Longhorn PHP

We're back for our sixth conference edition October 23-25 in Austin!
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Remember to grab Blind Bird tickets for Longhorn PHP 2026 for the best pricing - once the talk lineup is published, prices will go up!

Tickets available for just the conference, just tutorials, and both, as well as virtual tickets for conference day

https://t.co/88f1oiVY74

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Longhorn PHP is returning October 15-16, 2026 in Austin! Our CFP is open through June 30. Get all the details on our speaker package, check out some talk ideas, and submit your talk or tutorial here: https://t.co/FYWB1fJFZe

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It's official: this year's conference dates are Thursday, October 15 for Tutorial Day and Friday, October 16 for keynotes, talks, open spaces, and more! Two days rather than three, still multi-track, still here for the community. Grab a ticket at https://t.co/88f1oiVY74.

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We may be starting to wrap things up, but this amazing event is far from over! Huge thanks to @Vonage for sponsoring our second after party! #LonghornPHP wouldn't be possible without our sponsors, so please make sure to thank them!

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Closing out #longhornphp for this year is Ben Ramsey talking about Saving Open Source.

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Our final set of multi-track #longhornphp sessions consist of David Kerber talking about IAM, Lemon explaining the benefits of progressive web apps, and Ben Batschelet describing how to create developer-friendly projects.

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Our 3pm #longhornphp sessions have commenced, with @crell digging into PHP properties, @jimbojsb talking search with TypeSense, and Levi Morrison showing how to write PHP extensions in Rust.

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After an insightful keynote from @CoriLint, #longhornphp afternoon sessions have commenced. @DanielScherzer is walking through new PHP 8.5 features, @cabbey is unearthing advanced shenanigans of the @rectorphp variety, and @scottkeckwarren is speaking of taming time itself.

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Thanks to our 11am hour #longhornphp presenters: @asgrim talking about PIE, @EvanHahn walking through Unicode, and Keith Davis explaining the machinations of a multi-version, multi-step PHP upgrade.

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We're well into our first multi-track #longhornphp sessions of the day, after a keynote from @realFlowControl. We have @daveliddament talking about decoupling tests, Eric Poe walking through the command line, & Nočnica Mellifera explaining how to monitor synthetics w\Playwright.

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Thanks to all of our fantastic speakers today, and our sponsors as well! Ready for the After-Party? Tonight's party is sponsored by @RoaveTeam - come hang out in the Main Ballroom to socialize, enjoy some tasty beverages, and play games! As always, Code of Conduct applies!

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For our final #longhornphp sessions of the day we have @crell getting meta about PHP attributes, Mandy Hubbard talking about software supply chain security, and @ogprogrammer vibe coding it up with Claude.

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A bit late, but this hour's #longhornphp sessions are courtesy @bytesofbree talking about Git, @lotharthesavior on building resilient event-driven applications, and @mikemiles86 talking about shifting left by incorporating testing earlier in the development process.

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Our next set of afternoon #longhornphp sessions is a rundown of what happens when you inherited a legacy application by @JoePFerguson, a discussion of local development via DDEV with Bernardo Martinez, and a digression into writing SQL with AI by @stoker.

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Slides on my Can AI Write Better SQL Than You are available

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Friday afternoon #longhornphp sessions are commencing. We have "Love your Monolith" from @M1ke, "AI Agents in Drupal" by Marcus Johansson, database optimization strategies by @alenaholligan, and a special uncon presentation about HTTP/3 by @paulcdejean .

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Lunch today is sponsored by @phparch.com - Thanks so much PHP Architect! Head over to the hallway just across from registration - and enjoy! #LonghornPHP

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Got plenty of slots left for the #longhornphp uncon

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Next up at #longhornphp, we're navigating the #a11y evolution with AmyJune Hineline, using network magic to do zero trust with @jimbojsb, and doing @PHPUnit database testing with Charles Sprayberry