5 Reasons to Use PHP 8: New Syntax Features

Are you still on PHP 7.x? Let me convince you to upgrade, maybe you will like those syntax "treats" from PHP 8.0.

PHP Version Statistics: packagist.org/php-statistics
PHP Official Supported versions: www.php.net/supported-versions.php

PHP 8 Examples from the video:
Match example: twitter.com/freekmurze/status/1451905555182850048
Null safe operator: twitter.com/freekmurze/status/1452598536101580817
Null safe operator example 2: php.watch/versions/8.0/null-safe-operator
Named parameters: twitter.com/freekmurze/status/1450781816957374468
Constructor property promotion: twitter.com/freekmurze/status/1334077673740656651
Union types: stitcher.io/blog/new-in-php-8#union-types-rfc

What’s New in Laravel 9: A Deep Dive Into the Upcoming Major Release kinsta.com/blog/laravel-9/

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