[Blog] PHPTek 2026

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+---
+title: PHPTek 2026
+---
+
+# PHPTek 2026
+
+Last week, I was in Chicago for the PHPTek 2026 conference, where I gave two
+talks, one about upcoming changes in PHP 8.6 and the other about semantic
+versioning. Between the formal sessions and the informal hallway track
+conversations, I left the conference with plenty of new ideas for both PHP
+applications and future language improvements.
+
+## Tuesday
+
+The conference started on Tuesday, and after the opening keynote, I chose to
+attend "Know Your Enemies: Live Exploit of a PHP Engine Security Breach" for
+the first round of sessions. Having dealt with a PHP security release recently,
+I found it fascinating to see how security bugs could be exploited. While the
+RCE added in [c730aa2][commit-c730aa2] using the `HTTP_USER_AGENTT` header was
+obviously malicious (the git server where PHP was developed was compromised),
+I hadn't previously understood how [GHSA-3cr5-j632-f35r][GHSA-3cr5-j632-f35r],
+where improper sanitization led to server-side request forgery, could be
+exploited.
+
+After two more rounds of talks, I opted to attend the
+[BattleSnake][link-battlesnake] hackathon and work on creating my own snake. I
+decided to code the snake from scratch, rather than using any of the provided
+starter code, and by the end of the hackathon I had a very basic snake that
+would just move randomly. It isn't any good, but it provides a foundation for
+future improvements.
+
+## Wednesday
+
+In the morning on Wednesday, I attended talks about NativePHP and Nginx. I found
+NativePHP fascinating, though not too applicable to my own development, since
+I don't work on mobile apps. For Nginx, I definitely learned some new tricks.
+
+In the afternoon, in addition to attending sessions by others, I also gave my
+first presentation of the conference, "PHP 8.6: The Inside Scoop". A copy of
+the slides is available [on my site][slides-86]. Because PHP 8.6 is still in
+active development, I had to keep updating that talk up until I gave it. One of
+the RFCs that had been in voting, about improvements to the `uri` extension, was
+approved [earlier the same day][internals-130976].
+
+I ended that talk by asking if anyone in the audience had any requests for
+features to include in PHP 8.6. I can't promise that I would be able to
+implement the requested features, or that they would be accepted by the
+internals community, but I promised I would take a look. Between the requests
+at the end of my talk and other discussions I had with developers throughout
+the conference, I have a few ideas for things to work on.
+
+## Thursday
+
+Thursday marked the last day of the conference. Unlike Tuesday and Wednesday,
+the Thursday keynote was at the end of the day, meaning that we dove straight
+into the various sessions. With so many good options to choose from, I had a
+hard time deciding which sessions to attend; thankfully, the sessions were
+recorded, and I can watch the ones I missed at a later date.
+
+In the afternoon, I gave my second talk of the conference, about semantic
+versioning. That presentation went by a bit faster than expected, and even after
+going over the code examples, we still ended a few minutes early. If I present
+on semantic versioning at a future conference, I'll be sure to expand on the
+edge cases that *should* be considered breaking changes, rather than just
+focusing on the cases which should *not* be considered breaking changes. A copy
+of those slides is also [available on my site][slides-semver].
+
+## Next steps
+
+Now that PHPTek is over, I have started work on my talk proposals for Longhorn
+PHP. In addition to some talks, I also plan to submit a proposal for a workshop
+about building PHP extensions.
+
+This blog post also serves as a test for the new RSS feed that
+[I added last week][blog-rss] - hopefully, I'll be told that the feed worked
+properly.
+
+Overall, PHPTek was a great conference, and I'm looking forward to returning
+next year.
+
+[blog-rss]: ./20260517-blog-rss
+[commit-c730aa2]: https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/c730aa26bd52829a49f2ad284b181b7e82a68d7d
+[internals-130976]: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/130976
+[link-battlesnake]: https://play.battlesnake.com/
+[slides-86]: ./../files/20260520%20PHPTek%20PHP%208.6%20presentation.pdf
+[slides-semver]: ./../files/20260521%20PHPTek%20SemVer%20presentation.pdf
+[GHSA-3cr5-j632-f35r]: https://github.com/php/php-src/security/advisories/GHSA-3cr5-j632-f35r

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 a release manager for PHP 8.5 (where I am one of two "rookie" release managers)
 and for PHP 8.6 (where I am the "veteran" release manager). I also contribute to
 PHP as a developer, and as the maintainer of the built-in Reflection extension.</p><p>See the links in the navigation bar above for more information about my
-experience.</p><h2 class="subsection-header">Contact</h2><ul><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-e-scherzer/" target="_blank" class="external-link">LinkedIn</a></li><li>Email: <code>daniel.e.scherzer@gmail.com</code></li></ul><h2 class="subsection-header">Blog</h2><p>I also have a blog. You can see a full index of my posts <a href="/Blog">here</a>. My latest blog post is: </p><div class="blog-preview"><h3>Blog RSS Feed</h3><span class="blog-preview-date">Sunday, 17 May 2026</span><p>Last month, I received <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="external-link" href="https://github.com/DanielEScherzer/website-content/issues/79">a request</a> to add an RSS feed to my blog. I am
-happy to share that I have added such a feed, available at
-<a href="/Blog/feed/rss.xml">/Blog/feed/rss.xml</a>. <a href="/Blog/20260517-blog-rss">Continue reading...</a></p></div></div><div class="des-footer"><div class="des-footer--content">Content is © 2026 Daniel Scherzer</div></div></body></html>
+experience.</p><h2 class="subsection-header">Contact</h2><ul><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-e-scherzer/" target="_blank" class="external-link">LinkedIn</a></li><li>Email: <code>daniel.e.scherzer@gmail.com</code></li></ul><h2 class="subsection-header">Blog</h2><p>I also have a blog. You can see a full index of my posts <a href="/Blog">here</a>. My latest blog post is: </p><div class="blog-preview"><h3>PHPTek 2026</h3><span class="blog-preview-date">Monday, 25 May 2026</span><p>Last week, I was in Chicago for the PHPTek 2026 conference, where I gave two
+talks, one about upcoming changes in PHP 8.6 and the other about semantic
+versioning. Between the formal sessions and the informal hallway track
+conversations, I left the conference with plenty of new ideas for both PHP
+applications and future language improvements. <a href="/Blog/20260525-phptek-2026">Continue reading...</a></p></div></div><div class="des-footer"><div class="des-footer--content">Content is © 2026 Daniel Scherzer</div></div></body></html>

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+<html lang="en"><head><link rel="icon" href="data:,"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=1"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/resources/default-styles.css"><title>Blog index</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/resources/blog-styles.css"></head><body><div class="des-navbar"><a href="/Home">Home</a><a href="/files/Resume.pdf">Résumé</a><a href="/OpenSource">Open Source</a><a href="/Work">Work</a><strong class="des-strong-page-link">Blog</strong></div><div class="content-wrapper"><h1>Blog index</h1><div class="blog-preview"><h2>PHPTek 2026</h2><span class="blog-preview-date">Monday, 25 May 2026</span><p>Last week, I was in Chicago for the PHPTek 2026 conference, where I gave two
+talks, one about upcoming changes in PHP 8.6 and the other about semantic
+versioning. Between the formal sessions and the informal hallway track
+conversations, I left the conference with plenty of new ideas for both PHP
+applications and future language improvements. <a href="/Blog/20260525-phptek-2026">Continue reading...</a></p></div><div class="blog-preview"><h2>Blog RSS Feed</h2><span class="blog-preview-date">Sunday, 17 May 2026</span><p>Last month, I received <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="external-link" href="https://github.com/DanielEScherzer/website-content/issues/79">a request</a> to add an RSS feed to my blog. I am
 happy to share that I have added such a feed, available at
 <a href="/Blog/feed/rss.xml">/Blog/feed/rss.xml</a>. <a href="/Blog/20260517-blog-rss">Continue reading...</a></p></div><div class="blog-preview"><h2>Notes for PHP Release Managers, Part 2</h2><span class="blog-preview-date">Sunday, 10 May 2026</span><p>A few months ago, I wrote up <a href="./Blog/20260218-release-manager-notes">a blog post</a> about my experience
 being a PHP release manager and the kind of commitment that the role requires.