You can apply Regular Expression Constraints to route parameters, ensuring that they match a specific pattern using regular expressions. This helps enforce data integrity and prevent invalid parameters from being passed into your routes.

Route::get('categories/{id}/{name}', function (User $user) {
    return $user;
})->where([
    'id' => '[0-9]+',
    'name' => '[a-z]+',
]);

The revamped PHP Core Roundup adopts a dynamic format focusing on the developmental momentum of PHP, rather than a basic changelog. Highlighting PHP 8.4, it introduces significant features like property hooks and asymmetric visibility, alongside a new HTML5 parser in the DOM extension. Additionally, the PHP release cycle policy has been updated to extend security fixes to two years for all versions post PHP 8.1. Upcoming developments include the PIE (PHP Installer for Extensions) and real-time PHP performance benchmarking.

cpx is a tool designed to streamline the execution of Composer package commands, enabling on-the-fly command invocation without installation hassles or dependency conflicts. It simplifies PHP workflows by allowing the direct running of commands from any Composer package, ensuring tools are always up-to-date. Additionally, cpx adapts to different project environments by detecting and utilizing the appropriate tools, whether for testing, static analysis, or code formatting. Notably, it also supports Laravel project integration, app will be bootstrapped so you can use any services just like you're writing your app.

The PHP Foundation is actively seeking sponsors to enhance PHP's features, performance, and security. By supporting, you'll contribute to tackling long-standing bugs, integrating new functionalities, and potentially exploring innovative projects that could revolutionize PHP development.

TimeWarden is a PHP library for monitoring task processing times, allowing developers to set maximum execution limits and trigger actions if tasks exceed estimated durations.

VoidZero Inc., founded by Evan You (creator of Vue and Vite), has secured $4.6 million to create a unified, high-performance JavaScript toolchain. The initiative aims to address ecosystem fragmentation and improve developer and end-user experiences.

OpenAI introduces "canvas," a new interface for ChatGPT that provides an editable workspace for writing and coding projects. Initially available in beta for ChatGPT Plus and Teams users, it will soon expand to Enterprise and Edu users.