Tag: php85

The PHP Foundation's 2025 impact report reveals 2,929 commits, a new Ecosystem Security Team funded by Alpha-Omega, and bold goals for 2026.

PHP 8.5 adds clone with syntax to update readonly properties while cloning. Learn how to ditch boilerplate wither methods and write cleaner immutable objects.

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 #[NoDiscard] attribute warns you when critical return values are silently discarded. Here's how to use it to write safer, self-documenting APIs.

Tempest 3.0 is the forward-thinking PHP framework requiring PHP 8.5, with a new exception handler, faster ORM, and a discovery system that removes boilerplate.

Beyond the pipe operator and URI extension, PHP 8.5 ships quality-of-life features that clean up your daily code immediately — here's what to know.

PHP 8.5's built-in URI extension replaces the broken parse_url() with RFC 3986 and WHATWG-compliant classes for immutable, safe URL handling.

Rector automates PHP version upgrades and refactoring. Learn how to set it up, write custom rules, and integrate it into your CI pipeline.