Subj : PHP 8.5.0 released To : All From : LWN.net Date : Fri Nov 21 2025 16:00:09 PHP 8.5.0 released Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:47:25 +0000 Description: Version 8.5.0 of the PHP language has been released. Changes include a new " |> " operator that, for some reason, makes these two lines equivalent: $result = strlen("Hello world"); $result = "Hello world" |> strlen(...); Other changes include a new function attribute, " #[\NoDiscard] " to indicate that the return value should be used, attributes on constants, and more; see the migration guide for details. ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://lwn.net/Articles/1047429/ --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet UK HUB @ hub.uk.erb.pw (1337:1/100) .