Refactoring Legacy: Part 2 - Tell, Don't Ask.
https://clegginabox.co.uk/refactoring-legacy-part-2-tell-dont-ask/

https://redd.it/1p8d69n
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I am creating a VSCode Symfony Extension

I've been a Symfony developer for years. While I love VSCode's speed, I often miss the deep framework understanding that PhpStorm offers—especially when refactoring code or exploring the Service Container.

So, I decided to build a comprehensive extension to bridge this gap. I'm getting close to a Public Preview and wanted to share the feature list to gauge community interest.

**The "Killer Feature": Safe Refactoring** Existing extensions usually only handle PHP symbols. My extension implements a **Symfony-Aware Rename Provider**. *This was actually my first need and the first module developed.*

* If you rename a Class or Service in PHP, it safely scans and updates references in your **config files (YAML/XML)** automatically.
* No more broken service definitions or manual find-and-replace after a refactor.

**⚡ The "Intelligence" Stack (Implemented Features)** My goal was to bring visibility to the "magic" of Symfony using **TreeViews** (side panel explorers) and **CodeLens** (inline context info):

* **Services & Parameters:**
* **TreeView:** Browse your full compiled container services and parameters.
* **CodeLens:** Inline insights on service injections and parameter values directly in your code.
* **Routes:**
* **TreeView:** Visualize all application routes (methods, paths).
* **CodeLens:** Annotated controller methods showing their mapped route info.
* **Autowiring:**
* **TreeView:** Explore available autowirable types.
* **CodeLens:** See exactly which service is being injected into your type-hinted arguments.
* **Configuration & Dotenv:**
* **TreeView:** Navigate config namespaces and environment variables.
* **CodeLens:** View documentation for config nodes and see resolved `.env` values directly inside your YAML files.
* **Twig:**
* **TreeView:** Browse available filters, functions, and tests with integrated documentation.
* **Nelmio API Docs:**
* **TreeView:** Explore your API documentation models.
* **CodeLens:** Contextual info on PHP Attributes and config files.
* **Command Executor:**
* Execute `bin/console` commands directly from the VSCode Command Palette (with GUI argument builders).

I want this tool to be sustainable and professionally maintained over the long term. My plan is to release a **Public Preview** soon for everyone to test.

Once it reaches **Stable v1.0**, I intend to use a **Freemium model**.

**I'd love to hear your thoughts** about this extension, what features you miss and what would make you switch from PHPStorm to VSCode?

I'll be dropping the beta link here soon if there's interest!

Thanks!

[General demo](https://reddit.com/link/1p8gzwg/video/3qad2hmy7w3g1/player)



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PHP Prisma: Integrate multi-media related LLMs easily

PHP Prisma is a light-weight PHP package for integrating multi-media related Large Language Models (LLMs) using a unified interface:

**https://php-prisma.org**

The new release adds:

New interfaces for recognize (OCR) and vectorize (embeddings)
Support for async remote APIs which requires polling
Implemented Amazon Bedrock imagine, isolate, inpaint and vectorize
Implemented Black Forest Labs imagine, inpaint and uncrop
Added Mistral recognize for OCR
Implemented vectorize for Cohere
Implemented vectorize for VoyageAI
Improved documentation

PHP Prisma concentrates on image (incl. audio/video LLM APIs in the upcoming releases) and is a sister project of Prism PHP, which is build for text/stuctured/streaming content.

If you like it, give it a star:
**https://github.com/aimeos/prisma**

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What kind of design pattern is Laravel using here?

https://preview.redd.it/m7yawqm3iz3g1.png?width=1444&format=png&auto=webp&s=5f4176cb5264005b2a3ebb1024707eeb5d51b9f7

Hey folks,

What kind of desing patterns do you think Laravel is using here? Let's learn some from the great Laravel console codebase.

https://redd.it/1p8sphv
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Speedup PHPUnit code coverage generation
https://staabm.github.io/2025/11/26/speedup-phpunit-code-coverage.html

https://redd.it/1p8uj5k
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A small php library to generate dynamic email marketing countdowns.
https://github.com/ivanpreziosi/phpEmailTimer

https://redd.it/1p8ygqf
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NativePHP for Mobile v2 is here
https://nativephp.com/docs/mobile/2/getting-started/changelog

https://redd.it/1p97jn9
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Small Tool for create php openSwoole /apache / NginX Rest Api

This lightweight tool designed for create Microservice Rest-Api on OpenSwoole, NginX and Apache. **gemvc** . it is MIT-license and open-source.

easy install:

composer require gemvc/library

then :

php vendor/bin/gemvc init

finally choose your server and configuration easily and finish by

docker compose up -d --build

it is AI-Ready , cursor and copilot detect it right after installation , but it is better to copy README.md to chat right after init process and prompt: read and learn it compleetly.

github : github.com/gemvc/gemvc

i wish this post be useful for your next project

https://redd.it/1p97odc
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NativePHP for Mobile v2 is here
https://nativephp.com/docs/mobile/2/getting-started/changelog

https://redd.it/1p97jt8
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SymfonyCon talks, slides and code exemples are on GitHub
https://github.com/SymfonyCon/2025-talks

https://redd.it/1p9pfl7
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SymfonyCon talks, slides and code examples are on GitHub
https://github.com/SymfonyCon/2025-talks

https://redd.it/1p9ph62
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A Week of Symfony #987 (November 24–30, 2025)
https://symfony.com/blog/a-week-of-symfony-987-november-24-30-2025?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Symfony%20Blog%20Feed

https://redd.it/1paejtq
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Guidance on how to refactor a legacy (>10 years old) application?

I'm a junior dev with only basic knowledge of modern PHP (since all main webdev related languages tend to work the same after all) and I can understand what a modern app works (even if I still have to grasp what some PSR are about).

That said, my first ever "real job", after a short internship as a NET6 dev, will be to help and refactor an old application made in PHP5 and with hundreds of files mixing rendering, queries and buisness logic.

The app is very delicate and manages millions of dollars in transactions daily so it's really important that nothing breaks.

Conceptually I know how one should approach the refactoring: modularize the pages in an MVC like architecture and use the legacy php files as controllers, add testing (and perhaps introduce Twig instead of relying on string manipulation or even a framework like Symphony to avoid reinventing the wheel on routing/controllers and security?) but as you may imagine, for a jr like me it feels also really overwhelming, do you have any book/course you think may help me approach this challenge?

I'm still thinking about grabbing a course on Udemy to learn modern PHP development first thing first lol but refactoring feels really intimidating, like "correcting" another developer with much more experience than you

https://redd.it/1pahjaa
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php-collective/framework-comparison: Compare some metrics of popular PHP frameworks
https://github.com/php-collective/framework-comparison

https://redd.it/1paj3sz
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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?
What have you tried from the documentation?
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For more immediate support, you can ask in the official Laravel Discord.

Thanks and welcome to the r/Laravel community!

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AI Vibe Software Development Coding Repair
https://ottstreamingvideo.net/ai-vibe-coding-repair

https://redd.it/1pauafg
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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.

https://redd.it/1pb3332
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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!

https://redd.it/1pb640g
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Sustainability of Open Engineering
https://medium.com/@krakjoe/sustainability-of-open-engineering-b33db9d4923c

https://redd.it/1pb6qv9
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Why setting your PHP memory limit to 60GB won't help
https://devcenter.upsun.com/posts/why-setting-your-php-memory-limit-to-60gb-wont-help/

https://redd.it/1pba1oz
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Laravel Christmas themed advent calendar - quiz app
https://youtu.be/ymXqrRRrnqM

https://redd.it/1pbcyq7
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