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title: "Partial Function Application is coming in PHP 8.6"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/partial-function-application-is-coming-in-php-8-6-3doqxg6cm
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published: 2025-12-29T11:58:00.813Z
updated: 2025-12-29T11:58:21.573Z
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# Partial Function Application is coming in PHP 8.6

**[FREEK.DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/freek)** · 1 min read · 41 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

PHP 8.6 will introduce Partial Function Application, a feature that allows developers to create pre-configured callables by providing some arguments upfront while using placeholders for others. This functional programming technique enables more flexible function composition and reusability.

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