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PHP 8 significantly improves performance with the introduction of the JIT compiler, optimized function calls and array operations, new data structures such as the Red-Black Tree, and fixes to internal implementation details. These enhancements lead to better execution speed and memory management, making web application development more efficient.

Why PHP 8 Has High Performance

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I believe language is never a bottleneck for app usually used php. So it is nice, but it is a not key feature for php. It is important for python, go etc. For php more important is readable code and early error detection (thanks for strict types etc).