🚀 Meet one of your #SymfonyOnline January 2026 #TRAINERS!
Dave Liddament will lead “Creating Custom PHPStan & Rector Rules” 🛠️

Take your PHP skills to the next level — enforce coding standards, catch bugs, automate refactoring 💻✨

📅 Workshop: Jan 20, 2026 | 9:30 AM CET

🎟️ Register: https://live.symfony.com/2026-online-january/workshop

#PHP #Workshop #Rector

One of git's most powerful features is git rebase. Start learning about it in today's video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZWvpT62NUM&list=PL4ENURnhqMwvi31ELaUf0HrJIkH9wIuN8&index=15

Have you just made a git commit that's too big? Learn how to split it into 2 with the help if git reset.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPXuXW3bCBQ&list=PL4ENURnhqMwvi31ELaUf0HrJIkH9wIuN8&index=14

Wish you could rewrite history?

When it comes to git, that wish can come true! In today's video I show you how to amend a git commit...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6hnf929CnA&list=PL4ENURnhqMwvi31ELaUf0HrJIkH9wIuN8&index=13

Have you spent ages carefully creating a set of changes in the staging area for your next git commit, only to realise that you want to commit a completely different set of files?

If so the git commit -o option is for you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acQAr3UUkAY&list=PL4ENURnhqMwvi31ELaUf0HrJIkH9wIuN8&index=12

📢 NEW RELEASE!

Fixer v3.92 has something special for you: ability to ignore rules conditionally 😎🥳! This took a while to implement 🙈. We hope this help you cover your projects better ❤️.

https://github.com/PHP-CS-Fixer/PHP-CS-Fixer/releases/tag/v3.92.0

Do you know what git add -N does?

If not, checkout today's git tips and tricks video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onqSMHAsQqk&list=PL4ENURnhqMwvi31ELaUf0HrJIkH9wIuN8&index=9

Git tips and tricks day 8; it's all about git diff and git restore...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBKf70YNVco&list=PL4ENURnhqMwvi31ELaUf0HrJIkH9wIuN8&index=8

The PHP Language Extension library v0.10.0 is released. PHP 8.5 is now supported.

This library provides new language features (e.g. namespace visibility) that are enforced by static analysis.

https://github.com/DaveLiddament/php-language-extensions

Day 7 of git tips and tricks is all about git add. including the flags -A, -u, -n and -p

https://youtu.be/RDR35zepCgQ

Day 6 of git tips and tricks... Toady we learn about git shortlog

https://youtu.be/Wh6oaQu3uwg

Git tips and tricks day 5 - we explore the git show command...

https://youtu.be/uOHnEgwRJMs

Git tips and tricks day 4. Learn how git -L can be used to track changes to a method or function.

https://youtu.be/fOEQSLZ5cDU

Day 3 of git tips and tricks. Today it's about git log --follow

https://youtu.be/x9_BJ6HH9UI?si=eoPEJOniD_MylXrT

I've launched version 0.4.0 of test-splitter, which now includes support for PHP 8.5.

Check it out at https://github.com/DaveLiddament/test-splitter.

Learn how the PHP Extensions Library along side static analysis uses the TestTag attribute to only allow test code to access methods. https://www.daveliddament.co.uk/articles/introducing-test-tag-attribute/

The @grusp team has just published my talk “Custom PHPStan Rules: Automate Standards and Save Time” from #phpday

Custom PHPStan rules amplify the benefits of @phpstan and they are not as difficult as you might think to write. I created 3 in this talk https://youtu.be/1tOSnuxCcRY

📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).

It’s also concerning. 1/

See how the PHP Extensions Library along side static analysis uses the NamespaceVisibility attribute to emulate PHP's missing package/namespace visibility modifier.

https://www.daveliddament.co.uk/articles/introducing-namespace-visibility-attribute/

Next Thursday Dave Liddament will be presenting a tutorial at Longhorn PHP about how to use custom Rector rules. Check out this sneak preview of what he'll be covering as he chats with our organizer Ian - then grab tickets while you still can!

https://longhornphp.com/