ReflectionMethod or class property ReflectionProperty we can now set its accessibility and call it manually without getting any errors.PHP 8.1 – New setAccessible() Reflection method
Day: November 13, 2021
PHP 8.1 – Persistent class constants
final to prevent from overriding the constant by the child class. Of course current class constant functionality remains the same.PHP 8.1 – Return types for internal methods
Every PHP internal methods from internal Classes will now contain a return type declarations. This change will impact any case of extending and overriding of internal PHP classes with custom implementations. From 8.1 we will get a deprecation and since 9.0 it will be a Fatal Error.
PHP 8.1 – Inherited static variables
Local method static variables will now be inherited between multiple objects and even classes if base Class is used as parent Class. Previously each local static var was only related to the current type of Class.
PHP 8.1 – Deprecated Serializable interface
Since PHP 7.4 magic methods of __seralize() and __unserialize() were added, since then Serializable interfece is obsolete and in fact broken with new PHP 8.x features. This also includes deprecating of PDO::FETCH_SERIALIZE flag of PDO object that will be remove completely in PHP 9.
PHP 8.1 – Asynchronous and lightweight thread execution: Fibers
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