Nice, PHP 8.5 was released on November 20th and WordPress 6.9 RC2 already has support for it.
WordPress 6.9 to Support PHP 8.5
John Blackbourn @ make.wordpress.org • 3 weeks ago
PHP 8.5 Released
Team @ php.net • 3 weeks ago
PHP 8.5 is a major update of the PHP language, with new features including the URI extension, Pipe operator, and support for modifying properties while cloning.
FrankenPHP is Officially Supported
Roman Pronskiy @ thephp.foundation • 6 months ago
FrankenPHP is a new high performance PHP server. Is it a big deal? Should we be expecting hosting providers to support it?
The State of PHP 2024 Survey
Tania Goral and Brent Roose @ blog.jetbrains.com • 7 months ago
Jetbrains conducted a survey of PHP professionals. The results provide an interesting look at tools and trends. It was interesting to see WordPress reported in one of the questions.
Using Laravel With WordPress
Roots Team @ github.com • 1 year ago
Acorn is a project of Roots and provides a framework for integrating Laravel within WordPress.
What Is Coming in PHP 8.4
Brent @ sticher.io • 2 years ago
There are some new features coming in PHP 8.4.
WordPress to Discontinue Support for Older Versions of PHP
John Blackbourn @ make.wordpress.org • 2 years ago
WordPress will drop support for PHP 7.0 and 7.1 in the next release (6.6).
What Is New in PHP 8.3
Steve Bonisteel @ kista.com • 2 years ago
For PHP developers – New features and improvements in PHP 8.3.
How to Install Composer
• 2 years ago
For power users and developers it is not uncommon to need to use Composer to install libraries and dependencies. This article from Kinsta has instructions for installing Composer on Windows, Mac and Linux.