News, tutorials, and updates from the PapiAI project.
A neutral scale for reasoning effort across every provider, forced tool choice answered by type rather than a boolean, and a new package that feeds a whole codebase to a model within a token budget. Plus what we found when we checked our default models: six of ten were dead.
Read more →Two PHP agentic frameworks, different philosophies. We compare architecture, dependencies, tool calling, structured output, middleware, streaming, and multi-agent workflows to help you decide which fits your project.
Read more →You don't need Python to build AI applications. The hard part is handled behind HTTP APIs — what's left is web development. Here's how PapiAI makes it possible with zero runtime dependencies, 10 providers, and a proper agentic runtime.
Read more →The best standalone AI agent library in PHP is here. Learn why we built PapiAI, what makes it different from existing solutions, and how it gives PHP developers a first-class toolkit for building production AI agents.
Read more →Both libraries bring AI to PHP, but they solve different problems. We compare the two approaches — when to reach for PapiAI's framework-agnostic agent runtime versus Laravel AI's deep framework integration.
Read more →A step-by-step guide to building a real-time AI chat application with Laravel, PapiAI, and streaming responses. From installation to a working chatbot with conversation persistence and tool calling.
Read more →Build a full image generation web application using Symfony, PapiAI's Google provider, and the Imagen API. Covers prompt handling, async generation with Messenger, gallery storage, and a polished Twig frontend.
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