--- title: Community Corner Podcast: PHP 8.5 + 8.6 Release Manager... description: A podcast episode features Daniel Scherzer, release manager for PHP 8.5 and PHP 8.6, discussing the bug-fix release cycle process, the upcoming partial... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/community-corner-podcast-php-8-5-8-6-release-manager-daniel-scherzer-7dv5el24i twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Community Corner Podcast: PHP 8.5 + 8.6 Release Manager Daniel Scherzer | daily.dev og:description: A podcast episode features Daniel Scherzer, release manager for PHP 8.5 and PHP 8.6, discussing the bug-fix release cycle process, the upcoming partial... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/community-corner-podcast-php-8-5-8-6-release-manager-daniel-scherzer-7dv5el24i og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/7Dv5el24i.png og:image:alt: Community Corner Podcast: PHP 8.5 + 8.6 Release Manager Daniel Scherzer og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: 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. # Community Corner Podcast: PHP 8.5 + 8.6 Release Manager Daniel Scherzer **[PHP Architect](https://daily.dev/sources/phparchitect)** · [@shocm](https://daily.dev/shocm) · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A podcast episode features Daniel Scherzer, release manager for PHP 8.5 and PHP 8.6, discussing the bug-fix release cycle process, the upcoming partial function application feature in PHP 8.6, and his planned Longhorn PHP conference talks covering what's new in PHP 8.6 and building PHP extensions in Rust. ## Content In this episode, Scott talks with Daniel Scherzer, release manager for PHP 8.5 and PHP 8.6, about the bug-fix release cycle, partial function application coming in 8.6, and his upcoming talks at Longhorn PHP on what's new in 8.6 and building PHP extensions in Rust. https://www.phparch.com/podcast/community-corner-podcast-php-8-5-8-6-release-manager-daniel-scherzer/ --- Tags: [#devops](https://daily.dev/tags/devops), [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php), [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/community-corner-podcast-php-8-5-8-6-release-manager-daniel-scherzer-7dv5el24i) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/community-corner-podcast-php-8-5-8-6-release-manager-daniel-scherzer-7dv5el24i","headline":"Community Corner Podcast: PHP 8.5 + 8.6 Release Manager Daniel Scherzer","text":"A podcast episode features Daniel Scherzer, release manager for PHP 8.5 and PHP 8.6, discussing the bug-fix release cycle process, the upcoming partial function application feature in PHP 8.6, and his planned Longhorn PHP conference talks covering what's new in PHP 8.6 and building PHP extensions in Rust.","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/community-corner-podcast-php-8-5-8-6-release-manager-daniel-scherzer-7dv5el24i","datePublished":"2026-08-31T16:07:02.786Z","dateModified":"2026-08-31T16:07:17.523Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Eric Johnson","url":"https://daily.dev/shocm","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--EPMJ-a-K--/f_auto/v1755890250/avatars/avatar_y7ct3dSEp45NFSALYHve6?_a=BAMClqZW0","description":"PHP Architect team member. 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