Released!
PHP 8.3 is a major update of the PHP language.
It contains many new features, such as explicit typing of class constants, deep-cloning of readonly properties and additions to the randomness functionality. As always it also includes performance improvements, bug fixes, and general cleanup.
New Classes, Interfaces, and Functions
- New DOMElement::getAttributeNames(), DOMElement::insertAdjacentElement(), DOMElement::insertAdjacentText(), DOMElement::toggleAttribute(), DOMNode::contains(), DOMNode::getRootNode(), DOMNode::isEqualNode(), DOMNameSpaceNode::contains(), and DOMParentNode::replaceChildren() methods.
- New IntlCalendar::setDate(), IntlCalendar::setDateTime(), IntlGregorianCalendar::createFromDate(), and IntlGregorianCalendar::createFromDateTime() methods.
- New ldap_connect_wallet(), and ldap_exop_sync() functions.
- New mb_str_pad() function.
- New posix_sysconf(), posix_pathconf(), posix_fpathconf(), and posix_eaccess() functions.
- New ReflectionMethod::createFromMethodName() method.
- New socket_atmark() function.
- New str_increment(), str_decrement(), and stream_context_set_options() functions.
- New ZipArchive::getArchiveFlag() method.
- Support for generation EC keys with custom EC parameters in OpenSSL extension.
- New INI setting zend.max_allowed_stack_size to set the maximum allowed stack size.
- php.ini now supports fallback/default value syntax.
- Anonymous classes can now be readonly.
Deprecations and backward compatibility breaks
- More Appropriate Date/Time Exceptions.
- Assigning a negative index n to an empty array will now make sure that the next index is n + 1 instead of 0.
- Changes to the range() function.
- Changes in re-declaration of static properties in traits.
- The U_MULTIPLE_DECIMAL_SEPERATORS constant is deprecated in favor of U_MULTIPLE_DECIMAL_SEPARATORS.
- The MT_RAND_PHP Mt19937 variant is deprecated.
- ReflectionClass::getStaticProperties() is no longer nullable.
- INI settings assert.active, assert.bail, assert.callback, assert.exception, and assert.warning have been deprecated.
- Calling get_class() and get_parent_class() without arguments are deprecated.
- SQLite3: Default error mode set to exceptions.
