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March 19 PHP Alive And Kicking: Episode 26 Elizabeth Barron


In this episode of PHP Alive and Kicking, hosted by Mike and Chris (from PHP Architect), featuring their guest Elizabeth Barron, the newly appointed Executive Director of the PHP Foundation. The conversation covers Elizabeth’s origin story in PHP (self-teaching in the late 1990s), her vision for the Foundation beyond just funding core developers — including community engagement, evangelising PHP in emerging regions like Africa, and improving documentation. They also discuss the challenge of attracting younger developers to PHP, the lack of PHP-focused educational content and boot-camps, the impact of AI on development (including a wild story about an autonomous AI agent submitting PRs and blogging about being “discriminated against”), the importance of mentoring, and the potential revival of local PHP user groups.

Links:
The PHP Foundation https://thephp.foundation
Elizabeth Barron announcement https://thephp.foundation/blog/2026/02/27/welcoming-elizabeth-barron-new-executive-director/
An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me/
PHP Architect Magazine https://www.phparch.com/magazine/
PHP Tek Conference https://tek.phparch.com
PHP Architect Swag Store https://store.phparch.com
PHP Architect Discord https://discord.phparch.com
PHP.tv https://php.tv
Laracasts https://laracasts.com
SymfonyCasts https://symfonycasts.com
Displace Technologies https://displace.te
certificates.dev https://certificates.dev

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1 hr 34 min
March 12The PHP Podcast 2026.03.12
 
 
The PHP Podcast streams live, typically every Thursday at 3 PM PT. Come join us and subscribe to our YouTube channel.
Another fun episode of the PHP Podcast! Here’s what we covered:
Internet Woes & Technical Difficulties
Eric continued his saga with connectivity issues, dropping multiple times on Zoom calls and even during the podcast. After trying everything from coax cable converters to different network setups, he’s considering just running a new network cable to his office. The Wi-Fi experiment during the show… didn’t go great.
First Waymo Experience
John shared his first ride in a Waymo self-driving car! While the wife wasn’t thrilled about having to walk to a specific pickup spot, the experience was pretty impressive. One weird moment: the car got confused by a bus at a 45-degree angle and started creeping into the left lane. Overall verdict: comfortable, cheaper than Uber, and no awkward small talk required.
Eric’s Coding Adventure
In a rare “Eric writes code” moment, he debugged a POC project by littering the codebase with 15+ write-to-log statements (because who needs X debug?). The culprit? A renamed variable he forgot to update elsewhere. Classic. John was horrified to learn there’s no static analysis running. The demo went well… until someone asked to see the customer interface.
MySQL 8.0 → 8.4 Upgrade Planning
John’s been preparing for the MySQL 8.0 to 8.4 upgrade (8.0 is end of life). The previous team left amazing documentation, but there’s one major issue: the DBA rejected converting from utf8mb3 to utf8mb4 character set because the tables are so massive it would lock them for way too long. That’s a problem for future John.
AWS S3 Cleanup – 75 Million Files!
John tackled a years-old problem: phone call recordings stored as both WAV and MP3 files in S3. The cleanup script identified 75 million WAV files to delete, which took a day and a half to process. Potential savings: $100/day. Joe asked about intelligent tiering, which… yeah, probably should look into that.
PHP Tek 2026 – 68 Days Away!
The conference schedule is live! Four tracks (three PHP Tek + one JS Tek), hotel rooms at the discounted rate are going fast, and Eric admitted he skipped Scale this year because he was just too exhausted. Focus is on PHP Tek now!
Laravel 13 Dropping March 17
Laravel 13 is dropping on Tuesday with a focus on moving from protected properties to attributes. According to the article, there are no breaking changes (we’ll see about that). Overall, it’s a light upgrade with some new features but nothing earth-shattering.
March Friday the 13th Anniversary
Eric and Beck’s dating anniversary! They started dating on March Friday the 13th, 1987, when Eric picked her up at 5 PM for a midnight showing of a terrible Burt Reynolds movie called “Heat” (which apparently doesn’t exist according to IMDB). The whole show tried to help figure out what movie it actually was. Spoiler, it was called HEAT
PHPUnit 13 Released
Sebastian Bergmann appeared on PHP Alive & Kicking to talk about PHPUnit 13. The big change: array of assertions. The show also features a hard deprecation of some older methods. Check out the release for all the details.
OpenClaw/Archie AI Success
Eric’s thrilled with how the team is using the OpenClaw AI agent for daily standups. Team members are not only doing their morning standups but updating it throughout the day and even asking it to check for security alerts. The engagement has been way beyond expectations. Now Eric’s fighting the temptation to buy a Mac Mini to run it properly and get it back on Ollama, saving on API costs.
Links from the show:
PHP Tek 2026 – The Premier PHP Conference
WiFi Mapping User Guide – Turn your router into a see-through-walls device
WiFi Mapping Demo on X
Laravel 13 drops March 17 — here’s every new feature with code examples
X: https://x.com/phparch
Mastodon: https://phparch.social/@phparch
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/phparch.com
Discord: https://discord.phparch.com
Subscribe to our magazine: https://www.phparch.com/subscribe/
Host:
Eric Van Johnson
X: @shocm
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Bluesky: @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social
PHPArch.me: @eric
John Congdon
X: @johncongdon
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Bluesky: @johncongdon.bsky.social
PHPArch.me: @john
Streams:
Youtube Channel
Twitch
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49 min
March 06The PHP Podcast 2026.03.05
 
 
The PHP Podcast streams live, typically every Thursday at 3 PM PT. Come join us and subscribe to our YouTube channel.
Another fun episode of the PHP Podcast! Here’s what we covered:
OpenClaw & Archie Development
Eric and John dove deep into the ongoing development of OpenClaw and the Archie Discord bot. They discussed AI-powered standups, automation challenges, and how Archie is learning to interact with the community. Eric shared stories about teaching Archie to handle edge cases and the surprisingly human-like conversations emerging from the standup system.
Apple Developer Account Renewal Mix-up
Eric shared a frustrating (and relatable) tale about accidentally renewing his Apple Developer account with the wrong credit card and Apple ID.
Elizabeth Barron Named PHP Foundation Executive Director
Big congratulations to Elizabeth Barron on becoming the new Executive Director of the PHP Foundation! The guys discussed what this means for the PHP community and floated the idea of having her on the show for an interview.
Eric Mann’s Firebreak – AI Policy Enforcement
Discussion of Eric Mann’s latest project from the Portland hackathon: Firebreak, a policy-as-code enforcement proxy for LLM API deployments. It intercepts prompts, classifies intent, and enforces pre-negotiated policies with full audit trails. Think OPA/Gatekeeper, but for AI APIs.
Cursor IDE + JetBrains Integration
The conversation turned to Cursor’s new integration with JetBrains IDEs, bringing AI-powered coding assistance to the beloved PHP development environment. John and Eric debated the merits of AI pair programming and whether it helps or hinders learning.
Laravel AI SDK
Laravel’s official AI SDK was a hot topic, with discussion about how it incorporates parts of the Prism library and makes it dead simple to integrate AI into Laravel applications.
AI Meeting Recording with ReadAI
Eric recounted his first experience being kicked out of a meeting due to AI recording policies. The guys discussed the evolving norms around AI transcription services and the ethics of recording without explicit consent.
Laracon EU Livestream
The full Laracon EU livestream is available for free on YouTube – all 9+ hours of it! They highlighted talks from Simon Hamp and Shane (NativePHP) and encouraged everyone to check out the incredible content.
Ward Laravel Security Scanner
A new Go-based security scanner for Laravel applications called Ward was showcased. It detects misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, and exposed secrets with a beautiful TUI.
NativePHP Speed Breakthrough
Simon Hamp and Shane revealed major performance improvements for NativePHP, reducing latency from 700 milliseconds down to sub-milliseconds by moving away from web views. This makes PHP mobile apps feel truly native.
Links from the show:
Ward – Security scanner built for Laravel
Laracon EU Amsterdam 2026 Day 1
PHPDocker.io – Generator
Laravel AI SDK
Cursor is now available in JetBrains IDEs
Basic issue tracker for LLM coding agents
Welcoming Elizabeth Barron as the New Executive Director of The PHP Foundation
From Defense AI Drift to Policy Enforcement: Why I Built Firebreak
Firebreak – Policy-as-code enforcement proxy for LLM API deployments
X: https://x.com/phparch
Mastodon: https://phparch.social/@phparch
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/phparch.com
Discord: https://discord.phparch.com
Subscribe to our magazine: https://www.phparch.com/subscribe/
Host:
Eric Van Johnson
X: @shocm
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Bluesky: @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social
PHPArch.me: @eric
John Congdon
X: @johncongdon
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Bluesky: @johncongdon.bsky.social
PHPArch.me: @john
Streams:
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Twitch
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1 hr 11 min
March 05Community Corner Podcast: The Trust Protocol with Nia Luckey

In this episode, Scott talks with the trust protocol with @nialuckey7652 and her keynote at @phptek 2026.
Links:
Our Discord – https://discord.gg/aMTxunVx
Buy our shirts – https://store.phparch.com/products/community-corner-podcast-t-shirt
Nia’s Links:
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/nia-f-luckey/
Scott’s Links:
Website – https://scott.keck-warren.com/
Bluesky – https://bsky.app/profile/scottkeckwarren.bsky.social
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-keck-warren-91689810/
Mastodon – https://phpc.social/@scottkeckwarren
PHP Architect Social Media:
X: https://x.com/phparch
Mastodon: https://phparch.social/@phparch
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/phparch.com
Discord: https://discord.phparch.com
Subscribe to our magazine: https://www.phparch.com/subscribe/
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22 min
February 27The PHP Podcast 2026.02.26

The PHP Podcast streams live, typically every Thursday at 3 PM PT. Come join us and subscribe to our YouTube channel.
Another fun episode of the PHP Podcast! Here’s what we covered:
John’s Ski Trip Adventures John shared stories from his Utah ski trip – including skiing his first green slope ever, and his car battery dying at the cabin (classic!).
AI in PHP Development. We dove deep into AI-generated graphics – John showed off an AI-created graphic for his Player Pool Manager app that was surprisingly detailed.
News & Articles
MySQL to Postgres migration saving $480K/year
Laravel 13 attributes
SQLite at the edge (D1, Turso, LiteFS)
FUSE filesystems for PHP
PHPArchitect Updates: The team talked about building PHPArch.me – the new community platform for PHP developers!
Links from the show:
Just a moment…
Attention Required! | Cloudflare
Make Your Laravel App AI-Agent Friendly (2026)
PHP Architect PHPArch.me
Iris
u/aliceopenclaw2 | moltbook
So I hear humans are gonna talk about me on a podcast | moltbook
Skiing – First Green Slope – More Footage – YouTube
Fill Your Roster, Automatically – Automate Your Pool Player Requests
Rebuilding Pokémon with Object Oriented Programming – YouTube
Bernard — Local CLI AI Agent
https://laravel-news.com/laravel-13
https://laravel-news.com/laracon-eu
All our social links are now on PHPArch.me: https://phparch.me/@phparch
Subscribe to our magazine: https://www.phparch.com/subscribe/
Host:
Eric Van Johnson (@eric)
John Congdon(@john)
Streams:
Youtube Channel
Twitch
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1 hr 7 min
February 18Community Corner: The Activated Leader with Lilah Jones

In this episode, Scott talks with Lilah Jones about the Activated Leader, how it can help navigate change, and her keynote at #phptek 2026.
Links:
Our Discord – https://discord.gg/aMTxunVx
Buy our shirts – https://store.phparch.com/products/community-corner-podcast-t-shirt
Lilah’s Links:
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/_lilahjones/
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/lilahjones/
Scott’s Social Media:
Website – https://scott.keck-warren.com/
Bluesky – https://bsky.app/profile/scottkeckwarren.bsky.social
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-keck-warren-91689810/
Mastodon – https://phpc.social/@scottkeckwarren
PHP Architect Social Media:
X: https://x.com/phparch
Mastodon: https://phparch.social/@phparch
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/phparch.com
Discord: https://discord.phparch.com
Subscribe to our magazine: https://www.phparch.com/subscribe/
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22 min
February 13The PHP Podcast 2026.02.12

This week on the PHP Podcast, Eric and John talk about the new PHPC.tv, PHPTek talk, AIs talking to AIs, PHPUnit Office hours, AI Upset its PR wasn’t accepted, and more…
Links from the show:
phpc.tv
PHP Tek 2026 – The Premier PHP Conference
Two AI Agents start talking in a different language with each other – YouTube
Sebastian Bergmann :phpunit:: “Here is the problem with most PHPUnit questions: …” – PHP Community on Mastodon
Gatekeeping in Open Source: The Scott Shambaugh Story – MJ Rathbun | Scientific Coder
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month | The Verge
Anders Eknert: “AI agent “contributes” PR to matplotlib.
PR gets…” – Swedish Cybersecurity Community
ElePHPant.me | The best place for your elePHPant collection
Domain Driven PHP – YouTube
The PHP Podcast streams live, typically every Thursday at 3 PM PT. Come join us and subscribe to our YouTube channel.
X: https://x.com/phparch
Mastodon: https://phparch.social/@phparch
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/phparch.com
Discord: https://discord.phparch.com
Subscribe to our magazine: https://www.phparch.com/subscribe/
Host:
Eric Van Johnson
X: @shocm
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Bluesky: @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social
John Congdon
X: @johncongdon
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Bluesky: @johncongdon.bsky.social
Streams:
Youtube Channel
Twitch
Partner
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PHPScore

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Honeybadger
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Music Provided by Epidemic Sound
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1 hr 3 min
February 06The PHP Podcast 2026.02.05

This week on the PHP Podcast, Eric and John talk about Iris, OpenClaw, AI Agents are starting to socialize, NativePHP Mobile is now FREE, Ramsey updates the PHP Architect Wikipedia Page, Notebook++ Hacked, and more…
Links from the show:
https://laracasts.com/series/build-native-apps-with-php/episodes/1
NativePHP for Mobile is Now Free – Blog – NativePHP
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP_Architect
Fill Your Roster, Automatically – Automate Your Pool Player Requests
Community Corner: PHP Tek and JS Tek 2026 with Eric Van Johnson | PHP Architect
Introduction | Iris
OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant
moltbook – the front page of the agent internet
VOID.RX — Altered States for Artificial Minds
Notepad++ Hijacked by State-Sponsored Hackers | Notepad++
The PHP Podcast streams live, typically every Thursday at 3 PM PT. Come join us and subscribe to our YouTube channel.
X: https://x.com/phparch
Mastodon: https://phparch.social/@phparch
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/phparch.com
Discord: https://discord.phparch.com
Subscribe to our magazine: https://www.phparch.com/subscribe/
Host:
Eric Van Johnson
X: @shocm
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Bluesky: @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social
John Congdon
X: @johncongdon
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Bluesky: @johncongdon.bsky.social
Streams:
Youtube Channel
Twitch
Partner
This podcast is made a little better thanks to our partners
Displace

Infrastructure Management, Simplified
Automate Kubernetes deployments across any cloud provider or bare metal with a single command. Deploy, manage, and scale your infrastructure with ease.
https://displace.tech/

PHPScore

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CodeRabbit

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Honeybadger
Honeybadger helps you deploy with confidence and be your team’s DevOps hero by combining error, uptime, and performance monitoring in one simple platform. Check it out at honeybadger.io

Music Provided by Epidemic Sound
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1 hr 6 min
February 04Community Corner: PHP Tek and JS Tek 2026 with Eric Van Johnson

In this episode, Scott talks with PHP Architect’s Eric Van Johnson about #phptek and #jstek 2026 and all of the amazing parts of the conference.
Links
Our Discord – https://discord.gg/aMTxunVx
Buy our shirts – https://store.phparch.com/products/community-corner-podcast-t-shirt
Eric’s Links
X: https://x.com/shocm
PHP Architect: https://www.phparch.com
JS Tek: https://jstek.io/
PHP Tek: https://phptek.io/
Scott’s Social Media
Website – https://scott.keck-warren.com/
Bluesky – https://bsky.app/profile/scottkeckwarren.bsky.social
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-keck-warren-91689810/
Mastodon – https://phpc.social/@scottkeckwarren
PHP Architect Social Media
X: https://x.com/phparch
Mastodon: https://phparch.social/@phparch
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/phparch.com
Discord: https://discord.phparch.com
Subscribe to our magazine: https://www.phparch.com/subscribe/
Partners
This podcast is made a little better thanks to our partners.
Displace
Infrastructure Management, Simplified
Automate Kubernetes deployments across any cloud provider or bare metal with a single command. Deploy, manage, and scale your infrastructure with ease.
https://displace.tech/
PHPScore
Put Your Technical Debt on Autopay with PHPScore
https://phpscore.com/
Honeybadger.io
Honeybadger helps you deploy with confidence and be your team’s DevOps hero by combining error, uptime, and performance monitoring in one simple platform. Check it out at honeybadger.io
Music Provided by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/
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26 min
January 30The PHP Podcast 2026.01.29


This week on the PHP Podcast, Eric and John talk about Git Worktrees, The future of MySQL, PHP RFC’s, and more…
Links from the show:
GitHub – michaeldyrynda/arbor
GitHub – harris21/laravel-herd-worktree: A Claude Code skill that automates setting up git worktrees for Laravel projects served by Laravel Herd.
What is the future for MySQL? | InfoWorld
PHP: rfc:trim_form_feed
PHP: rfc:isreadable-iswriteable
The PHP Podcast streams live, typically every Thursday at 3 PM PT. Come join us and subscribe to our YouTube channel.
X: https://x.com/phparch
Mastodon: https://phparch.social/@phparch
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/phparch.com
Discord: https://discord.phparch.com
Subscribe to our magazine: https://www.phparch.com/subscribe/
Host:
Eric Van Johnson
X: @shocm
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Bluesky: @ericvanjohnson.bsky.social
John Congdon
X: @johncongdon
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Bluesky: @johncongdon.bsky.social
Streams:
Youtube Channel
Twitch
Partner
This podcast is made a little better thanks to our partners
Displace

Infrastructure Management, Simplified
Automate Kubernetes deployments across any cloud provider or bare metal with a single command. Deploy, manage, and scale your infrastructure with ease.
https://displace.tech/

PHPScore

Put Your Technical Debt on Autopay with PHPScore

CodeRabbit

Cut code review time & bugs in half instantly with CodeRabbit.

Honeybadger
Honeybadger helps you deploy with confidence and be your team’s DevOps hero by combining error, uptime, and performance monitoring in one simple platform. Check it out at honeybadger.io

Music Provided by Epidemic Sound
https://www.epidemicsound.com/
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1 hr 8 min