To lighten up some discussion here, I would like to ask what features or changes you would love to see in future PHP versions? We know that in recent versions a lot of nice adjustments were added, but I bet most of us dreams for more.

I personally would love to see types on inline variables, at first even not strict. However, I don’t know if it’s remotely possible with how currently the language is implemented.

  • spartanatreyu@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    This one right here: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/consistent_function_names

    Right now the only reason I ever use php is because I have to.

    This one simple change would bring me half way to wanting to use php for fun (the other half would be making debugging easier).

      • spartanatreyu@programming.dev
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        1 year ago

        Mainly because you've got to setup PHP to be debuggable in the first place.

        And setting up PHP is already a hassle. When a dev has to set up php in about 5 separate ways just to figure out which one is actually debuggable, then PHP has a problem.