PHP 8.5 is looking great

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This is no php 9.0(which should change a lot more, specially under de hood and related to performance), but php 8.5 is looking interesting so far.

Added:

New functions:

• curl_multi_get_handles() //makes it easier to manage multiple concurrent cURL, retrieving all handles from a cURL multi handle.
• get_exception_handler() & get_error_handler() //adds a layer of control when managing application-level errors.
• array_first() & array_last() //make it easier to get the first and last values of an array

Fatal error stack traces: Fatal errors will now include a full stack trace, which is VERY useful for debugging.

Changes:

• MHASH_* constants are being removed
• new Directory() changed to dir

 

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Version 8.5 Alpha 1 is out!

• Closures and first-class callables in constant expressions.
• Backtraces available on fatal errors.
• #[\NoDiscard] attribute to highlight the importance of consuming a function’s return value.
• (void) cast to intentionally disregard a value.
• Support for casts within constant expressions.
• Introduction of the pipe operator.
• New array functions: array_first() and array_last().
• PHP CLI now supports “–ini=diff” to show changes from default INI settings.

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