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Aug 22, 2026 PHP

This Week In PHP Internals - August 19, 2026

No RFC went to a vote, and nothing is in the voting phase at all. A new contributor's array_search_range() ran into a counter-proposal for a general lazy array...

By Len Woodward

Aug 14, 2026 PHP

This Week In PHP Internals - August 12, 2026

The verdict lands on PHP's 35-ballot deprecation vote — list() survives on a flat 23-23 tie — the pipe assignment operator is declined, and PHP 8.6's RFC season...

By Len Woodward

Aug 06, 2026 PHP

This Week In PHP Internals - Aug 05, 2026

PHP's 35-ballot deprecation vote enters its final week with list() deadlocked at 21-21, a second RFC author pulls his own vote over the process rules, and PHP 8...

By Len Woodward

Aug 02, 2026 PHP

This Week In PHP Internals - July 29, 2026

42 RFC ballots are open at once in PHP internals. This week: list() is losing its deprecation ballot, the dechunk filter split the room, a first-time author's p...

By Len Woodward

Jul 16, 2026 PHP

This Week In PHP Internals - July 15, 2026

This Week in PHP Internals — July 8 to July 15, 2026. A brand-new class extension proposal rewrote itself mid-thread, the Deprecations RFC froze with ballots se...

By Len Woodward

Jul 08, 2026 PHP

This Week In PHP Internals - July 8, 2026

This Week in PHP Internals — July 1 to July 8, 2026. The Deprecations RFC fought about WordPress and then about evidence, Time\Duration declared itself complete...

By Len Woodward

Jul 01, 2026 PHP

This Week in PHP Internals - July 1, 2026

The Deprecations RFC turned into a fight about honesty, Rob Landers opened Primary Constructors, and a user wrote a heartfelt "Disheartening Rant" about async —...

By Len Woodward

Jun 25, 2026 PHP

This Week In PHP Internals - June 24, 2026

Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:10 Ad - Ballast 0:32 Deprecations RFC 1:36 On the chopping block 2:14 The CSV side-quest 2:51 A stopwatch for PHP 4:03 Primary Constructor...

By Len Woodward

Jun 18, 2026 PHP

This Week In PHP Internals - June 17, 2026

A generics vote going down, 3 RFCs rejected, 4 passed, and a modules debate that keeps multiplying.

By Len Woodward