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title: "PHP 8.1 is Two Weeks Away, Here's What to Expect"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/php-8-1-is-two-weeks-away-here-s-what-to-expect-hygvfpah7
source_url: https://laravel-news.com/php-8-1-release-in-two-weeks
type: article
source: "Laravel News"
published: 2021-11-12T14:25:31.985Z
updated: 2021-11-12T14:25:31.987Z
tags: ["php"]
reading_time: 1
upvotes: 16
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# PHP 8.1 is Two Weeks Away, Here's What to Expect

**[Laravel News](https://daily.dev/sources/ln)** · 1 min read · 16 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

PHP 8.1 is a minor release with new features focusing on the language's object-oriented design, types, functions, etc. The final Release Candidate (RC6) was announced yesterday. The GA release happens in two weeks on Thursday, November 25th. Users are encouraged to test projects but don't run this version in production quite yet.

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