PHP Core
PHP 8.6 RC3 Fixes Fibers That Silenced Errors
PHP 8.6.0 RC3 restores warnings inside fibers on the official Docker images and fixes hrtime() running 4% fast. GA is still set for November 19.
Eric L. Barnes
PHP Core
Everything happening to PHP itself. Version releases, RFCs working their way through a vote, deprecations you will hit on your next upgrade, and the internals work behind them.
PHP Core
PHP Io\Terminal RFC Proposes Native Terminal Input for CLI
The PHP Io\Terminal RFC proposes native terminal input, raw mode, size queries, and hidden input for CLI applications in PHP 8.7.
Eric L. Barnes
PHP Core
PHP Array Shorthand RFC: Skip the Key When It Matches
The Array Variable Shorthand RFC would let PHP 8.7 write [=$name] instead of ['name' => $name]. Internals is split on whether it needs new syntax.
Eric L. Barnes
PHP Core
PHP 8.6 RC2 Is Out, and There Is No RC1
PHP 8.6.0 RC2 is the first release candidate for PHP 8.6. A packaging bug skipped RC1, and GA is set for November 19, 2026.
Eric L. Barnes
PHP Core
PHP 8.5.11 Patches 11 CVEs, Including a SOAP Server Crash
PHP 8.5.11, 8.3.35, and 8.2.34 fix 11 CVEs, including an unauthenticated SoapServer crash and HTTP redirects that leak Authorization headers.
Eric L. Barnes
PHP Core
Time\Instant RFC Proposes a Native Clock for PHP 8.7
Tim Düsterhus and Derick Rethans propose Time\Instant and a Time\Clock interface for PHP 8.7: a timezone-free point in time you can mock in tests.
Eric L. Barnes
PHP Core
str_mask() RFC Proposes Native String Masking for PHP 8.7
The str_mask() RFC would add a native function for masking card numbers and tokens in PHP 8.7. Internals wants to know why substr_replace() isn't enough.
Eric L. Barnes
PHP Core
PEAR RFC Heads to a Vote With a PEAR Maintainer on Board
The PHP RFC to end PEAR endorsement now has a PEAR Group member's backing, an end date for the pear.php.net archive, and a vote planned for September 28.
Eric L. Barnes
PHP Core
PHP array_str_contains() RFC Proposes Substring Filtering
PHP's array_str_contains() RFC would replace a substring-filtering callback with one function call. See the before-and-after code and its PHP 8.7 status.
Eric L. Barnes
PHP Core
Is PHP finally breaking up with PEAR?
A new PHP RFC would end php.net's endorsement of PEAR, unbundle the installer from PHP 8.7, and freeze pear.php.net as a static archive.
Eric L. Barnes
PHP Core
PHP 8.5.10 Fixes Stack Overflows on Deeply Nested Arrays
PHP 8.5.10 turns seven stack overflow crashes into catchable errors, forbids \C in UTF-8 regex patterns, and fixes PDO_PGSQL lazy fetching and four JIT bugs.
Eric L. Barnes
PHP Core
PHP 8.6 Deprecates SplFileObject fgetcsv and fputcsv
PHP 8.6 deprecates four SplFileObject CSV methods. The standalone fgetcsv() and fputcsv() functions and the READ_CSV flag are not affected.
Eric L. Barnes