In February, work kept moving forward with several RFCs under discussion, improvements, security releases for older versions, etc. Below, I've highlighted a few topics:

• If you want to get involved with PHP and already have Core knowledge, you can apply to be a Release Manager for version 8.3 until the 31st of this month.

• PHP 8.2.3, 8.1.16, and 8.0.28 were released on February 14th, containing fixes for three security vulnerabilities along with several bug fixes.

• PHP 7.4 reached its end of life, and there won't be any more security fix releases.

RFCs

Under vote:

• Saner array_(sum|product)() by George Peter Banyard
• Typed class constants by Benas Seliuginas and Máté Kocsi

Partially accepted:

• Readonly amendments by Nicolas Grekas and Máté Kocsis

Implemented:

• More Appropriate Date/Time Exceptions by Derick Rethans

Mailing list

Several topics were discussed, among them:

• Adding a parameter to the json_validate() function to validate the JSON schema.

• Inline variable typing, e.g.:

<?php

int $number = 10;
$value = 'foo'; // TypeError

Personally, I really like this one, as it makes data typing safer and less prone to inconsistencies.

To check out everything new this month, click here.

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This month, in particular, I had two humble PRs accepted into the Core (they're listed in the official post). I'm getting involved little by little, in my free time, which isn't much.

I feel a real sense of gratitude, being able to give a little back to #PHP and the language's community for the achievements I've had, using it as my main tool. Plus, of course, learning something new. 🙂