--- title: PHP Benchmarks: Real-World Speed Tests for Versions 8.1,... description: The post provides performance benchmarks for different PHP versions on popular CMSs and frameworks. WordPress performs better with newer PHP versions, and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/php-benchmarks-real-world-speed-tests-for-versions-8-1-8-2-and-8-3-jwezektwh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: PHP Benchmarks: Real-World Speed Tests for Versions 8.1, 8.2, and 8.3 | daily.dev og:description: The post provides performance benchmarks for different PHP versions on popular CMSs and frameworks. WordPress performs better with newer PHP versions, and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/php-benchmarks-real-world-speed-tests-for-versions-8-1-8-2-and-8-3-jwezektwh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/jWezeKTWh.png og:image:alt: PHP Benchmarks: Real-World Speed Tests for Versions 8.1, 8.2, and 8.3 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: 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 Benchmarks: Real-World Speed Tests for Versions 8.1, 8.2, and 8.3 **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 15 min read · 24 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary The post provides performance benchmarks for different PHP versions on popular CMSs and frameworks. WordPress performs better with newer PHP versions, and upgrading to PHP 8.3 is recommended. Laravel, Drupal, Joomla, and other platforms also show performance improvements with the latest PHP version. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@palmiak** · 3 upvotes > I was responsible for making the tests for 8.1 and 8.2. Based on reading material I couldn't believe that 8.3 will be faster, but it seems it's true. 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