---
title: "My wishlist for PHP in 2026"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/my-wishlist-for-php-in-2026-1f3gibyag
source_url: https://stitcher.io/blog/my-wishlist-for-php-in-2026
type: article
source: "stitcher.io"
published: 2025-10-30T12:22:19.011Z
updated: 2025-10-30T12:22:40.850Z
tags: ["php", "laravel", "language-design"]
reading_time: 7
upvotes: 39
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# My wishlist for PHP in 2026

**[stitcher.io](https://daily.dev/sources/stitcher)** · 7 min read · 39 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

A PHP developer outlines desired language features for 2026, prioritizing PHP Editions (opt-in breaking changes per namespace inspired by Rust), interface default methods for more flexible code organization, generics for type-safe collections, and structs for simpler data representation. The author acknowledges that backwards compatibility constraints slow feature adoption and create compromises, suggesting editions could enable experimental features and gradual migration. Previously desired features like scalar objects and unified function signatures are deemed unlikely or abandoned.

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