PHP 8.6 ships partial function application. The ? and ... placeholders build closures from any callable, and they make the 8.5 pipe operator usable.
Tag: functional-programming
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PHP 8.5 ships the pipe operator (|>) for chaining callables left to right. Here is how it works, the rules it follows, and when it earns its place.
PHP 8.6's partial function application lets you pre-fill arguments with a ? placeholder, and it finally makes the 8.5 pipe operator genuinely useful.
PHP 8.5's pipe operator (|>) enables clean left-to-right function chaining. Learn practical examples, Laravel integration with Spatie's Piper, and what comes next.
PHP 8.5's pipe operator (|>) is here, and it's quietly transforming how we write data transformation chains.