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Tideways 2026.2 Release

Tideways 2026.2 Release

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Tideways 2026.2 Release

Understanding complex request traces is one of the hardest parts of performance analysis. In this Release, we focused on making this significantly easier in Tideways. The Timeline has been redesigned to provide a clearer view of how requests are executed, with new layout modes, improved navigation, and a more consistent span model. These changes help […]
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Ten years of Tideways! Thank you for being part of the journey.

10 years ago, Benjamin founded Tideways with a clear goal: support PHP developers and help build faster, more reliable websites. Since then, more than 2,000 customers have used Tideways to gain better visibility into their PHP applications. Seeing that web applications are slow without understanding why sparked an idea for Benjamin, that ultimately led to […]

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Spring Release: Tracepoints, Callgraphs, Slow SQL Log and Deprecations

Spring Release: Tracepoints, Callgraphs, Slow SQL Log and Deprecations

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Spring Release: Tracepoints, Callgraphs, Slow SQL Log and Deprecations

We are releasing a new stable minor version of the Tideways PHP extension 5.1 today, which will include a few new features that we have been writing about before and a few new ones that we have cooked up in the last few weeks.
Five Challenges for Running Reliable PHP Background Processes

Five Challenges for Running Reliable PHP Background Processes

PHP Performance | Tech

Five Challenges for Running Reliable PHP Background Processes

PHP isn’t typically thought of as a solution when creating worker or background processes, jobs that typically can last for an extended period. These can be tasks such as image processing, file repair, and mass email batch jobs.
New Feature: Support for GraphQL Queries in Timeline Profiler

New Feature: Support for GraphQL Queries in Timeline Profiler

PHP Performance | Product | Tech

New Feature: Support for GraphQL Queries in Timeline Profiler

We have just released the PHP Extension version 5.0.62 which includes a new feature, instrumentation for GraphQL queries made using the webonyx/graphql-php package, the most widespread GraphQL server package for PHP, for example by Magento 2.
New Feature: Max Memory Monitoring

New Feature: Max Memory Monitoring

PHP Performance | Product | Tech

New Feature: Max Memory Monitoring

The PHP INI setting memory_limit is important to configure right for two reasons:
An Introduction to PHP-FPM Tuning

An Introduction to PHP-FPM Tuning

PHP Performance | Tech

An Introduction to PHP-FPM Tuning

PHP-FPM (or Fast Process Manager) offers several advantages over mod_php, with two of the most notable being that it is more flexible to configure and currently the preferred mode of running PHP by many in the community. However, if you’re using your package manager’s default configuration settings, then you’re likely not getting the most out of it.
Four Logging Best Practices for Production Applications

Four Logging Best Practices for Production Applications

PHP Performance | Tech

Four Logging Best Practices for Production Applications

Logging is an essential part of just about any PHP-based application; whether in a script or a larger application. However, how little is too little and how much is too much to log?
PHP & Shared Nothing Architecture: The Benefits and Downsides

PHP & Shared Nothing Architecture: The Benefits and Downsides

PHP Performance | Tech

PHP & Shared Nothing Architecture: The Benefits and Downsides

There are several ways (architectures) in which applications can work, with the most notable being:
Tideways sponsoring Unconference at the PHP Benelux 2020
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Tideways sponsoring Unconference at the PHP Benelux 2020

At the end of the week one of our favorite PHP conferences is opening its doors – the PHP Benelux.
Reliable Integration with Third-Party APIs in PHP

Reliable Integration with Third-Party APIs in PHP

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Reliable Integration with Third-Party APIs in PHP

It’s a fact of modern software development that aspects of our applications interact with third-party APIs. This could be for any number of reasons, with some common ones being payment processing, telecommunications, logging, and data analysis.