Live code examples: Copy/paste most code snippets from our docs with actual data. Hosting for humans.
docs.fortrabbit.com/platform/con...

The new "auto-hide UI" option in Vivaldi looks amazing. But where are my tabs?

The domain overview with our dashboard now shows whois data as well for domains supporting RDAP. That excludes .de and .uk TLDs.

Platform updates, April 2026 Beside many non-customer-facing-under-the-hood updates, we have shipped a number of smaller improvements for the new platform. Here is what's new. We are still trying to figure a consitent format for…

We deployed some updates to the new platform. BETA testers will receive an email to update permissions to the fortrabbit GitHub. This is about writing a comment to a PR when a change was deployed.
blog.fortrabbit.com/platform-upd...

Pretty PHP Info — A beautiful, searchable replacement for phpinfo() Search, filter, and query PHP configuration in a modern dark-mode UI. Install via Composer or try instantly with a single curl command.

phpinfo(), but in pretty, if you really need:
prettyphpinfo.com

GitHub - shipmonk-rnd/dead-code-detector: 💀 PHP unused code detection via PHPStan extension. Detects dead cycles, supports libs like Laravel, Symfony, Twig, Doctrine, PHPUnit etc. Can automatically remove dead PHP code. Able to detect dead code used only in tests. Finds unused methods, constants, properties and enum cases. 💀 PHP unused code detection via PHPStan extension. Detects dead cycles, supports libs like Laravel, Symfony, Twig, Doctrine, PHPUnit etc. Can automatically remove dead PHP code. Able to detect…

This looks useful: Dead code detector as PHPStan extension.
github.com/shipmonk-rnd...

GitHub - php-debugger/php-debugger: Lightweight PHP debugger extension (forked from Xdebug, stripped to debug-only and optimized) Lightweight PHP debugger extension (forked from Xdebug, stripped to debug-only and optimized) - php-debugger/php-debugger

A potentially faster Xdebug alternative. Are we soon going to see more PHP extensions with PIE?
github.com/php-debugger...

My linter complaining on Claude Code generated Markdown. It's a file that is not supposed to be read by humans anyway, yet it hurts my eye.

The End of Eleventy Build Awesome is a rebrand of 11ty/Eleventy, backed by a successful $40k Kickstarter. But this attempt to monetize static site generators repeats the same mistakes that killed Gatsby and Stackbit—and ...

True: "The only people that give a fuck about creating static sites would much prefer to use a (free and local) IDE and a terminal." from "The end of 11ty" by @brennanbrown.ca
brennan.day/the-end-of-e...

The story of our new ENV vars edit experience Editing ENV vars should be easy, right? Here's how we iterated to make it more powerful and developer-friendly, tackling devilish details.

Details, details and edge cases. Some background on how much work it takes to get the features right. This is about the ENV vars edit screen and the Base64 encoder/decoder.
blog.fortrabbit.com/our-new-env-...

Why Big PHP Frameworks Waste Your Time After 20 years of PHP development, I evaluated Laravel, Symfony, CodeIgniter and others for a real IoT project. Here's why I ditched them all for Slim4, Mustache, and Composer libs.

Oh, Slim, the micro PHP framework is still around! Last release November 2025 with support for PHP 8.5.
sagiadinos.com/articles/why...

PHP is PHPanstatic. Excellent software systems are build on it. We proudly support the best.
www.fortrabbit.com/software

Uh-oh. Maybe PHP requests shouldn't look like browsers? In any case, they can now - even including TLS fingerprinting. Project and write-up by Taki Elias.
docs.ebuz.xyz/blog/posts/p...

We hope to bring support for Tideways, but also dedicated OPcache metrics.

Fine-Tune Your OPcache Configuration to Avoid Caching Surprises Since PHP 5.5 the Opcache extension is part of the core and adds support for byte-code caching of PHP scripts. For a dynamic language such as PHP, a byte-code cache can increase the performance…

'Fine-Tune Your OPcache Configuration to Avoid Caching Surprises' by Beberlei - - Such a deep dive full of technical competence is rare these days. Finding the time to read it is equally rare.

tideways.com/profiler/blo...

fortrabbit pricing FAQ All questions around pricing.

We dare to say no. So you have a free for ever tier? No.
www.fortrabbit.com/pricing#faq

Why does PHP need asynchrony? TrueAsync - Imagine PHP with coroutines, where familiar functions support concurrent I/O.
true-async.github.io/en/motivatio...

Discovered yet another super small #PHP based flat file system. A bit older, but still maintained.
www.wondercms.com

Improved AI discoverability: All docs are accessible as Markdown. The `llms.txt` now links directly to the Markdown files. `llms-full.txt` consolidates all documentation onto a single page. docs.fortrabbit.com/llms.txt

Who shall we contact when the shit hits the fan? Sometimes we need to reach out - hacked website, something is broken after upgrade. That's what the 'technical contact' is for. docs.fortrabbit.com/platform/col...

Our contact matrix makes it simple to reach us by topic. Each page lists the details we need for a quick answer. You can always use the chat bubble. www.fortrabbit.com/contact

Our legal section contains 17 documents these days. Recently added our 'AI tool usage policy'. Of course nobody will read all of that, yet we care. www.fortrabbit.com/legal

Small checkbox. Lot's of engineering . Autoscaling now avaibale for PHP, MySQL, web storage and traffic.

blog.fortrabbit.com/autoscaling-...

Your questions for the new director! YouTube video by PHP Annotated

Be there! www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCGX...

Memorize the name fort-rabb-it: As secure as Fort Knox, as fast as the rabbit.

We might still advocate for specialized platforms like Kirby CMS and Statamic for this task. But it's an intriguing perspective. #WebDesign #CMS #PHP

Frontend Took 20 Years to Come Back to PHP — Static Site Generation in the AI Era Zero dependencies, no config files. We built a static site generator using nothing but PHP's built-in server and curl. What you see in the browser is exactly what goes to production.

No Node.js. No npm. A pitch to do static site generation with pure PHP (in AI age).
ndocs.jp/en/articles/...

php-via — Real-time PHP. No JavaScript. No build step. php-via is a real-time engine for building reactive PHP web applications with OpenSwoole and Datastar. No JavaScript, no build step, multiplayer by default.

Have you seen? php-via is real-time without JavaScript. #PHP #OpenSwoole #DataStar
via.zweiundeins.gmbh

Why PHP in 2026? It's Actually Insanely Good Now PHP is actually insanely good now. TypeScript-level types, no build steps, immutability via readonly, enums, and more. Just write code and deploy.

Why PHP in 2026? TypeScript-level types, no build steps, immutability by default via readonly, enums, and more. whyphp.dev

Managing PHP Extensions Is As Easy As PIE As a new package manager for PHP Extensions gains adoption, find out how to code your own native PHP code in this tutorial.

A deep dive on PHP PIE by James Seconde, the new extension manager. #pecl
developer.vonage.com/en/blog/mana...