---
title: "What's new in PHP 8.4"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-php-8-4-fmb3un24m
source_url: https://stitcher.io/blog/new-in-php-84
type: article
source: "stitcher.io"
published: 2024-06-09T14:26:52.283Z
updated: 2024-08-23T15:14:39.525Z
tags: ["php"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 351
comments: 20
language: en
---

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# What's new in PHP 8.4

**[stitcher.io](https://daily.dev/sources/stitcher)** · 3 min read · 351 upvotes · 20 comments

## Summary

PHP 8.4 will introduce property hooks, allow 'new' keyword without parentheses, JIT improvements, deprecated implicit nullable types, and new DOM HTML5 support.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://stitcher.io/blog/new-in-php-84>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@vagsig** · 21 upvotes

> **Wow, PHP 8.4 is shaping up to be a game-changer! 🚀**
>
> I'm particularly excited about the **property hooks** – it seems like a powerful addition that will give us more control and flexibility in our code. The ability to use the **'new' keyword without parentheses** is a nice touch too; it will definitely clean up some of those repetitive lines.
>
> **JIT improvements** are always welcome – anything that boosts performance gets a thumbs up from me. 👍
>
> And last but not least, **new DOM HTML5 support** is fantastic news for those of us working heavily with HTML and DOM manipulation.
>
> All in all,...

**@daemongenius** · 5 upvotes

> Finally, ‘new’ keyword without parentheses is great. Brings the language into 2020s

**@yovche** · 2 upvotes

> Property hooks will affect every codebase & make it a bit easier on the eyes for the new gen developers.

**@jamiecarl** · 1 upvotes

> I've had property hooks in my PHP MVC framework since 2012. LOL.  Yet another feature I have implemented that PHP is killing, the last major one being strict data types.
>
> I'm totally OK with it though.  The more PHP does right, the less I have to fix in Hazaar MVC and the less I have to maintain.  Winning!

**@wojtek7** · 1 upvotes

> Would not be better to kill off `php` ?

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