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Explore our new round of sponsorships, as well as a more structured approach towards new PHP open source sponsorships in the future.

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard introduced by Anthropic. Think of it as a USB-C port for AI: a consistent way to plug the AI models your AI agent uses into specific tools and data sources. You can connect Junie, the AI coding agent by JetBrains, to a wide variety of official…

Along with making Laravel Idea free for PhpStorm users, this release brings improvements to the remote development experience, JetBrains AI tools, and more. Download PhpStorm 2025.2 Junie coding agent MCP support  Support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) allows you to connec…

Starting July 30, 2025, we’re making Laravel Idea free for PhpStorm users. If you have the Laravel Idea plugin installed, you get full access to all plugin features at no extra cost.

Explore how you can benefit from Junie, the AI coding agent by JetBrains, for your PHP development.

The PHP ecosystem is driven by passionate developers building tools that power everything from content management systems right the way through to testing libraries and database layers. Behind each project is a dedicated team working to modernize code, improve performance, and move the ecosystem for…

Welcome to the May edition of PHP Annotated! It’s been a minute since the last edition. Turns out time flies when you’re deep in foundation work, and the occasional existential debugging session. But we are back. Here’s everything you might’ve missed in the PHP world, we dug through the noise so you…

We’re opening the EAP for the PhpStorm 2024.3 that will have native support of PHP 8.4.

PHP turns 30 this June, and we’re looking forward to celebrating this notable milestone together with you!

This release is a major update that includes improvements in PHPStan annotations, Xdebug, and WordPress support, an AI Free tier and new subscription system for JetBrains AI, and more.

Earlier this month, we had the pleasure of hosting a community meetup in our Amsterdam office in collaboration with our partner DLF (the Dutch Laravel Foundation). The event brought together Laravel and PHP developers for an evening of technical talks, networking, and knowledge sharing. The Dutch…

Introducing the official Xdebug Helper extension by JetBrains, ensuring seamless PHP debugging in Chrome.