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title: "A Look at What's Coming to PHP 8.4"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-look-at-what-s-coming-to-php-8-4-kc5ytumke
source_url: https://laravel-news.com/php-8-4-0
type: article
source: "Laravel News"
published: 2024-05-17T13:18:27.387Z
updated: 2024-05-17T13:18:36.720Z
tags: ["php"]
reading_time: 2
upvotes: 205
comments: 18
language: en
---

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# A Look at What's Coming to PHP 8.4

**[Laravel News](https://daily.dev/sources/ln)** · 2 min read · 205 upvotes · 18 comments

## Summary

PHP 8.4 is scheduled to be released on November 21, 2024. It will introduce features such as PHP Property Hooks and a syntax update for member access during instantiation.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://laravel-news.com/php-8-4-0>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@dominik56** · 5 upvotes

> Wondering how many projects still use php5.*

**@sidaliassoul** · 3 upvotes

> Property hook will be interesting.

**@ernest437** · 1 upvotes

> php mostly dominate old system in Indonesia.
> mostly use php < 7, many company don't want to break what is working just for upgrading.
>
> Most of them change the tech rather then just update the php. looking for better tech that easy to adapt with cloud, better performance, security, more modern.
>
> So much people want to migrate to new tech that job for php literally on dying (happen on early 2017).
>
> The php dev in indonesia must change they job to nodejs or c#, just for getting a job.
>
> Right now php still used on small project one time only or just to maintain what already works

**@antoniovpires** · 1 upvotes

> These hooks look good. PHP is chasing its spot amidst more popular languages, that's cool.

**@ernest437** · 0 upvotes

> it's funny php change it's way to be more OOP.

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