I'm back from an excellent few days at Confoo, where I gave two talks. One on testing, the other on custom PHPStan rules. There were many amazing talks and I had lots of interesting hallway chats. And the added bonus of Mount Royal at night. A lovely walk in the snow. And Canada's best Poutine.

Yesterday we had PHP Thames Valley in Reading. Thanks to @daveliddament.bsky.social and @mintopia.net for bringing us not one, but two magnificent talks! Follow us for future events: meetup.com/php-thames-v...

I had a great conversation with edorian.bsky.social. We talked about his upcoming PHP-UK talk about performance and also what it is like to be the PHP release manager. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYhu... PHPUK Tickets (20th Feb): www.phpconference.co.uk/tickets Use code DAVEPHPUK for 10% discount.

Symfony are kicking off 2026 with a meetup in London on Tuesday 27th Jan with two great talks. Sign up here if you're interested in popping along: www.meetup.com/symfony/even...

Recently Derick Rethans and I had a chat about his upcoming PHP UK Conference talk about XDebug, the PHP Foundation and supporting OSS. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oCc... Tickets phpconference.co.uk/tickets?utm_source=dave&utm_medium=interviews&utm_id=PHPUK+community Use DAVEPHPUK for 10% discount!

I had the pleasure of chatting with Ondrej Mirtes about PHPStan and his upcoming PHP Conference talk "Creating Custom PHPStan rules". www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmGf... Tickets for this and many other great talks: www.phpconference.co.uk/tickets?utm_... Use code DAVEPHPUK for a 10% discount!

I recently interviewed Sebastian Bergmann, the creator of PHPUnit, to talk about his brand new talk that he'll be giving at PHP UK Conference this February. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bru2... PHPUK tickets: www.phpconference.co.uk/tickets?utm_... Use code DAVEPHPUK for a 10% discount!

If I have behaved myself Santa gives me a tub of miniature heroes for Christmas. I've been collecting the stats on the contents since 2016. Should you wish to see them (I can't see why anyone would), I've shared them here: github.com/DaveLiddamen...

Merry Christmas everyone. I have a special bonus git tips and tricks video. Yes you can have vanity SHAs for all your git commits! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFQf... Thanks to everyone who's watched the videos. I hope you found them useful.

A force push in git is always a risk , especially if other team members are working on the same branch. It's possible to reduce the risk with git push --force-with-lease www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgR_...

A bug appeared. Nobody knows when. There are 300 commits in between. This is exactly what git bisect is for. Check out today's git tips and tricks video to learn about git bisect... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsn7...

Today's video shows how git reflog can save you from all your git mistakes... www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY2y...

Today's git tips and tricks looks at git cherry-pick www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOB6...

Save typing and your keyboard by using aliases to provide shortcuts for the common git commands you use. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyua...

Today's tips and tricks are about branches in git. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcGT...

In today's git tips and tricks video we learn how to edit commits using interactive rebase. www.youtube.com/watch?v=a18j...

This is my favourite git feature that I found out about this year. git commit --fixup git rebase -i --autosquash What's your favourite git feature you learnt this year? www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOrW...

More git rebase magic in today's video. It's possible to reorder commits and combine multiple commits into one.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=C11T...

One of git's most powerful features is git rebase. Start learning about it in today's video... www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZWv...

Have you just made a git commit that's too big? Learn how to split it into 2 with the help if git reset.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPXu...

Wish you could rewrite history? When it comes to git, that wish can come true! In today's video I show you how to amend a git commit... www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6hn...

Have you spent ages carefully creating a set of changes in the staging area for your next git commit, only to realise that you want to commit a completely different set of files? If so the git commit -o option is for you? www.youtube.com/watch?v=acQA...

Do you know what git add -N does? If not, checkout today's git tips and tricks video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=onqS...

NEW VIDEO: Laravel Best Practices.. Models, Actions, Type Safety, Generics in PHP 9.. 🛡️ 20 minutes of pure gold with Brent Roose discussing best practices for building large, maintainable Laravel applications.. ✅ Video here: youtu.be/QFh21mFLH8I?...

Git tips and tricks day 8; it's all about git diff and git restore... www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBKf...

The PHP Language Extension library v0.10.0 is released. PHP 8.5 is now supported. This library provides new language features (e.g. namespace visibility) that are enforced by static analysis. github.com/DaveLiddamen...

Day 7 of git tips and tricks is all about git add. including the flags -A, -u, -n and -p youtu.be/RDR35zepCgQ

Day 6 of git tips and tricks... Toady we learn about git shortlog youtu.be/Wh6oaQu3uwg

Git tips and tricks day 5 - we explore the git show command... youtu.be/uOHnEgwRJMs

Git tips and tricks day 4. Learn how git -L can be used to track changes to a method or function. youtu.be/fOEQSLZ5cDU

Day 3 of git tips and tricks. Today it's about git log --follow youtu.be/x9_BJ6HH9UI?...

I've launched version 0.4.0 of test-splitter, which now includes support for PHP 8.5. Check it out at github.com/DaveLiddamen....

Learn how the PHP Extensions Library along side static analysis uses the TestTag attribute to only allow test code to access methods. www.daveliddament.co.uk/articles/int...

The GrUSP team has just published my talk “Custom PHPStan Rules: Automate Standards and Save Time” from #phpday Custom PHPStan rules amplify the benefits of PHPStan and they are not as difficult as you might think to write. I created 3 in this talk youtu.be/1tOSnuxCcRY

See how the PHP Extensions Library along side static analysis uses the NamespaceVisibility attribute to emulate PHP's missing package/namespace visibility modifier. www.daveliddament.co.uk/articles/int...

Learn about the MustUseResult attribute from the PHP Language Extension Library. Also find out this can be replaced by PHP 8.5's NoDiscard attribute... www.daveliddament.co.uk/articles/int...

🐘 There's still time! 🎙️ Submit your talk now to be considered for a spot on stage at #PHPUK26! 👉 sessionize.com/php-uk-confe... #speakers #PHP #devops #conference

Learn how the Friend attribute from the PHP Language Extension library can be used enforce the use of creational design patterns (e.g. Builder and Factory) where used. www.daveliddament.co.uk/articles/int...

If you ever find yourself wishing PHP had concepts from other languages, you might be in interested in the PHP Language Extension Library. It uses static analysis to emulate features from other languages. Here's an article introducing the library: www.daveliddament.co.uk/articles/int...

This year we have @DaveLiddament presenting his tutorial "Mastering automated refactoring with custom Rector rules" - Learn how to create custom Rector rules that can automate tasks specific to your refactoring project. Grab tickets at longhornphp.com

There's the PHP you write. Then there's the PHP you aspire to write. The path to becoming an architect of the web is here. PHP UK Conference is back! February 20, 2026. Save the date. Blind bird tickets available here: phpukconference.lpages.co/blind-bird #PHPUK2026 #PHP #WebDev #TechConference

Learning about custom rules in PHPStan with @daveliddament.bsky.social this evening at PHP Berkshire.

Learning all about OAuth with @akrabat.com at PHP Berkshire.

I'm on my way to @confooca.bsky.social, I'll be speaking about static analysis and legacy code. I'll be around all conference, so if you want more in depth conversations about either of these topics please get in touch and we can chat further about these topics.

This is my favourite talk to give. PHPStan custom rules and Attributes allow you to add new language features to PHP in a few hours. See examples here: github.com/DaveLiddament/… And join me at PHP Tek to learn how to make your own additions to PHP.

PHP UK Conference 2025 starts tomorrow! 🚀 Just one day away from an amazing event filled with talks and networking with the PHP community. Visit our website for the full speaker line-up and schedule. Plan your day to maximise #phpuk25! 👉 Schedule: https://buff.ly/3PGTQUT #phpuk #php #phpc

Day 20 of PHP Generics. This looks at the extends annotation. We also see how multiple things we've learnt can be used together. vimeo.com/1052595811 #php #generics #phpstan

PHP Generics day 19 looks at the implements annotation: vimeo.com/1046224920

PHP Generics day 18 looks at: class-string<T> vimeo.com/1045819154

Static analysis tools like PHPStan allow PHP developers to create new language features. I gave a talk at PHPCon about how I added C++'s friend keyword to PHP: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzs3... Also check out other language extensions: github.com/DaveLiddamen...