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• PHP 8.3 Released! The latest version of PHP, PHP 8.3, was released on April 18, 2023. This release includes a number of new features and improvements, such as:

  • Readonly classes: Classes can now be declared as readonly, which means that their properties cannot be modified after they are created.
  • Disjunctive Normal Form (DNF) Types: DNF types allow you to specify multiple types for a variable, and the variable will be considered to be of any of those types.
  • New stand-alone types: The null, false, and true types are now stand-alone types, which means that they can be used in expressions and variables.
  • New "Random" extension: The new "Random" extension provides a number of functions for generating random numbers and strings.
  • Constants in traits: Constants can now be defined in traits, which means that they can be used in classes that extend the trait.
  • Deprecated dynamic properties: Dynamic properties are deprecated in PHP 8.3, which means that they will no longer be supported in future versions of PHP.

• PHP 8.2 Security Release Released A security release for PHP 8.2 was released on December 8, 2022. This release fixes a number of security vulnerabilities, including:

  • An OOB read due to insufficient input validation in imageloadfont()
  • A buffer overflow in hash_update() on long parameter

• API Platform 3.0 Released API Platform 3.0, a framework for creating REST and GraphQL APIs, was released on March 15, 2023. This release includes a number of new features and improvements, such as:

  • Support for PHP 8.3: API Platform now supports PHP 8.3.
  • Improved documentation: The documentation for API Platform has been improved.
  • New features: API Platform has a number of new features, such as support for batch operations, support for custom serializers, and support for OpenAPI 3.0.

• Laravel SafeDispatcher Released Laravel SafeDispatcher, a library for dispatching queue jobs in a safer and recoverable way, was released on March 8, 2023. This library provides a number of features that can help to prevent queue jobs from crashing your application, such as:

  • Automatic retry: SafeDispatcher will automatically retry queue jobs that fail.
  • Error logging: SafeDispatcher will log errors that occur when dispatching queue jobs.
  • Job cancellation: SafeDispatcher allows you to cancel queue jobs that are currently running.

These are just a few of the latest news about PHP. For more information, please visit the following websites:

• PHP.net: https://www.php.net/
• PHP.Watch: https://php.watch/
• r/PHP: https://www.reddit.com/r/PHP/