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How Managing Time as a Web Developer Can Save PHP Upgrade

Balancing modernization and legacy code can be a challenge for web developers. In this video, we dive into managing time as a web developer during an enterprise PHP upgrade, exploring the hidden time costs of refactoring, training, and debugging. Learn how to navigate these challenges while maintaining team velocity and tackling cognitive load.

Zend Server vs The Enterprise Web Platform

Zend Server is approaching end of life — so what’s the best path forward for PHP teams? In this video, get clear Zend Server info as we compare Zend Server PHP features with the new Enterprise Web Platform and explain why it’s the safest migration option for modern, enterprise PHP applications.

Tideways 2026.1 Release

We’re rolling out a new wave of improvements across Tideways in our first Release of 2026, focusing on deeper visibility, smarter automation, and broader ecosystem support. From automatic tracepoints for selected transactions and improved exception workflows to enhanced FrankenPHP worker-mode instrumentation, these features continue to reduce manual effort while increasing observability.

Dodge the thundering herd with file-based OPcache

In the blog post about Fine-Tuning OPcache Configuration I mentioned the thundering herd problem that affects OPcache during cache restarts. When OPcache is restarted, either automatically or manually, all current users will attempt to regenerate the cache entries. Under load this can lead to a burst in CPU usage and significantly slower requests.

Performance Benchmark Report second half of 2025 for Shopware 6

How does your Shopware 6 store’s PHP backend performance compare to other operators of Shopware in general? To answer this question, we have aggregated and anonymized performance data from over 200 Shopware 6 stores over the second half of 2025 and computed benchmark numbers to compare to for the most important page types: Product details, Category, Search, and Homepage. We previously made these benchmarks for 2025 Q1, and 2025 Q2. Going forward, these will be published every 6 months.

What You Need to Know About PHP Certifications

In this video, Adam Culp, Manager of Professional Services at Perforce Zend, explains why validating your skills via a PHP certification can be an essential investment for modern developers and organizations. Earning a PHP certification (such as the Zend PHP Certification) can help ensure that you and your team are aligned with industry standards and capable of delivering reliable, high-quality code. The exam covers critical topics through PHP 8.4, including object-oriented programming, security, and error handling.

PHP Support for Enterprise Applications

Building secure and observable systems is essential, but what happens when issues arise in your enterprise applications? In this clip from “How to Build a PHP Security Roadmap,” Zend Principal Product Manager Matthew Weier O’Phinney explores strategies and PHP support options for identifying and resolving issues in your enterprise PHP applications.

PHP 8.5 Garbage Collection Improvements

Big optimizations in PHP’s memory consumption have become exceedingly rare. Since then, memory improvements have been smaller in scope, focusing on little details for certain types of variables. Like improving the Garbage Collector (GC) in edge cases, which Iljia Tovilo contributed to PHP 8.5 titled “Mark enums and static fake closures as not collectable”.

Tideways 2025.4 Release

In our fourth Release of 2025, we included PHP 8.5 support on the day of its release and Heartbeats to monitor your application’s pulse more closely than ever. If something is offbeat, you’ll receive timely alerts. We improved alerting by introducing fine-granular transaction level response time and made automatic tracepoint triggers more powerful.

PHP Configuration Essentials for DreamFactory: Critical Settings You Need to Know

This guide focuses on the critical configurations every DreamFactory administrator must understand: memory_limit, upload_max_filesize, post_max_size, PHP-FPM worker settings, and the often-overlooked configuration hierarchy where pool settings override php.ini values.