Fluent Rule Builders for All Laravel Validation Rules
Laravel 13.36 adds Rule:: methods for required_with, accepted_if, url, uuid, distinct, and the other string-only validation rules, with IDE autocompletion.
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Laravel URL AI Transformer: Extract Structured Data From URLs
Spatie's Laravel URL AI Transformer fetches web pages, runs them through Laravel AI agents, and stores JSON-LD, summaries, or schema-validated data.
Rule Builders for Every Validation Rule in Laravel 13.36
Laravel 13.36 adds Rule:: builders for the remaining validation rules, DB::olap() for PlanetScale, and an option to reset sticky connections between queue jobs.
PHP News: A New Site for PHP Releases, RFCs, and Packages
PHP News is a new site from Eric Barnes and Matt Stauffer covering PHP core, RFCs, releases, packages, and events, plus a free weekly PHP newsletter.
Pause Polling in Background Tabs in Inertia.js v3.9
Inertia.js v3.9 adds a background option to pause polling in hidden tabs, a navigate event type for history restores, and fixes for back navigation.
Look What You Helped Me Build
Puzzle Party isn't a game. It's a place to play the games you're already playing --- Wordle, Connections, Strands, crosswords, and other daily
BashBox: A Sandboxed Bash Interpreter for AI Agents in PHP
BashBox runs AI-generated bash scripts in pure PHP, with a virtual filesystem, execution limits, and opt-in network access. No exec or proc_open calls.
Running Laravel's Scheduler on Multiple Servers
Laravel 13.35 adds Schedule::alwaysOnOneServer() to run every task once across servers, and a way for long scheduled commands to stop during a deploy.
Laravel Fake Assertions Now Accept Property Arrays
Laravel 13.35 lets assertPushed(), assertDispatched(), and assertSentTo() take an array of expected properties in place of a callback.
Route::query() and Model defaults() in Laravel 13.35
Laravel 13.35 adds Route::query(), an opt-in defaults() method for models, property arrays in fake assertions, percentage worker memory limits, and more.