PHP 8.4 will be released on November 21, 2024 with property hooks, class instantiation method chaining without surrounding parentheses, and more.

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PHP 8.4 is scheduled to be released on November 21, 2024. It will introduce features such as PHP Property Hooks and a syntax update for member access during instantiation.

A Look at What's Coming to PHP 8.4

# When is PHP 8.4 scheduled to be released?

# new MyClass()->method() without parentheses

Wondering how many projects still use php5.*

Property hook will be interesting.

php mostly dominate old system in Indonesia.
mostly use php &lt; 7, many company don’t want to break what is working just for upgrading.
Most of them change the tech rather then just update the php. looking for better tech that easy to adapt with cloud, better performance, security, more modern.
So much people want to migrate to new tech that job for php literally on dying (happen on early 2017).
The php dev in indonesia must change they job to nodejs or c#, just for getting a job.
Right now php still used on small project one time only or just to maintain what already works

These hooks look good. PHP is chasing its spot amidst more popular languages, that’s cool.

it’s funny php change it’s way to be more OOP.