--- title: [VOTE] [RFC] Bound-Erased Generic Types | daily.dev description: The PHP internals mailing list is actively voting on the Bound-Erased Generic Types RFC (open June 14–28, 2026), which proposes adding generic type syntax to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/vote-rfc-bound-erased-generic-types-19ahl5hl7 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: [VOTE] [RFC] Bound-Erased Generic Types | daily.dev og:description: The PHP internals mailing list is actively voting on the Bound-Erased Generic Types RFC (open June 14–28, 2026), which proposes adding generic type syntax to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/vote-rfc-bound-erased-generic-types-19ahl5hl7 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/19AHL5hl7.png og:image:alt: [VOTE] [RFC] Bound-Erased Generic Types 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. # [VOTE] [RFC] Bound-Erased Generic Types **[externals.io](https://daily.dev/sources/externals)** · 11 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The PHP internals mailing list is actively voting on the Bound-Erased Generic Types RFC (open June 14–28, 2026), which proposes adding generic type syntax to PHP with type erasure at runtime. The RFC requires a 2/3 majority to pass, plus a secondary vote on variance marker syntax (+T/-T vs in T/out T). Key voices are divided: Rowan Tommins voted No, arguing that native syntax without native enforcement is a step backward for PHP's type system. Larry Garfield urged delaying the vote, warning that a failed generics vote would be terrible PR for PHP, and recommending targeting PHP 9.0 (2027) with fully enforced/monomorphized generics instead. Levi Morrison voted Yes, viewing the RFC as a useful stepping stone toward reified generics, while noting limitations like missing lower bound support. Matthew Brown offered a workaround for the lower bound issue using union return types. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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