This week on the PHP Podcast, Eric and John talk about PHPTek 2026, JSTek 2026, the new PHP 8.5 Release Page, the PHP Foundation Blog is getting good, the Year 2038 problem, Craft moves to Laravel, getting interviewed by an AI, and more…

Links from the show:

• I just had a job interview… with an AI bot named Ezra.


• JS TEK 2026 – The Inaugural JavaScript Conference


• PHP Tek 2026 – The Premier PHP Conference


• Design Contest Results and Lessons Learned — The PHP Foundation — Supporting, Advancing, and Developing the PHP Language


• News — The PHP Foundation — Supporting, Advancing, and Developing the PHP Language


• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem


• Craft’s Going Laravel | Craft CMS


• Sign Up | LinkedIn

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