--- title: "PHP Annotated – January 2025" url: https://daily.dev/posts/php-annotated-january-2025-qjologbg8 source_url: https://blog.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/2025/01/php-annotated-january-2025/ type: article source: "JetBrains" published: 2025-01-29T12:19:23.060Z updated: 2025-01-29T12:19:40.219Z tags: ["devtools", "php"] reading_time: 9 upvotes: 29 comments: 0 language: 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. # PHP Annotated – January 2025 **[JetBrains](https://daily.dev/sources/jetbrains)** · 9 min read · 29 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary This edition covers major updates in the PHP community, including the release of PHP 8.4 with new features, performance improvements, and debugging enhancements. It highlights the transition of PHP 8.2 to a security-fixes-only phase, and the release of new tools and versions such as PHPStan 2.0, Rector 2.0, and FrankenPHP 1.3. The PHP Foundation's contributions and the addition of code examples on php.net are also mentioned. Upcoming PHP conferences and interesting reads on PHP topics round out the update. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#devtools](https://daily.dev/tags/devtools), [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/php-annotated-january-2025-qjologbg8)