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PHP in 2021

Once a year, I look back at the recent developments in the PHP world, and also look forward to what’s to come. And just like in 2020 and 2019, we’re at it again!

Like I said time and time again: PHP isn’t the same language it was ten years ago, and we’re very thankful for that. It’s a fast and reliable language, used to build large applications at scale. So let’s discuss some of the most notable changes of PHP in the last year, to the language and the community…

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