--- title: "PHP in 2026" url: https://daily.dev/posts/php-in-2026-lsdo240ed source_url: https://stitcher.io/blog/php-2026 type: article source: "stitcher.io" published: 2026-01-12T12:59:44.696Z updated: 2026-01-12T13:00:05.469Z tags: ["php", "functional-programming"] reading_time: 6 upvotes: 122 comments: 2 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 in 2026 **[stitcher.io](https://daily.dev/sources/stitcher)** · 6 min read · 122 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary PHP 8.5 brings the pipe operator, clone with parameters, closures in attributes, and fatal error backtraces. Partial function application is coming in PHP 8.6, enabling cleaner pipe operator usage. Pattern matching is under discussion. FrankenPHP, a Go-based runtime offering 10% performance gains, is gaining traction with PHP Foundation support. Mago, a Rust-based linter/formatter/analyzer, reached stable release. Async PHP development continues through multiple RFC iterations. PHPverse online conference returns in 2026, and the Tempest framework is preparing its third major release with 80+ contributors. ## 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. **@danielpetrica** · 1 upvotes > Love seeing the frankenphp increasingly being supported. I love using it in my [stack](https://danielpetrica.com/a-production-ready-laravel-architecture-with-traefik-and-frankenphp/) **@hexaspark** · 0 upvotes > i had no idea franken PHP was a thing. im currently building a clustered webserver framework in go. as i had a bit of a falling out with plesk XD and this would be a perfect solution. --- Tags: [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php), [#functional-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/functional-programming) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/php-in-2026-lsdo240ed)