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06-08-25 (22:56)   New `max_memory_limit` INI directive to set a ceiling `memory_limit`
06-08-25 (18:42)   Emitting output from custom output buffer handlers is deprecated
05-08-25 (13:11)   Returning non-string values from a user output handler is deprecated
04-08-25 (16:42)   Non-canonical scalar type casts `(boolean|double|integer|binary)` deprecated
29-05-25 (23:25)   Intl: New `IntlListFormatter` class
29-05-25 (18:56)   Pipe operator (`|>`)
24-04-25 (19:56)   CLI: `php --ini=diff` to output non-default INI directives
23-04-25 (16:42)   New `array_first` and `array_last` functions
19-04-25 (15:56)   New `locale_is_right_to_left` function and `Locale::isRightToLeft` method
10-04-25 (23:25)   Stack trace support for PHP Fatal errors
10-04-25 (19:11)   New `get_exception_handler` and `get_error_handler` functions
26-12-24 (21:25)   Install PHP on Windows: PHP now available on Winget
26-12-24 (21:25)   How to install PHP on Windows using Winget
24-12-24 (07:25)   `#[Deprecated]` attribute
25-11-24 (13:25)   PHP 8.4 Installation and Upgrade guide for Ubuntu and Debian
19-11-24 (05:25)   New `PHP_BUILD_DATE` constant
19-11-24 (05:25)   `SUNFUNCS_RET_*` constants deprecated
16-11-24 (14:25)   CSV: The `$escape` parameter must be provided
14-11-24 (17:56)   Curl: New `CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPCNT` option
14-11-24 (14:56)   Curl: New `CURLOPT_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT` option to replace `CURLOPT_FTP_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT`
14-11-24 (07:56)   Curl: New `CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION` option
14-11-24 (06:25)   Curl: New `CURLOPT_PREREQFUNCTION` option
13-11-24 (20:56)   Curl: `curl_getinfo` - `CURLINFO_POSTTRANSFER_TIME_T` support
13-11-24 (19:25)   Curl: `CURLOPT_DNS_USE_GLOBAL_CACHE` no longer has any effect
10-11-24 (09:56)   `exit`/`die` changed from language constructs to functions
03-11-24 (07:56)   All `MHASH_*` constants deprecated
21-10-24 (23:11)   Curl: New `CURL_HTTP_VERSION_3` and `CURL_HTTP_VERSION_3ONLY` constants for HTTP/3 support
18-10-24 (00:11)   Intl: New `intltz_get_iana_id` function and `IntlTimeZone::getCanonicalID` method
16-10-24 (20:11)   Curl: New `curl_multi_get_handles` function
30-09-24 (08:11)   MBString: Unicode Character Database updated to version 16
28-09-24 (17:56)   PHP 8.4 Feature-freeze, first Release Candidate released
27-09-24 (18:42)   PHP Release Cycle Update
24-09-24 (16:42)   BCMath: New `bcdivmod` function
20-09-24 (21:42)   `E_STRICT` constant deprecated
06-06-24 (09:56)   Calling `session_set_save_handler()` with more than 2 arguments deprecated
02-06-24 (10:42)   New `grapheme_str_split` function
02-06-24 (00:42)   New `array_find`, `array_find_key`, `array_any`, and `array_all` functions
15-05-24 (09:11)   How to fix `mysql_native_password` not loaded errors on MySQL 8.4
24-03-24 (08:56)   OpenSSL: Minimum required OpenSSL version increased to 1.1.1
14-03-24 (12:56)   Implicitly nullable parameter declarations deprecated
14-03-24 (10:42)   How to fix PHP Curl HTTPS Certificate Authority issues on Windows
07-03-24 (08:56)   New `mb_ucfirst` and `mb_lcfirst` functions
07-03-24 (08:56)   Date: New `DateTime(Immutable)::get/setMicrosecond` methods
02-03-24 (17:56)   New `http_(get|clear)_last_response_headers` functions
28-02-24 (20:11)   Curl: `curl_version()` `feature_list` support
28-02-24 (19:56)   PCRE2 Upgrade and Regular Expression Changes
27-02-24 (16:56)   Curl: Minimum required libcurl version increased to 7.61.0
26-02-24 (14:42)   New `request_parse_body` function
09-02-24 (11:11)   OCI8 and PDO-OCI extensions from PHP Core to PECL
06-02-24 (10:42)   Date: New `DateTime(Immutable)::createFromTimestamp` methods
28-01-24 (13:56)   `round()` - Invalid rounding modes throw `ValueError` exceptions
18-01-24 (19:11)   New rounding modes in `round()` function
17-01-24 (22:56)   Pspell extension moved from PHP Core to PECL
17-01-24 (22:56)   IMAP extension moved from PHP Core to PECL
16-01-24 (16:11)   Opcache: INI changes on how JIT is enabled
16-01-24 (16:11)   New `mb_str_pad` function
10-01-24 (20:11)   Curl: `CURLOPT_BINARYTRANSFER` deprecated
10-01-24 (13:11)   Mbstring: New `mb_trim`, `mb_ltrim`, and `mb_rtrim` functions
08-01-24 (12:56)   `PHP_ZTS` and `PHP_DEBUG` constant value type changed from `int` to `bool`
14-12-23 (07:42)   AEGIS Encryption with PHP Sodium Extension
14-12-23 (07:42)   Sodium: `AEGIS-128L` and `AEGIS256` support
06-12-23 (19:11)   New `#[Override]` attribute
06-12-23 (06:56)   SQLite3: New `SQLite3Exception`, deprecations, and changes
05-12-23 (16:25)   Assert: `assert_options()`, `ASSERT_*` constants, and `assert.*` INI settings deprecated
23-11-23 (18:56)   PHP 8.3 Released!
22-11-23 (18:56)   How to Install/Upgrade PHP 8.3 on MacOS with Homebrew
22-11-23 (18:56)   How to install or upgrade to PHP 8.3 on Fedora, RHEL, CentOS, and more
21-11-23 (22:25)   How to install or upgrade to PHP 8.3 on Ubuntu and Debian
01-11-23 (06:42)   How to use Caddy Server with PHP
30-10-23 (11:42)   HTTP/3 Request with PHP Curl Extension
17-10-23 (09:56)   Password Hashing: Default Bcrypt cost changed from `10` to `12`
22-09-23 (18:56)   phpinfo: Show PHP Integer Size information
31-08-23 (16:56)   First PHP 8.3 Release Candidate is now available for testing
31-08-23 (15:25)   Get Composer to suggest dev packages to `require-dev`
22-08-23 (10:25)   Built-in CLI Server `$_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE']` value changed for RFC3875 compliance
21-08-23 (19:56)   Class constant type declarations in some PHP extension classes
15-08-23 (05:25)   New `stream_context_set_options` function
14-08-23 (21:25)   Granular `DateTime` Exceptions
13-08-23 (08:56)   `highlight_file` and `highlight_string` output HTML changes
13-08-23 (08:56)   `get_class()` and `get_parent_class()` function calls without arguments deprecated
03-08-23 (09:42)   Security considerations when parsing user-provided INI strings and files
30-07-23 (03:42)   `class_alias()` supports aliasing built-in PHP classes
28-07-23 (14:11)   PHP CLI Lint (`php -l`) supports linting multiple files at once
27-07-23 (11:11)   Fallback value support for PHP INI Environment Variable syntax
23-07-23 (18:42)   PHP 8.3 Beta Released
07-07-23 (18:56)   First PHP 8.3 Alpha Released
18-04-23 (13:56)   PHP 8.3 Release Managers Elected
18-04-23 (13:56)   Typed Class Constants
01-02-23 (11:56)   How to extend lifetime of legacy PHP applications
01-02-23 (01:56)   `Random` extension: New `RandomRandomizer::getBytesFromString` method
01-02-23 (01:56)   `Random` extension: New `RandomRandomizer::getFloat()` and `nextFloat()` methods
31-01-23 (17:56)   Dynamic class constant and Enum member fetch support
31-01-23 (17:56)   Added `imap_is_open` function
31-01-23 (17:56)   `gc_status()` returns additional GC information
08-12-22 (15:25)   PHP 8.2 Released
08-12-22 (15:25)   PHP 8.2 Highlights: What's New and Changed
08-12-22 (15:25)   DNF Types
08-12-22 (15:25)   Locale-independent case conversion
29-11-22 (12:56)   All PHP 7.x versions are now EOL
11-11-22 (15:42)   PHP 8.2.0 Release Rescheduled to December 8