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Tideways supports Yii3! PHP keeps evolving, and Yii3 is a new addition to the ecosystem. After years of development, Yii3 has been released as a modern, modular framework for building APIs and web applications. Tideways supports Yii3 out of the box. With automatic instrumentation, profiling, monitoring, and exception tracking work without requiring any code changes. Looking forward to seeing what the community builds with Yii3. https://tideways.com/profiler/blog/changelog/yii3-support #PHP #Yii #Yii3 #Frameworks #APM

Ten years of Tideways! Thank you for being part of the journey. Tideways started with a simple but powerful idea: performance problems shouldn’t be a black box. After load testing PHP e-commerce systems and seeing them fail without clear insight, the need for better visibility became obvious. Built on open-source foundations, Tideways grew into a PHP-focused tool for profiling, monitoring, and exception tracking, making improvements actionable. #PHP #Performance https://tideways.com/profiler/blog/ten-years-of-tideways-thank-you-for-being-part-of-the-journey?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=ten-years-of-tideways-thank-you-for-being-part-of-the-journey

Tideways now supports Tempest!

PHP keeps moving forward, and so does its ecosystem.

Tempest by @brendt@phpc.social is one of the newer frameworks gaining traction, and we’re happy to now support it out of the box.

With our exclusive focus on PHP, we support many frameworks and libraries with automatic instrumentation. Quick insights with profiling, monitoring, and exception tracking without any code-changes.

#PHP #Tempest #Observability #APM #WebDevelopment

https://tideways.com/profiler/blog/changelog/tempest-2-support?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=tempest-2-support

Some power up with caffeine, we power up with open-source!

Proud @opensourcepledge@fosstodon.org supporters, backing the @thephpf@phpc.social , @phpunit@phpc.social & @Xdebug@phpc.social to keep the PHP world running fast!

https://tideways.com/profiler/blog/our-ongoing-commitment-to-open-source?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=our-ongoing-commitment-to-open-source

#opensource #php

Tideways is sponsoring @Xdebug@phpc.social

For an X-ray of PHP execution, doctors recommend Xdebug. So do we! We’re sponsoring PHP’s diagnostic toolkit to help keep it healthy and energetic.

We are sponsoring @phpunit@phpc.social and @sebastian@phpc.social again for another year!

As a company heavily relying on the maintenance and advancement of PHP, the work of Sebastian Bergmann is important to us, and we are happy to support his work every year anew.

RE: @thephpf@phpc.social

Tideways just renewed its $12,000 annual sponsorship of @thephpf@phpc.social

2025 saw great progress and even more is possible if more PHP-powered companies step up.

Become a sponsor and help advance PHP!

The @thephpf@phpc.social blog has a post about the new PHP 8.5 URI extension written by our colleague @timwolla@phpc.social: https://thephp.foundation/blog/2025/10/10/php-85-uri-extension/

Benchmarking FrankenPHP Classic Mode vs. PHP-FPM brought some unexpected lessons.

We ran multiple scenarios with different workloads. The results felt increasingly “off”: inconsistent, misleading, counterintuitive.

The real issue? We weren’t just testing what we intended to. After looking at the setup, we noticed an unexpected moving part, showing how different components interact.

Curious about the outcome? Look here:

https://tideways.com/profiler/blog/testing-if-franken-php-classic-mode-is-faster-and-more-scalable-than-php-fpm?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=testing-if-franken-php-classic-mode-is-faster-and-more-scalable-than-php-fpm

#PHP #FrankenPHP #Benchmarking #WebPerformance

At Hypernode Dev Meet-Up, Benjamin & Rik (Sparkable) share what profiling Magento & PHP backends taught them: Native Lazy Objects in PHP 8.4, autoloading, composer-patches, benchmarks & more.

Sign up here: https://share-eu1.hsforms.com/2aY4jA5trQP2luwwyXc_fPg5mpvh

📅 [12.09.2025, 15:00 to 19:00] | 📍 [Hypernode Office, Ertskade 109, Amsterdam]

#Magento #PHP #Performance #DevMeetup #LazyLoading #Profiling

You’ve probably seen `use function strlen` in PHP and shrugged.

But here’s the twist: in certain cases, it activates a special compiler optimization in PHP that makes some functions significantly faster.

This is your eureka moment! Here’s how it works, when it matters, and how to adopt it easily: https://tideways.com/profiler/blog/compiler-optimized-php-functions?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=compiler-optimized-php-functions

#php #opcache #compileroptimization #phptips #webdev #coding #programming #performance

In the Shopware HubCast hosted by Sander Mangel and Dennis Höting, Sander talks with our @beberlei@phpc.social about:

- Shopware performance pitfalls & fixes

- Profiling real-world shops

- How open source contributions can really move the needle

Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh5vQPNklOs

#Shopware #PHP #OpenSource #WebPerformance #Profiling #Tideways #EcommerceDev #Shopware6 #HubCast

Composer is great — but it is not a magic remedy to solve autoloading performance problems.

In fact, autoloading can slow down large PHP apps like Magento or Laravel by 100 ms + per request.

We share 5 common mistakes and how to fix them (with real profiling data), in our latest blog post.

https://tideways.com/profiler/blog/autoloading-performance-avoid-these-5-mistakes?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=autoloading-performance-avoid-these-5-mistakes

#PHP #WebDev #OpenSource #Performance #Tideways #Symfony #Laravel #Magento

What defines great Shopware performance?

In this episode of @shopcastfm@mastodon.social, @beberlei@phpc.social shares key takeaways from benchmarking 700+ stores:

- Core Web Vitals explained

- Real-world tips for faster UX

- Plugin pitfalls and hosting choices

🎧 Listen: https://shopcast.fm/casts/057-shopware-6-performance/
📺 Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46k1NpnAjfE

#Shopware #WebPerformance #CoreWebVitals #Ecommerce #SpeedMatters #PHP #WebDev #UX #Shopware6 #PageSpeed #OpenSource #DigitalCommerce

Thinking about turning on OPcache Preloading in your PHP app?

It sounds like an easy win—but unless your app is already lightning fast, you might not see much benefit.

In our latest post, we dig into:

- What preloading actually does
- When it’s useful (and when it’s not)
- Real-world gains with hard numbers

Check it out! https://tideways.com/profiler/blog/should-you-use-opcache-preloading-in-your-php-app?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=should-you-use-opcache-preloading-in-your-php-app

#PHP #OPcache #Performance #WebDev #Backend #DevTips #Tideways

Boost performance with full-page caching!

Magento, Symfony, Shopware (and WordPress via plugins) support it. Great for static pages & smart cache invalidation.

Read our blog post:

https://tideways.com/profiler/blog/a-multi-step-strategy-for-better-full-page-caching?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=a-multi-step-strategy-for-better-full-page-caching and watch our video (link in blog post).

We’re both humbled and thrilled to see Tideways featured on the iconic Nasdaq screen in Times Square as part of the Open Source Pledge initiative!

To be recognized among so many impactful contributors is an honor, and it deepens our commitment to the open source community. We believe in their power to drive innovation, collaboration, and progress. That’s why we proudly sponsor key open source projects.

Learn more about our support here: https://tideways.com/open-source.

@vladh@merveilles.town

Wondering if PHP 8.4 is faster than previous PHP versions? We were too and compared Laravel 12, Symfony 7.2 and WordPress 6.7 against multiple different PHP versions. See the results:

https://tideways.com/profiler/blog/php-benchmarks-8-4-performance-is-steady-compared-to-8-3-and-8-2?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=php-benchmarks-8-4-performance-is-steady-compared-to-8-3-and-8-2