PHP 8.3 is on the way and aiming for its stable debut at the end of November. Out on-schedule today is the first release candidate of PHP 8.3 which will then be followed by a half-dozen release candidates occurring on a bi-weekly basis. PHP 8.3.0 should reach general availability on or around 23 November.
Among the changes coming with PHP 8.3 include:
- Implementing more appropriate date/time exceptions.
- Adding a json_validate() function for validating JSON.
- Implementing the #[\Override] attribute RFC
- Updating the Zip extension and adding new set/get archive flag methods.
- The PHP POSIX support added posix_sysconf, posix_pathconf, posix_fpathconf, and posix_eaccess.
- A number of new PHP Sockets options.
- New features for the Randomizer class.
- Adding support for newer cURL options and constants up through cURL 7.87.
- Various new DOM methods added for DOM nodes and elements.
- Support for rounding negative places within the number_format() function.
- Support for zend_call_stack_get on OpenBSD platforms.
- Support for linting multiple files at once using the php -l option.
- Support for negative indices in arrays.
- Support for anonymous read-only classes.
- Support for typed class constants.
- Many bug fixes and other improvements.
More details on the changes for PHP 8.3 can be found via the in-progress NEWS file and Zend.com . Downloads and more details on the PHP 8.3 RC1 release via PHP.net .