Talks 2026
First speakers announced! Browse the talks of phpaday 2026: real-world case studies and practical insights on architecture, performance, AI, accessibility, testing, and more.
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2025, An APIPlatform Odyssey
2025, An APIPlatform Odyssey- 14 May 2026
- 50 min
- Eng
Speaker:

James Seconde
Developer Relations @ Vonage
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Advanced Serializing in PHP: Speed it up!
Advanced Serializing in PHP: Speed it up!- 14 May 2026
- 30 min
- Eng
Speaker:

Michelle Sanver
Independent senior software architect
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Avoiding Déjà Vu: Building Resilient APIs with Idempotency
Avoiding Déjà Vu: Building Resilient APIs with Idempotency- 14 May 2026
- 50 min
- Eng
Speaker:

Paul Conroy
CTO @ Square1.io
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Better Debugging With Xdebug
Better Debugging With Xdebug- 15 May 2026
- 50 min
- Eng
Speaker:

Derick Rethans
Independent contractor
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Boosting Laravel
Boosting Laravel- 14 May 2026
- 30 min
- Eng
Speaker:

Johannes Pichler
Teamlead Webdevelopment @ Wimberger Management GmbH
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Building Secure APIs in PHP: Lessons from the Best APIs in Production
Building Secure APIs in PHP: Lessons from the Best APIs in ProductionSpeaker:

Idris Aweda Zubair
Software Engineer & Technical Writer
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Communication for devs: explaining complex ideas simply
Communication for devs: explaining complex ideas simply- 15 May 2026
- 45 min
- Eng
Speaker:

Carolina Greno
Speaker & Communication Mentor
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Introduction to the Sylius Stack
Introduction to the Sylius Stack- 15 May 2026
- 50 min
- Eng
Speaker:

Estelle Gaits
Web developer @Akawaka and @Sylius Key Contributor
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Mastering Failures: Building Resilient PHP/Symfony Apps with Domain-Driven Exceptions
Mastering Failures: Building Resilient PHP/Symfony Apps with Domain-Driven Exceptions- 14 May 2026
- 30 min
- Eng
Speaker:

Stéphane Decock
CTO @ DigtAg
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Packets, Protocols and PHP: Networking Fundamentals for Developers
Packets, Protocols and PHP: Networking Fundamentals for Developers- 14 May 2026
- 50 min
- Eng
Speaker:

Jessica Smith
Senior Principal Software Engineer @ DigiCert
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PHP Foundation Updates
PHP Foundation Updates- 14 May 2026
- 30 min
- Eng
Speaker:

Sara Golemon
PHP Foundation Board
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PHP, Value Objects and You 🫵
PHP, Value Objects and You 🫵- 15 May 2026
- 50 min
- Eng
Speaker:

Daniel Leech
Software Engineer
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PHP’s Real-time Toolkit: All the Ways to Notify Clients
PHP’s Real-time Toolkit: All the Ways to Notify Clients- 14 May 2026
- 50 min
- Eng
Speaker:

Grzegorz Drozd
Lead PHP Developer, Payments team
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Progress lies within Backwards Compatibility breaks
Progress lies within Backwards Compatibility breaks- 15 May 2026
- 45 min
- Eng
Speaker:

Gina Peter Banyard
PHP core developer & conference speaker
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Reliable, reproducible, immutable deployments
Reliable, reproducible, immutable deployments- 14 May 2026
- 50 min
- Eng
Speaker:

Marco Pivetta
Consulting Software Architect @ Roave
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Shipping PHP 8.5
Shipping PHP 8.5- 14 May 2026
- 50 min
- Eng
Speaker:

Volker Dusch
Head of Engineering @ Tideways, PHP 8.5 Release Manager
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The PHP AI Battleground: Choosing Your Agentic Framework
The PHP AI Battleground: Choosing Your Agentic Framework- 15 May 2026
- 50 min
- Eng
Speaker:

Luca Lusso
Lead developer @ Sparkfabrik
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Understanding Modern Identity: From Login Basics to OIDC and Passkeys
Understanding Modern Identity: From Login Basics to OIDC and Passkeys- 14 May 2026
- 50 min
- Eng
Speaker:

Roberto Gallea
Senior Information Technology Officer @ UniPa
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