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php October 1st, 2026

PHP 8.6 Partial Function Application: Delete Half the Closures in Your Laravel App

PHP 8.6 lets you write str_replace(' ', '-', ?) and get a closure back. Here's what the ? and ... placeholders actually do, rewritten against real Laravel code, and where they bite.

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