PHP 8.4 RFC List

Implemented

Fix up BCMath `Number` Class / Change `GMP` `bool` cast behavior

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeImprovement

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2024-06-30 / Last updated on 2024-09-04

Support object type in BCMath

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeNew Feature

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2024-03-24 / Last updated on 2024-09-04

Deprecate `GET`/`POST` sessions

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeDeprecation

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2024-03-03 / Last updated on 2024-08-25

Transform `exit()` from a language construct into a standard function

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeImprovement

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2024-05-05 / Last updated on 2024-08-25

Add `bcdivmod` to BCMath

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeNew Feature

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2024-06-30 / Last updated on 2024-08-05

Property hook improvements

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeNew Feature

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2024-06-28 / Last updated on 2024-07-31

Follow-up to the Property hooks RFC.

Make the `GMP` class `final`

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeImprovement

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2024-06-29 / Last updated on 2024-07-27

Correctly name the rounding mode and make it an Enum

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeNew Feature

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2024-04-21 / Last updated on 2024-07-18

Property hooks

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeNew Feature

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2022-12-01 / Last updated on 2024-07-14

`#[\Deprecated]` Attribute

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeNew Feature

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2024-05-04 / Last updated on 2024-07-10

New `ext-dom` features in PHP 8.4

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeNew Feature

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2024-04-12 / Last updated on 2024-07-04

Add stream open functions to XML{Reader,Writer}

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeImprovement

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2024-04-21 / Last updated on 2024-06-29

PDO Driver specific SQL parsers

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeImprovement

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2024-04-11 / Last updated on 2024-06-18

`array_find`

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeNew Feature

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2024-04-07 / Last updated on 2024-06-01

`new MyClass()->method()` without parentheses

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeImprovement

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2023-12-29 / Last updated on 2024-05-28

Raising zero to the power of negative number

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeImprovement

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2024-01-11 / Last updated on 2024-05-23

Casing of acronyms in class and method names

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeImprovement

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2024-04-05 / Last updated on 2024-05-08

Grapheme cluster for `str_split` function: `grapheme_str_split`

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeNew Feature

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2024-03-04 / Last updated on 2024-04-10

Multibyte for `ucfirst`, `lcfirst` functions, `mb_ucfirst` `mb_lcfirst`

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeNew Feature

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2024-01-16 / Last updated on 2024-03-20

Deprecate implicitly nullable parameter types

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeDeprecation

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2023-12-20 / Last updated on 2024-03-13

Opt-in DOM spec-compliance

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeNew Feature

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2024-01-13 / Last updated on 2024-03-09

Add `http_(get|clear)_last_response_headers()` function

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeNew Feature

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2024-01-03 / Last updated on 2024-02-29

RFC1867 for non-POST HTTP verbs

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeNew Feature

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2023-10-06 / Last updated on 2024-02-08

Improve callbacks in `ext/dom` and `ext/xsl`

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeImprovement

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2023-11-05 / Last updated on 2024-01-12

Change how JIT is disabled by default

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeImprovement

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2023-11-15 / Last updated on 2023-12-23

Add 4 new rounding modes to `round()` function

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeNew Feature

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2023-08-31 / Last updated on 2023-12-21

Adding `bcround`, `bcfloor` and `bcceil` to BCMath

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeNew Feature

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2023-10-01 / Last updated on 2023-11-30

Unbundle `ext/imap`, `ext/pspell`, `ext/oci8`, and `ext/PDO_OCI`

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeDeprecation

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2023-10-03 / Last updated on 2023-11-24

Multibyte for trim function `mb_trim`, `mb_ltrim` and `mb_rtrim`

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeNew Feature

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2023-10-18 / Last updated on 2023-11-24

Multibyte for trim function mb_trim, mb_ltrim and mb_rtrim

DOM HTML5 parsing and serialization

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeNew Feature

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2023-08-12 / Last updated on 2023-11-13

A new JIT implementation based on IR Framework

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeNew Feature

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2023-09-20 / Last updated on 2023-10-24

`XML_OPTION_PARSE_HUGE`

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeNew Feature

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2023-09-21 / Last updated on 2023-10-22

Increasing the default BCrypt cost

RFC StatusImplemented

TypeImprovement

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2023-09-07 / Last updated on 2023-10-06

Declined

Static class

RFC StatusDeclined

TypeNew Feature

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2024-06-23 / Last updated on 2024-08-10

Change the edge case of `round()`

RFC StatusDeclined

TypeImprovement

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2023-10-23 / Last updated on 2023-12-08

`final` anonymous classes

RFC StatusDeclined

TypeNew Feature

Version PHP 8.4

Created on 2023-11-15 / Last updated on 2023-12-05