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PHP 8.2 will probably not add many new features more of cleaning up the language (still important ofc), similar to PHP 7.2 or PHP 7.3. PHP 7.4 did however add
by tored 4y ago
PHP 8.2 will probably not add many new features more of cleaning up the language (still important ofc), similar to PHP 7.2 or PHP 7.3.
PHP 7.4 did however add a lot of interesting features like FFI, JIT, preloading, typed properties and arrow functions.
Thus if PHP 8 development will by any way similar how PHP 7 was developed you need to hang in there for at least one more release but probably two more releases or wait for PHP 9.
- kijin 4y agoMakes sense. It takes time for new features to get traction and iron out any missing parts that the original RFC didn't think of. Lots of software projects alternate between new-feature releases and cleanup/bugfix/housekeeping releases. Users also like to have a period of stability before they need to change things up again.