---
title: "How to eliminate boilerplate code with PHP 8.1"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-eliminate-boilerplate-code-with-php-8-1-zno6uvttc
source_url: https://medium.com/@benr77/how-to-eliminate-boilerplate-code-with-php-8-1-766637d48353?source=rss------php-5
type: article
source: "Medium"
published: 2022-11-05T09:22:19.105Z
updated: 2022-11-05T09:22:18.181Z
tags: ["php"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 12
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# How to eliminate boilerplate code with PHP 8.1

**[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 3 min read · 12 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

In PHP we have to jump through a few hoops to create an immutable class, due to lack of native immutability in PHP itself. This means that it cannot be changed after it has been created.

## Full article

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