New Features in PHP 8

After about two years of development, version 8 of the popular PHP scripting language was released on November 26, 2020. It comes with a number of innovations and ditches some obsolete features.

By Tim Schürmann

Updated Sep 25, 2026 1:57 PM / Published Feb 6, 2021 2:00 AM 9 min read

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Tim Schürmann

Tim Schürmann is a freelance computer scientist and author. Besides books, Tim has published various articles in magazines and on websites.