---
title: "An In-Depth Guide to PHP 8.1: Enums"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/an-in-depth-guide-to-php-8-1-enums-k9ymxewbw
source_url: http://dzone.com/articles/an-in-depth-guide-to-php-81-enums
type: article
source: "DZone"
published: 2022-09-29T12:43:41.652Z
updated: 2022-09-29T12:43:41.651Z
tags: ["php"]
reading_time: 2
upvotes: 12
comments: 0
language: en
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# An In-Depth Guide to PHP 8.1: Enums

**[DZone](https://daily.dev/sources/dz)** · 2 min read · 12 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

PHP 8.1 allows us to set a defined number of possible values for an array. Join the DZone community and get the full member experience. Join For Free Enums or enumerations are a new feature introduced inPH8.1.

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