Why PHP in 2026?

PHP has come a long way. Modern PHP has JIT compilation, immutability via readonly, enums, attributes, and a type system that rivals TypeScript.

No build steps. No transpilation. No bundling. Just write code and deploy. That's the superpower everyone forgot about.

Value ObjectsAPITestingGenerics

final readonly class Book
{
 public function __construct(
 public Status $status,
 public string $title,
 ) {}

 public function label(): string
 {
 return match ($this->status) {
 Status::Draft => 'Working on it',
 Status::Published => 'Ready to read',
 };
 }
}

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Ecosystem

Modern PHP isn't just better. It's unrecognizable from its past.

~/projects/myapp

$ laravel new myapp

_ _

| | | |

| | __ _ _ __ __ ___ _____| |

| | / | '_/ \ \ / / \ |

| |___| (_| | | | (_| |\ V / __/ |

|______\__,_|_| \__,_| \_/ \___|_|

Creating a laravel/laravel project...

✓ Application ready in [myapp].

✓ Built with love.

LaravelComposerPHPStanPestPintRector

LaravelRails/Next.js for PHP→

Still think PHP is a joke?

So did we. Then we actually looked at it. Type-safe. Expressive. Modern. It just works.