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php April 21st, 2026

PHP 8.5 Deprecations Cheat Sheet — What to Fix Before Upgrading

PHP 8.5 ships with a batch of deprecations that will become hard errors in PHP 9.0. Here's the complete list with one-line fixes and a Rector command to automate the scan.

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php April 17th, 2026

PHP 8.5 array_first and array_last — Clean Up Your Collection Fallbacks

PHP 8.5 adds two long-overdue functions that eliminate the awkward workarounds for accessing the first or last element of an array.

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php April 9th, 2026

Stop Using parse_url(): PHP 8.5's URI Extension Explained

PHP 8.5 ships a built-in URI extension that replaces parse_url() with immutable, type-safe objects. No third-party package needed.

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php March 31st, 2026

PHP 8.5 clone with: Updating Readonly Objects Without Boilerplate

PHP 8.5 lets you pass an array to clone() to update properties in one expression. Here's how it replaces wither method boilerplate — and the gotchas you need to know first.

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php March 30th, 2026

PHP 8.5 Pipe Operator: Clean Function Chaining in One Line

PHP 8.5's |> operator lets you chain functions left-to-right instead of nesting them inside-out. Here's how it works and where it breaks down.

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