---
title: "Top 10 PHP 8.1 Features You Should Start Using Now"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/top-10-php-8-1-features-you-should-start-using-now-2zuleyae2
source_url: https://levelup.gitconnected.com/top-10-php-8-1-features-you-should-start-using-now-7161b91275fd
type: article
source: "gitconnected"
author: "Tara Prasad Routray"
published: 2021-12-06T04:05:04.635Z
updated: 2021-12-06T04:05:04.636Z
tags: ["general-programming", "php"]
reading_time: 5
upvotes: 18
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# Top 10 PHP 8.1 Features You Should Start Using Now

**[gitconnected](https://daily.dev/sources/gc)** · [@tararoutray](https://daily.dev/tararoutray) · 5 min read · 18 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

Learn the most amazing features offered by PHP 8.1 update. The most exciting one is the new JIT compiler. New ‘full_path’ Key in ‘$_FILES’ for Directory Uploads. ‘fsync()’ and ‘fdatasync’ Functions Array Unpacking Support for String-Keyed Arrays

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**@emichel** · 0 upvotes

> Cool

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