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Articles on PHP — web development, design, and SEO notes from Long Island.

Development Tips

Advanced PHP Techniques Worth Using in 2026 (And a Few to Skip)

Most “advanced PHP” posts are a list of features someone read about once. This one is different. These are the techniques I actually reach… Jul 16, 2025 · 5 min read Read
Development Tips

PHP in 2026: What Actually Changed and What Still Matters

PHP gets declared dead every few years, and every year it quietly powers most of the web you use. But the language has genuinely… Jul 1, 2025 · 5 min read Read
Developed By Ken Key

PHP in 2026: What Still Matters and What You Can Ignore

Most PHP advice on the internet was written for PHP 5.3 and never updated. That’s a problem, because the language has changed a lot… Jun 10, 2025 · 6 min read Read
Development Tips

Modern PHP Techniques That Still Matter in 2026

Most of the PHP running in production right now was written years ago, and a lot of it still works fine. But “works fine”… Jun 4, 2025 · 5 min read Read
Development Tips

Modern PHP Practices for 2026: What I Actually Use on Production Sites

Most PHP advice floating around the web was written for PHP 5.6 and never updated. Meanwhile PHP 8.4 shipped in late 2024, 8.5 landed… May 9, 2025 · 4 min read Read
Node.js

PHP vs Node.js in 2026: Which One Should You Actually Build With?

I’ve shipped production code in both PHP and Node.js, and the honest answer to “which is better” is that they solve overlapping problems in… May 7, 2025 · 5 min read Read