Voting is now open on the PHP Bound-Erased Generic Types RFC (2026-06-14 to 2026-06-28), requiring a 2/3 majority. The RFC proposes erased generics with variance markers, with a secondary vote on syntax (+T/-T vs in T/out T). Key community figures are divided: Rowan Tommins voted No, arguing native syntax should come with native enforcement and that erased generics weaken PHP's type guarantees. 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 it as a useful stepping stone toward reified generics. Rob Landers highlighted that with erased generics, type parameters reduce to 'mixed' at runtime, meaning generic type annotations provide no actual enforcement.
