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Good read on what is coming in PHP 8.6, out November 19. Partial function application is the one I keep rereading. str_replace(' ', '-', ?) gives you a closure with the rest prefilled, and it finally makes the pipe operator from 8.5 pleasant to use. Plus a Duration class, a built-in clamp, and session cookies defaulting to httponly and SameSite Lax, which should have been the default a decade ago. I did not pick this language 19 years ago. It picked me somehow. First thing that ran on the AppServ (does someone still remember it? 🥲 ), and everything after that followed from an accident. People have been burying it that entire time. It keeps getting quietly better instead. https://stitcher.io/blog/new-in-php-86 #PHP #PHP86 #WebDev #Programming #Backend #Blog #Thoughts

This week in PHP internals: the 35-ballot deprecation vote enters its final week with list() deadlocked 21-21, a second RFC author pulled his own vote over the process rules, and PHP 8.6 officially gets a Duration class. Full rundown: https://youtu.be/8YUc-A2h-f4 #PHP #PHPInternals #PHP86

This week in PHP internals: 42 RFC ballots open at once. list() is losing its deprecation ballot 17-19, a first-time author's pipe operator split the room 8-8, and one vote lasted 18 minutes before its own author pulled it back. Full rundown: https://youtu.be/Af_8W6wxx6k #PHP #PHPInternals #PHP86

🧵 This Week in PHP Internals — Jul 22, 2026 The season's first RFC ballots are open and both are lopsided: Time\Duration cruising at 23–1 with full method names winning, minimum supported versions right behind it. gd 2.4 arrived 4 days after the 8.6 door closed. A pipe operator has 2 authors claiming 1 token. And Monday, PHP starts voting on the 8.6 deprecations — list() included. Full video: https://youtu.be/tCUKb5rPuJ4 #PHP #PHPInternals #PHP86

🧵 This Week in PHP Internals — Jul 15, 2026 A brand-new extension keyword rewrote itself mid-thread, the deprecations list froze with ballots set for the 27th, function autoloading split off a prerequisite RFC overnight, Time\Duration drew its first declared No, and a JSX-style markup RFC landed hours before recording. Full video: https://youtu.be/cGNa33qGqEg #PHP #PHPInternals #PHP86

🎉 PHP 8.6.0 Alpha 1 is available for testing!

In this very initial preview for PHP 8.6, we have:

• A new scalable polling API in Io\Poll
• class Uri\Rfc3986\UriBuilder
• Improved JSON error messages including error positions
• ReflectionProperty::isReadable() and ::isWritable()
• clamp()
• enum SortDirection

… and more!

✅ Test your projects ❌ Not for production

Congrats @joepferguson@phpc.social, @mbeccati@phpc.social, and Daniel Scherzer

🔗 https://www.php.net/archive/2026.php#2026-07-02-3

#PHP #Release #PHP86

🧵 This Week in PHP Internals — July 1, 2026 Generics and __exists both voted down. A deprecations RFC turned into a fight about evidence and honesty. A brand-new Primary Constructors RFC. And a heartfelt plea for async. Full video 👇 https://youtu.be/dX_Hd_92x7M #PHP #PHPInternals #PHP86