Best PHP and computer science courses for professional development in 2026?

Hey everyone,

I’m a full-stack web developer looking to level up my PHP skills in 2026. I’m mostly self-taught, so I want to rebuild my fundamentals from the ground up, not just in PHP but in computer science in general. I also want to dig into more advanced topics like modern architecture, design patterns, performance, and testing.

I’m open to online or in-person courses, certifications, or developer conferences that can help me become a stronger and more well-rounded developer.

If you’ve taken any courses or attended any events that really helped you grow, I’d love to hear your recommendations.

Thanks in advance!

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Is there a tool that is able to convert a dump into Symfony Migration?

I am in search for a tool that allows me to convert an SQL dump into a Symfony migration, the reason why is because I am reintroducing migrations into my system and I my coleagues to just run:

  
php bin/console doctrine:migrations:migrate   

In order to setup a new Db schema. Is there a way to do this, does worth the effort and time?

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Case Study: Lights, Camera, Action: How Symfony Built a National Film Award Platform in Record Time
https://symfony.com/blog/case-study-lights-camera-action-how-symfony-built-a-national-film-award-platform-in-record-time?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Symfony%20Blog%20Feed

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Trying to make my own login logic but Fortifys routes are blocking my routes.

Yeah I’m just fiddling so no need to bark at me for changing the login logic.

But where are the fortify /login /register routes or can I ”publish” the stubs? Currently npm run dev gives errors about duplicate routes when I add /login /register to web.php

I’m using Laravel 12.32 something with inertia vue.

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Evolving PHP Streams for Async, Security, and Performance
https://thephp.foundation/blog/2025/10/30/php-streams-evolution/

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Laravel Package: Laravel Profanity MIT

Packagist: https://packagist.org/packages/evo-mark/evo-laravel-profanity

Source: https://github.com/evo-mark/evo-laravel-profanity

Everyone loves swearing, but there might be instances where you don't want to accept user input which contains it (e.g. a first name for an introductory invite email "Hello F***face").

Previously we'd used the reliable https://github.com/arandilopez/laravel-profane but it hasn't been updated since Laravel 8.

With the recent release of the Pest Profanity package, we saw an opportunity to use their curated word list to power a Larvel validation rule.

Installation and usage instructions are in the REAME.

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A Week of Symfony #983 (October 27 – November 2, 2025)
https://symfony.com/blog/a-week-of-symfony-983-october-27-november-2-2025?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Symfony%20Blog%20Feed

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Symfony 8.0.0-BETA2 released
https://symfony.com/blog/symfony-8-0-0-beta2-released?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Symfony%20Blog%20Feed

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Symfony 7.4.0-BETA2 released
https://symfony.com/blog/symfony-7-4-0-beta2-released?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Symfony%20Blog%20Feed

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Horizon on multiple servers

I am currently running horizon on a single server with redis queue driver. This iserver is only used for queue processing while web requests are handled by other servers and post jobs to redis queue. Can i scale this setup by adding one more queue server to run horizo n? Will there be a chance that same job is executed by both the servers simultaneously.

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Weekly /r/Laravel Help Thread

Ask your Laravel help questions here. To improve your chances of getting an answer from the community, here are some tips:

What steps have you taken so far?
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Please don't post a screenshot of your code. Use the code block in the Reddit text editor and ensure it's formatted correctly.

For more immediate support, you can ask in the official Laravel Discord.

Thanks and welcome to the r/Laravel community!

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Modern PHP development with Vite – new tools for a faster, component-based workflow
https://github.com/nititech/modern-php-vite-starter

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jpcaparas/superpowers-laravel: Claude Code superpowers: core skills library for Laravel
https://github.com/jpcaparas/superpowers-laravel/

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Weekly Ask Anything Thread

Feel free to ask any questions you think may not warrant a post. Asking for help here is also fine.

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I built Laranode, an Open-Source Hosting Control Panel for Your VPS made with Laravel & InertiaJS

Hey Laravel devs! 👋

I just released Laranode v1, an open-source hosting control panel built with Laravel & InertiaJS React.

It’s a “shy” v1 from a solo dev — I focused on keeping it light and simple, just enough to manage a minimal web server efficiently.

Some highlights:
✅ Self-Hosted & Open Source – Full control, no licensing fees.
✅ Multi-Account Support – Role-based access for admins & users.
✅ Website & File Management – Create websites and manage files from the browser.
✅ SSL with Let’s Encrypt – One-click free certificates.
✅ Live System Stats – Monitor CPU, memory & network in real-time.
✅ LAMP Stack Administration – Manage Apache, MySQL & PHP easily.
✅ User-Friendly Interface – Clean and simple UI designed for efficiency.
✅ MySQL Management – Create & control databases.
✅ UFW Firewall – Simple firewall rule management.

GitHub repo: https://github.com/crivion/laranode

Next steps for me: adding a backup manager and PHP versioning manager, all while keeping things simple.

I’d love to hear your thoughts, feature requests, or ideas. If you like it, a ⭐ on GitHub helps Laranode get noticed by more Laravel devs!

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Weekly help thread

Hey there!

This subreddit isn't meant for help threads, though there's one exception to the rule: in this thread you can ask anything you want PHP related, someone will probably be able to help you out!

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New in Symfony 7.4: Multi-Step Forms
https://symfony.com/blog/new-in-symfony-7-4-multi-step-forms?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Symfony%20Blog%20Feed

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Industry alpha release - a package for generating realistic text in factories with AI
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SymfonyCon Amsterdam 2025: Vibe-Free Zone: Serious AI Assisted Development for Symfony
https://symfony.com/blog/symfonycon-amsterdam-2025-vibe-free-zone-serious-ai-assisted-development-for-symfony?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Symfony%20Blog%20Feed

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PHPBB Forum

Alguém tem um noscript extensão de pontos e loja para forum phpbb? Onde o usuário ganha pontos por posts e pode trocar por itens na loja tipo badges ou Nick animado etc...

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PHP 8.5 piping operator

I really want to use the shiny pipe operator they introduce and yet I don't know the ergonomics of |> as the operator. I whish they kept the PHP naming system and used "pipe" instead of |>. What do you think of this?

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