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Psalm 7 Turns On Security Analysis by Default
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Oct 27 - Nov 3, 2026
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In this issue
  • Psalm 7 Turns On Security Analysis by Default
  • Cooldown Policies for New Package Versions in Composer 2.11
  • PHP 8.2 End of Life: Plan Your Upgrade Before Dec 31
  • Cloudflare Opens a PHP CTF to Test Its php2shell WAF Rules
11 community links · 2 RFC votes open · 1 RFC decided · 1 new RFC · 3 upcoming events
Developer Tools
Psalm 7 Turns On Security Analysis by Default
Psalm 7 runs taint analysis by default, replaces its old purity annotations with capabilities, and requires 64-bit PHP 8.2 through 8.6.
More this week
Developer Tools
Composer 2.11 can hold back newly published package versions for a period you set. It also ships nine security fixes and removes t...
Cooldown Policies for New Package Versions in Composer 2.11
PHP Core
PHP 8.2 security support ends December 31, 2026. See the support dates for 8.3 through 8.5, how to pick a target, and a checklist...
PHP 8.2 End of Life: Plan Your Upgrade Before Dec 31
Developer Tools
Cloudflare put a vulnerable PHP 8.5.11 server behind its WAF and invites HackerOne researchers to bypass the php2shell rules and c...
Cloudflare Opens a PHP CTF to Test Its php2shell WAF Rules
RFC Watch
Voting now
2 yes, 16 no. Voting closes November 4.
Voting now
10 yes, 0 no. Voting closes November 16.
Accepted
27 yes, 1 no.
New proposal
Adds PASSWORD_BCRYPT_WRAP, a bcrypt algorithm that prehashes passwords with cSHAKE256 or HMAC-SHA512 to get past bcrypt's 72-byte and null-byte limits.
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Around the web
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PHP Doom demo uses FFI and Vulkan with ray tracing · Community
Compromised eMudhra Certificates: Update Your JetBrains IDEs, ReSharper, .NET Tools, Toolbox App, and Gateway Now · Community
This Week In PHP Internals | Oct 29, 2026 · Community
Laravel Worldwide Meetup - AI can find it! Semantic search with the Laravel AI SDK · Tutorial
Dries Buytaert argues AI will drive website migration costs toward zero · Community
PHP's Early Design Tradeoffs, Seen by a Kernel Developer · Community
David Hemphill is Chasing Dopamine · Community
DDEV October 2026: PHP2Shell Fixed in v1.25.5, Thanks to Ondřej Surý and the PHP Foundation · Package
Jason McCreary says he no longer writes or reviews code · Community
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