PHP 8.1 released

Miscellaneous - - Tiger12 - OP

https://www.php.net/releases/8.1/en.php New features: - Pure Intersection Types - Enums - The never Return Type - Fibers - New readonly Properties - Define final Class Constants - New fsync() and fdatasync() Functions - New array_is_list() Function - New Sodium XChaCha20 Functions - New IntlDatePatternGenerator Class - Support for AVIF Image Format - New $_FILES: full_path Key for Directory Uploads - Array Unpacking Support for String-Keyed Arrays - Explicit Octal Numeral Notation - MurmurHash3 and xxHash Hash Algorithms Support - DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) Support - File Uploads from Strings with CURLStringFile - New MYSQLI_REFRESH_REPLICA Constant - Performance Improvements with Inheritance Cache - First-Class Callable Syntax Does it have a future?

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lonely-dev
Yes, I think it's now obvious that despite any new improvements, PHP has fundamental flaws so it already lost to Java / Node.js when it comes to intermediate and big platforms development.
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Knight1
I think that PHP is dead as a mainstream backend development language. It will continue to retain it's share mainly due to it's legacy i.e. CMS/ forums like WordPress, Joomla, PHP BB etc.
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