Packages

Libraries and frameworks you can composer require today. New packages worth a look, and the releases that change how the ones you already use behave.

HTTP QUERY Method Support in API Platform 5.0

API Platform 5.0 adds HTTP QUERY support from RFC 10008, OpenAPI 3.2, and a rebuilt Doctrine filter set. Symfony 6.4 support is dropped.

Eric L. Barnes Sep 17, 2026

Guzzle 8.1 adds PHP 8.6 support, TLS session sharing for the stream handler, and automatic resends of seekable uploads mid-transfer.

Eric L. Barnes Aug 24, 2026

Doctrine DBAL for DuckDB brings DuckDB queries to PHP apps, including direct access to CSV, JSON, and Parquet files through Doctrine.

Eric L. Barnes Aug 24, 2026

Loupe adds full-text search to PHP apps with SQLite, including typo tolerance, filters, facets, and geo search without a separate server.

Eric L. Barnes Aug 21, 2026

Leaf PHP 5 adds a compiled routing engine and the Leaf Crash error reporter, fixes skipped group middleware, and now requires PHP 8.2.

Eric L. Barnes Aug 18, 2026

Rector 2.6.2 finishes the move to composer-based sets, removes the per-version set providers, and adds a --php flag for PHP-only upgrade runs.

Eric L. Barnes Aug 17, 2026

Twig 4.0 makes the sandbox a first-class class with its own environment, so untrusted templates stop inheriting your app's globals and filters.

Eric L. Barnes Aug 10, 2026

Twig 4.0 makes macro arguments required unless they have a default, adds explicit variadic syntax, and requires parentheses when you call one.

Eric L. Barnes Aug 7, 2026

PHPUnit TIA ports Pest's Test Impact Analysis to PHPUnit 13, skipping tests unaffected by your changes to cut local suite runs down to seconds.

Eric L. Barnes Aug 4, 2026