What's new in PHP Q1 2021
Now, by Tom Newby!
PHP 8.0 released
- https://php.watch has an excellent recap
- Recap major features
- More global namespace string methods
- Type system improvements
- Throw in expressions
https://php.watch/versions/8.0 is a must read
PHP 8.1 RFCs
Enums 🕺 ✅
php.watch has a great writeup
PHP 8.1 RFCs
Array unpacking with array<string, mixed> 🕺 ✅
again, php.watch has a great writeup
Array unpacking overwrites duplicate string keys, while the + operator ignores duplicate string keys.
PHP 8.1 RFCs
array_is_list(array $input)🕺 ✅
guess who's got a good write up?
PHP 8.1 RFCs
❌ \PHP\iterable\any() and all() ❌
Failed required vote count in RFCs
Symfony 5.2
- Support for PHP8 attributes
- New rate limiter component
- Symfony Panther now 1.0
Laravel
- Moving to a yearly release cycle
- so, Laravel 9 in September
- Laracon Online on March 17th 2021
- artisan test supports --parallel >v8.25
- Jetstream v2