July 25, 2023 - Implementation: pending (for user output handlers returning non-strings), 8.5 (for user output handlers producing output), 8.4 (everything else) Formally deprecate Soft-deprecated DOMDocument and DOMEntity properties · Remove DOMImplementation::getFeature($feature, $version) ... The RFC proposes to deprecate the listed functionality in PHP 8.4 and remove it in PHP 9 (except where otherwise noted).

Accept PHP 8.4 DOM additions RFC? 100 % Yes: 25 · No: 0 · Total number of votes cast: 25 · Dedicated StreamBucket class (Permalink) PHP 8.4 · Add the StreamBucket class as proposed? 100 % yes: 20 · no: 0 · Total number of votes cast: 20 · Add http_(get|clear)_last_response_headers() function (Permalink) PHP 8.4 ·

PHP provides plain stream wrappers for most common file system functions inherited from C and is indeed one of few major languages to not provide any interface to fsync. This RFC proposes implementing fsync in core. ... Intersection types as currently accepted for PHP 8.1 are not nullable.

List of PHP RFCs accepted, voted, implemented, and discussed for PHP 8.4.

April 28, 2024 - Mature reddit audience discuss the youtube previews and how this preview is good or bad for mature audience, instead of having mature conversation about RFC. ... I've been doing a video series on YouTube where I explore new PHP 8.4 RFC's. I wanted to share this video in particular, because it talks about some very interesting topics like backwards compatibility and internals.

November 26, 2020 - Built upon the weakrefs RFC that was added in PHP 7.4, a WeakMap implementation is added in PHP 8.

October 1, 2023 - Although PHP 8.3 is still being ironed out, there are some discussions and even an RFC currently being voted for proposed changes in PHP 8.4 (scheduled for the end of 2024).

December 11, 2024 - PHP has had trim, ltrim, rtrim, ... as the original functions. These functions are from two separate RFCs: rfc:mb_trim and rfc:mb_ucfirst....

April 17, 2023 - ... This subreddit is for anyone who has questions about their PHP code. Please read and understand the rules before creating a post. ... PHP 8.4: Interfaces now support properties!

December 16, 2025 - Then we’ll walk through the RFCs ... late November for years. PHP 8.5 shipped on November 20, 2025, and PHP 8.4.0 shipped in late November 2024....

The suggested hash() replacements for the md5/sha1* functions have the exact same functionality, which the RFC considers "incorrect use", so what are we actually solving by this deprecation ? Devs not having enough to do already ? The problem (for open source) with "force-replacing" the uses of md5/sha1* functions with the hash function calls, is that the hash extension was not part of PHP core until PHP 7.4, which means that for a significant number of open source projects, the replacement is not a one-on-one function call replacement, but needs guard code for PHP < 7.4 in case the hash extension is not available.

April 25, 2024 - A couple of days ago, I wrote about PHP 8.4 and what to expect. Well, I should have wait a bit longer to include big news: the Property Hooks RFC passed the vote and will likely get added to PHP 8.4.

PHP 8.5 NEW RFC ↗ · $title = ' PHP 8.5 Released '; $slug = $title |> trim(...) |> (fn($str) => str_replace(' ', '-', $str)) |> (fn($str) => str_replace('.', '', $str)) |> strtolower(...); var_dump($slug); // string(15) "php-85-released" It is now possible to update properties during object cloning by passing an associative array to the clone() function. This enables straightforward support of the "with-er" pattern for readonly classes. PHP 8.4 and older ·

List of PHP RFCs accepted, voted, implemented, and discussed for PHP 8.5.

June 3, 2024 - This will make the install so much ... Valet · This very welcome RFC introduces a new way to instantiate classes without needing to use parentheses when no arguments are passed to the constructor!...

Version PHP 8.6 · Created on 2025-06-03 / Last updated on 2026-02-11 · RFC StatusAccepted · TypeNew Feature · Version PHP 8.6 · Created on 2025-11-21 / Last updated on 2026-01-31 · RFC StatusImplemented · TypeImprovement · Version PHP 8.6 · Created on 2025-12-28 / Last updated on 2026-03-16 ·

June 8, 2024 - Next minor version, i.e. PHP 8.3.0, follow-up minor version, e.g. PHP 8.4.0, and next major version, i.e. PHP 9.0.0. Thus, next part should be implemented in 8.4 As this is part of RFC implemention, we don't need to implement it before feature freeze, so you can take your time implementing it.