---
title: "PHP Annotated – May 2025"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/php-annotated-may-2025-rj0vc7m5k
source_url: https://blog.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/2025/05/php-annotated-may-2025/
type: article
source: "JetBrains"
published: 2025-05-30T16:05:08.645Z
updated: 2025-05-30T16:05:46.528Z
tags: ["security", "php", "laravel", "symfony"]
reading_time: 10
upvotes: 39
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# PHP Annotated – May 2025

**[JetBrains](https://daily.dev/sources/jetbrains)** · 10 min read · 39 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

PHP Annotated May 2025 covers major PHP developments including the upcoming pipe operator in PHP 8.5, new array_first() and array_last() functions, security updates across PHP versions 8.1-8.4, and the introduction of the #[\NoDiscard] attribute. The edition highlights PHP's 30th anniversary celebration, FrankenPHP's official support by The PHP Foundation, and various tools for building desktop applications with PHP. It also covers AI tooling growth in the PHP ecosystem, framework updates including Laravel 12 and Symfony 7.3, and upcoming PHP conferences.

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