--- title: Best PHP posts — September 2025 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted PHP posts from September 2025, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/tags/php/best-of/2025/09 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/tags/php/best-of/2025/09 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best PHP posts — September 2025 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted PHP posts from September 2025, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of PHP — September 2025 1. 1 [](/posts/laravel-launches-laravel-learn-with-two-free-mini-courses-ulrrpivdr "Laravel launches Laravel Learn with two free mini-courses") Article Laravel News · 1y Laravel launches Laravel Learn with two free mini-courses Laravel has launched Laravel Learn, a new learning platform featuring two free mini-courses: a refreshed Laravel Bootcamp for absolute beginners and PHP Fundamentals covering the basics that power Laravel. The courses are taught by Josh Cirre and Christoph Rumpel respectively, available both on the dedicated learning site with progress tracking and as full-length YouTube videos. This initiative replaces the deprecated original Bootcamp and aims to provide a gentle entry point for new developers into the Laravel ecosystem. 202 12 2. 2 [](/posts/frankenphp-vs-php-fpm-o1flbraql "FrankenPHP vs PHP-FPM") Article Code Distilled · 1y FrankenPHP vs PHP-FPM A performance comparison between FrankenPHP and PHP-FPM examining CPU usage, memory consumption, and operational costs. The analysis reveals that FrankenPHP with workers offers superior performance for high-traffic applications, providing lower latency and higher throughput. The comparison includes recommendations for when to choose each solution based on traffic patterns and infrastructure requirements. 41 8 3. 3 [](/posts/inside-the-laravel-service-container-2busscb04 "Inside the Laravel Service Container") Article W endell Adriel · 1y Inside the Laravel Service Container Laravel's Service Container handles dependency injection and auto-wiring by mapping service requests to their implementations. The container supports various binding types (bind, singleton, instance), contextual bindings for different implementations per consumer, auto-wiring through type hints, tags for grouping services, and extension hooks for decorating existing services. Service providers manage the container lifecycle through register and boot phases, while features like method injection and contextual primitives provide flexible dependency resolution. 30 4. 4 [](/posts/laravel-request-analytics-package-lp9do2hjc "Laravel Request Analytics package") Article Ahmed shamim · 1y Laravel Request Analytics package Laravel Request Analytics is a comprehensive web analytics package for Laravel applications that tracks traffic patterns, user behavior, and performance metrics. It features intelligent bot detection, IP geolocation services, GDPR-compliant data handling, and provides insights through an intuitive dashboard and API endpoints. 27 5. 5 [](/posts/debugging-and-logging-in-laravel-applications-sj48lrnx9 "Debugging and Logging in Laravel Applications") Article Laravel News · 1y Debugging and Logging in Laravel Applications A comprehensive guide covering Laravel's built-in debugging and logging capabilities, including tools like Laravel Debugbar, Telescope, and Xdebug for development environments. The guide demonstrates how to implement Sentry for production error tracking, set up structured logging with Monolog, detect slow queries, and use custom tags for better error context and performance monitoring. 23 6. 6 [](/posts/no-more-down-migrations-dj2tgadoa "No more down migrations") Article FREEK.DEV · 1y No more down migrations Tempest framework has refactored its database migration system, eliminating the need for down migrations. This change simplifies the migration workflow by removing the complexity of rollback functionality, focusing on forward-only database schema changes. 20 7. 7 [](/posts/prettyphp-is-an-opinionated-code-formatter-for-php-ty1p60ant "PrettyPHP is an opinionated code formatter for PHP") Article Laravel News · 1y PrettyPHP is an opinionated code formatter for PHP PrettyPHP is a fast, opinionated code formatter for PHP that runs without configuration and provides sensible defaults. It supports PHP 8.4 and below, formats code for readability and consistency, and includes presets for popular frameworks like Symfony, Drupal, Laravel, and WordPress. The tool is PSR-12 compliant and comes with a VS Code extension for automatic formatting on save. 17 8. 8 [](/posts/laravel-notifications-dynamic-channels-priority-and-delayed-sending-fq79nijis "Laravel Notifications: dynamic channels, priority, and delayed sending") Article FREEK.DEV · 1y Laravel Notifications: dynamic channels, priority, and delayed sending Explores advanced Laravel notification features including dynamic channel selection, priority handling, and delayed message delivery. Covers techniques for building more sophisticated notification systems that can adapt channel selection based on context, manage message priorities, and schedule notifications for optimal timing. 13 9. 9 [](/posts/beware-clever-devs-says-laravel-inventor-taylor-otwell-yt9farmsw "Beware clever devs, says Laravel inventor Taylor Otwell") Article The Register · 1y Beware clever devs, says Laravel inventor Taylor Otwell Laravel creator Taylor Otwell warns developers against writing overly complex code, advocating for simple, maintainable solutions over clever implementations. He emphasizes staying within framework conventions rather than bypassing them, as clever solutions often become code smells that cause future problems. 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