Longhorn PHP

Given today's patches, we probably all need a bot of tacos and community. If you're in Austin next Tuesday evening, show up for exactly that. Details at www.meetup.com/austinphp/ev....

It's almost time for our closing keynote: The Commit You Can't Take Back: Conscience in a Career That Builds the Future by Eric Mann Remember to join the free live stream at 5pm CDT! buff.ly/AkQw7se

Time for our final multi-track talks of the day! Main Ballroom: PHPUnit: Beyond Assertions by Dan Soppelsa Hill Country D: Code Review: For Me & You by Steve Grunwell Elm: Save your hands for another day by Zach Watkins buff.ly/qnOI7x5

Next up: Main Ballroom: How Tetris Made Me a Better Programmer by @projektgopher.com Hill Country D: That’s your website, not your app by Holly Schilling Elm: Stop Controlling Workflows with If Statements: State Machines in PHP by João Gilberto Magalhães buff.ly/qnOI7x5

Thanks to @packagist.com for sponsoring the all-day beverage service for Longhorn PHP 2026! It's been well appreciated!

Starting soon! Main Ballroom: PHP 8.6: The Inside Scoop by Daniel Scherzer Hill Country D: Nginx and You by Chris Lemon Elm: Web accessibility smoke testing for critical issues by @racheled.bsky.social buff.ly/qnOI7x5

Please join us for lunch sponsored by TheGuarantors - huge thanks for sponsoring our Fiesta Fajita Buffet! buff.ly/8zm4JPH

As we've said before, Longhorn PHP wouldn't be possible without our sponsors - thanks to @packagist.com, TheGaurantors and @vehikl.bsky.social for helping make Longhorn PHP 2026 happen!

Next up: Main Ballroom: Certify Your Curiosity: How to Keep Learning in the Open Source World by buff.ly/sCXnL25 Hill Country D: Onboard like a PHP Staff Engineer by Lincoln Russell Elm: An Introduction to OAuth and OpenID Connect by Ben Ramsey buff.ly/qnOI7x5

Starting soon: Main Ballroom: Parallel Futures: Unlocking Multithreading in PHP by Florian Engelhardt Hill Country D: Local Inference for Fun and Profit by @wickedbyte.com Elm: Wrestling JSON Data In Your Database with JSON_TABLE() by @justintxdave buff.ly/qnOI7x5

Don't forget to join us in 1 hour for our opening keynote: PHP is People: The Foundation, the Community, and You by Elizabeth Barron - streamed live for free! buff.ly/AkQw7se

This year we're excited to live stream our keynote sessions, free to everyone! Join us at buff.ly/AkQw7se tomorrow (Friday, Oct 16th) at 9am and 5pm (CDT) Virtual tickets for Friday are still available, including recordings after the conference! buff.ly/pT8zS2c

Time for more tutorials! Main Ballroom: Break It, Then Fix It: An OWASP Top 10 Workshop for PHP Developers, Eric Mann Hill Country D: Refactoring Towards Clean Architecture (full-day), Damian Dziaduch Elm: Creating new PHP extensions in Rust, Daniel Scherzer buff.ly/qnOI7x5

Hope everyone is enjoying the tutorial sessions! We'll be having lunch shortly, with the Build Your Sandwich Bar at noon! 🥪 🤠

Thanks to Ben Ramsey for taking a few minutes to chat with us about his upcoming talk about OAuth and OpenID Connect - check it out:

This year we're excited to be able to live stream our keynote sessions, free to everyone! Join us at buff.ly/R6Wriwq on Friday, Oct 16th, at 9am and 5pm (CDT)

We're almost there! Tomorrow is Tutorial Day! Tickets for both days are still available, as well as virtual tickets for conference day! Get those tickets here: buff.ly/pT8zS2c

We're (a few minutes less than) two days from our Tutorial Day kickoff, and three days from this year's main conference day. We're looking forward to seeing y'all at the conference, in Austin or online! Tickets are still available for both in-person and virtual attendees at buff.ly/1sU5SfN.

We *could* just write the software stakeholders want us to, but Eric Mann will talk about when we *shouldn't* just write code in his keynote "The Commit You Can't Take Back: Conscience in a Career That Builds the Future".

The future might be parallel, and Florian can teach you how to use the ext-parallel extension to handle some heavy computation. Omni will ask some perpendicular questions about his talk.

João Gilberto Magalhães sat down with Omni to chat about his upcoming talk "Stop Controlling Workflows with If Statements: State Machines in PHP". No if, else, or elseif about it, we're looking forward to learning about state machines.

Thanks to Datadog for being a sponsor of LonghornPHP this year! Datadog allows developers to see across systems, apps, and services, and seamlessly aggregates metrics and events across the full devops stack. buff.ly/4nPxvEV

You still have time to get a ticket to Longhorn PHP - if you're on the fence, check out this sneak peak at Dan Soppelsa's talk about PHPUnit!

Here's a sneak peek at Chris Lemon's upcoming Nginx talk at Longhorn PHP - tickets still on sale, grab yours at buff.ly/J448qlZ

Thanks to Talking Drupal for sponsoring Longhorn PHP this year! buff.ly/jl5cu6Q is a weekly chat about web design & development.

We're super excited to have Geocodio returning as a sponsor this year! Geocodio: the delightfully boring geocoder. They've spent the last decade+ quietly processing billions of locations, wrangling 300+ million addresses, and building the geocoding service you always wanted. buff.ly/iJPcXRK

Omni chats with Dave Stokes about his Longhorn PHP 2026 talk "Wrestling JSON Data In Your Database with JSON_TABLE()".

Many business processes begin with a status column and a few conditionals, but before long, nobody can say with confidence what should happen. Join João Gilberto Magalhães for "Stop Controlling Workflows with If Statements: State Machines in PHP". buff.ly/Z42n9Lr

Thanks to our Gold sponor Vehikl, helping us put on Longhorn PHP 2026! Vehikl helps companies build and scale software products with AI, modern engineering practices, and senior technical leadership. vehikl.com

No typing for 2 weeks. That's what the surgeon told Zach Watkins, diagnosed with osteoarthritis at 38 years old. Attend "Save your hands for another day" to hear Zach's hard-earned lessons from attempts to use technology. Tickets at buff.ly/Z42n9Lr

Co-organizer @ian.im will be chatting on the PHP Podcast at 5pm Central this evening about the conference and in-person events in the community in general. Tune in at buff.ly/ZgxMOat .

On the surface, the idea of code review is a no-brainer - but how detailed should the review be? Who is qualified to perform the review? Join Steve Grunwell for "Code Review: For Me & You" to gain deeper insight into peer code review, as well as pick up some useful tools.

NativePHP has given PHP developers the ability to ship web apps as native iOS and Android apps - but should they? Join Holly Schilling for "That’s your website, not your app" to learn how to meet different expectations for mobile apps. Get tickets at buff.ly/Z42n9Lr

Longhorn PHP 2026 wouldn't be possible without our awesome sponsors, like our Platinum Sponsor - TheGuarantors - Technology that helps both renters and operators thrive - and they're hiring! Check out their open positions: buff.ly/4RH0Eo1

Most developers use PHPUnit exactly as it comes out of the box, but PHPUnit is designed to be extended. Dan Soppelsa's "PHPUnit: Beyond Assertions" will explore the extension points that allow you to tailor PHPUnit to your application. Get tickets at buff.ly/Z42n9Lr

You think you know Tetris. Falling blocks, line clears, gets faster — every developer alive has played it. @projektgopher.com built Tetris in PHP from the 60-page specification. Attend "How Tetris Made Me a Better Programmer" to learn what falling blocks can teach you!

Developers can catch 90% of critical accessibility issues with just a few quick checks. Check out "Web accessibility smoke testing for critical issues" with @racheled.bsky.social to uncover these issues preventing some people from using a webpage. Tickets: buff.ly/Z42n9Lr

Where do you start when onboarding to a decade-old PHP application? Check out Lincoln Russell's talk "Onboard like a PHP Staff Engineer" to learn how to discover & prioritize business value, herd coworkers toward consensus, and generate real impact. Tickets on sale now at buff.ly/Z42n9Lr

Longhorn PHP wouldn't be possible without our sponsors, and we're super grateful to have awesome sponsors like Private Packagist! Private Packagist is the single trusted source for packages your developers, CI jobs, and AI agents install. Secure your PHP supply chain: buff.ly/X0zoxD7

Today is the last day for Early Bird pricing! Early Bird pricing for Longhorn PHP ends tonight, September 16. If you’re planning to join us in Austin, this is your last chance to get your ticket at the Early Bird rate before prices go up. Get your ticket today: buff.ly/CUQbKOc

Most PHP apps run behind nginx, but many developers only touch a small part of what it can do. Join Chris Lemon for "Nginx and You " and walk through useful nginx features that anyone can start using, even if you’re not a DevOps specialist. Get your ticket: buff.ly/Z42n9Lr

Interested in buying bulk tickets? Bringing your whole engineering team to Longhorn PHP 2026? We can do a bulk discount for you, just shoot us a message to discuss! Don't forget to check out the schedule: buff.ly/xI8cM8w

The open source world never stands still. Technologies evolve, best practices change, and the skills that matter today may look different tomorrow. Join @volkswagenchick.bsky.social for "Certify Your Curiosity: How to Keep Learning in the Open Source World". Get your ticket at buff.ly/Z42n9Lr

Only 1 day left! Early Bird pricing for Longhorn PHP ends tomorrow. If you’ve been meaning to get your ticket, now is the time. Register today and lock in Early Bird pricing before it’s gone. buff.ly/CUQbKOc

Just 2 days left to save on your Longhorn PHP ticket! Early Bird pricing ends this Wednesday, September 16. Don’t wait until the price goes up. Grab your ticket now and join us in Austin for Longhorn PHP. buff.ly/CUQbKOc

Running open-weight AI models begins innocently, until you're convincing the boss that high-end GPU is a business expense. In @wickedbyte.com's "Local Inference for Fun and Profit", get started w/out spending a fortune & create a dependable development tool. buff.ly/Z42n9Lr

5 days left! Early Bird pricing for Longhorn PHP ends Wednesday, September 16. If you’ve been planning to join us in Austin for great talks and practical learning with the PHP community - now’s the time to grab your ticket and lock in the price. buff.ly/CUQbKOc

Join PHP core developer & veteran release manager Daniel Scherzer for a deep dive into the new features, syntax updates, deprecations, & surprises coming in PHP 8.6. Now is the time to start preparing. Tickets at buff.ly/Z42n9Lr

You've probably used OAuth without realizing it, but how does this handshake of trust actually work, & why do developers love or loathe implementing it? Peel back the layers of OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect with Ben Ramsey's "Introduction to OAuth and OpenID Connect". Get tickets at buff.ly/Z42n9Lr

JSON is the data interchange format of choice, but its performance in a relational database is horrible. Attend Dave Stoke's talk "Wrestling JSON Data In Your Database with JSON_TABLE()" to learn about JSON_TABLE() and possible alternatives. Tickets at buff.ly/Z42n9Lr