---
title: "Start Using PHP 8"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/start-using-php-8-ibqdvnpb6
source_url: https://medium.com/swlh/start-using-php-8-e6f2c8240be7
type: article
source: "The Startup"
published: 2020-11-04T09:37:17.475Z
updated: 2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z
tags: ["docker", "php"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 16
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# Start Using PHP 8

**[The Startup](https://daily.dev/sources/swlh)** · 4 min read · 16 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

The safest and quickest way to install and use PHP 8 is running PHP in an isolated environment. To achieve that, you can use a Docker image with all things needed by PHP 8 avoiding negative impact or conflicts with your current local PHP 7 installation. With Docker, you have also a command line tool named “ docker” very useful to launch, manage, install images.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@sshanzel** · 2 upvotes

> Wait, there's PHP8?! :O
>
> Just kidding :P

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