Support for PHP 8.3 Announced
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Wednesday, 10th April, 2024
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01:55am
PHP 8.3 was released on November 23, bringing several new features and improvements compared to PHP 8.2. Here are some key differences between these two versions:
- Typed Class Constants.
- Deep Cloning of Readonly Properties: PHP 8.3 supports deep cloning for readonly properties.
- Improvements for the Random Extension: PHP 8.3 provides enhancements to the Random extension introduced in PHP 8.2.
- New Functions:
json_validate(): Validates the correctness of a JSON string.
str_increment() and str_decrement(): Increment and decrement numeric string values.
- Enhancements for DateTime, DOM, and Intl Extensions: PHP 8.3 includes various improvements for these extensions.
These changes continue to make PHP a powerful and efficient tool for web developers.
If you or your customers are currently running websites using PHP version 8.2, this is a good opportunity to encourage incremental upgrades towards PHP 8.3.
