Two methods vs one to fetch data

What is your preferred way of handling situations like when you need to fetch multiple records from the database using Doctrine DBAL and already have a method to fetch one. Do you make the one method hybrid,
function getbyID(int|array id) {
#if int add this param
#if array add array param IN()

Less code but mixed.

Or do you make it separated? More code but clearer methods?
function getById(int myid) {...}
function getByIds(array idlist) {...}

Which one you use and why? Following best practices and of course, having compromises sometimes.

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What's Coming for PHP in 2026: A Developer's Guide
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Message Brokers in PHP: From Hundreds of Lines to Just a Few
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Type-safe data flow: Laravel to React with Inertia 2.0
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A Week of Symfony #989 (December 8–14, 2025)
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Message Brokers in PHP: From Hundreds of Lines to Just a Few
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Type-safe data flow: Laravel to React with Inertia 2.0
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What's your go-to approach for structuring large Laravel projects?

Hey fellow Laravel devs! 👋

I’ve been working on some fairly large projects lately and I keep running into the same challenge:
“How do I structure my Laravel apps so that they stay maintainable as they grow?”

Some things I’ve experimented with:
- Modular folder structure for features
- Service Providers for reusable logic
- Domain-driven design patterns in Laravel

I’d love to hear from you:
- How do you organize large Laravel projects?
- Any tricks or best practices for keeping code clean and scalable?
- Packages or tools you swear by for project organization?

Sharing some real-life examples would be amazing!
Let’s make it easier for the community to handle big Laravel apps.

Thanks in advance for your insights! 🙌

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Pulse - Monitor Your Application's Performance in Production
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Job Batching Internals: How Laravel tracks state and handles partial failures
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Laravel Workflows as MCP Tools for AI Clients
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Weekly Ask Anything Thread

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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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Static And Not Static Method At The Same Time
https://php-tips.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tips/static_and_not_static.html

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Curious: How does your team test feature branches before merging to dev/staging?

I'm working on a Laravel project with a separate React frontend and we've been struggling with how to let the team (and clients) test features before they hit staging.

Right now we either deploy to a shared staging server (messy, conflicts) or run everything locally to demo (painful for non-technical stakeholders).

Curious how other teams handle this:

* Do you spin up environments per branch/PR?
* If yes, what's your setup? (Docker, k8s, some service?)
* If no, what do you do instead?

Especially interested if you're dealing with microservices or separate frontend/backend repos.

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I built a Laravel installer because shared hosting setup is still painfu

Laravel is great, but the first 30 minutes still suck — especially on shared hosting.



.env issues, DB config errors, missing extensions, wrong permissions…

I kept seeing the same problems again and again.



So I built an open-source Laravel installer that:

\- checks server requirements

\- validates DB credentials

\- guides setup through a simple installer UI

\- works without assuming full CLI access



It’s still early and I’m looking for real feedback more than stars.



Repo: https://github.com/ajithjojo/getecz-laravel-installer



What would you change or add?

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Socialite - Effortless Social Authentication
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Career Changer Strategy: Focusing on Backend/Logic & using AI for UI/Design. Is this a future-proof path for freelancing?

Hi everyone,

I am currently a career changer ("Umschüler" in Germany) doing my internship at an E-Commerce agency. I'm building my roadmap for a future mix of part-time employment and freelancing.

I realized I love the logical side of things (Databases, Backend, Docker, JS-Functionality) but I hate "pixel-pushing" and trying to pick the perfect colors
.
My Plan:
The Stack: HTML, CSS, JS, PHP, MySQL, Docker. (I plan to learn React/Frameworks later, but want to master the basics first).

The Workflow: I use AI to handle the "Design" part (CSS, Layouts, UI components). I understand the generated code (Grid, Flexbox, Responsive), so I can debug it, but I don't want to study design theory.

The Product: I want to move away from "Brochure Websites" (high competition, low pay) and focus on building Web Apps, PWAs, and B2B Tools for small/mid-sized businesses. I feel like solving actual business problems (saving time/money) pays better than just "looking good".

My Questions for you:
Is this a solid Freelance strategy? Can I market myself as a Fullstack Dev if I rely on AI for the visual heavy lifting, while I ensure the Logic/Security/Backend is rock solid?
PHP vs Node: In the German market, I see a lot of demand for PHP (Shopware, custom tools) in the SMB sector. Is sticking with PHP + Docker a safe bet for stable income, or is the pressure to switch to Node.js unavoidable?

Future Proofing: Do you agree that "Logic/Problem Solving" is harder to replace by AI than "CSS/Design", making this path safer long-term?

Thanks for your honest feedback!

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Honest opinion about devpdf
http://devpdf.in

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New PostgreSQL Client/Parser/QueryBuilder library

Hey everyone!
I would like to share our recent addition to Flow PHP framework, a brand new PostgreSQL library based on ext-pgsql and pganalyze/libpg_query

Doctrine DBAL is awesome! But since it's database engine agnostic, it's missing some nice features like for example, query builder is not covering all db specific features like CTE.

This makes us to either keep SQL queries as plain strings, or make some tradeoffs while using Query Builder, flow-php/postgresql covers this gap providing probably the most advanced query builder in PHP.
Our fluent interfaces are going to guide you (with support from your IDE) through building queries.

But it's not all, thanks to libpg_query we were able to create a postgresql parser that covers 100% of syntax since it's literally extracted from the server code 🤯 (full support up to PostgreSQL 17)

Why do we need a parser?

\- query analysis (security but also static analysis)
\- we can programmatically access/modify queries - like for example add advanced pagination

And if non of this sounds appealing, thanks to parser and deparser flow-php/postgresql comes also with query formatter - just like php-cs-fixer or mago formatter but for sql queries!

On top of that we also created Client interface with a default implementation based on ext-pgsql that comes with a support for Row Mappers (an interface). Our plan is to provide bridges for libraries like cuyz/valinor or crell/serde that will let us make queries results strictly typed through:

$client->fetchInto(User::class, "SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = $2, [10001\]);

You can find library documentation here: https://flow-php.com/documentation/components/libs/postgresql/

It's still early development, not battle tested yet, feedback/bug reports/ideas are greatly appreciated and welcome 😊

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