State of Drupal 7: Lasting over a decade
Drupal 7, released early 2011, will receive bug fix and security fixes until end of 2022. This makes Drupal 7 one of the longest supported PHP projects in history.
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PHP 7.3 is now security-fixes only
PHP 7.3.26 will be the last bug-fix release, and will only receive security fixes for one year.
PHP JIT in Depth
A detailed guide on optimal JIT configuration, benchmarks, and how JIT works in detail.
PHP 8.0 Thanks ❤
PHP 8.0.0 is released today 🎉🍾🎊. Thank you all of you for your amazing efforts ❤.
PHP's resource to object transformation
A summary of PHP's long-term progress in
resource objects to class objects
PHP Hash Algorithm Benchmark
Benchmarks the performance of hashing algorithms supported in PHP, including MurmurHash in PHP 8.1.
Xdebug 2 vs Xdebug 3 Performance Comparison
A performance comparison between Xdebug 2 and the upcoming version 3.
Opting out of Named Parameters in PHP 8.0
A new
@no-named-arguments DocBlock attribute to opt-out of named parameters.
PHP 8 Weak Maps and Practical Use Cases
A guide to use effectively use the WeakMaps feature in PHP 8.0.
How to install/update PHP 8.0 (Debian/Ubuntu)
A guide to install or update to PHP 8.0 on Debian and Ubuntu