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PHP's next time class marks a moment and leaves telling the time to a clock, and there's a request on the table for the map of the rest of the new API. The regex RFC's callback question is settled against wrapping, with a compiled-pattern alternative posted alongside it. A closure-as-entry-point idea lasted a day, the Argon2 default ran into OpenSSL, and 8.6 is frozen. 12 stories, about 12 minutes. A new one every week. https://youtu.be/ygEvagzKZy8 #PHP #PHPInternals #PHP86

A PHP RFC went to a vote on Tuesday morning, was winning 4 to 1, and its author closed it inside the hour — because of what the one no vote said. The enum question it left behind now has a concrete proposal on the table. Also: the array_str_contains benchmark came back slower than a foreach loop, and the list said, in as many words, that it doesn't want the function. And PEAR's bug data is back. 10 stories, about 10 minutes. https://youtu.be/flBkw2Rf7xE #PHP #PHPInternals #PHP86

This week in PHP internals: the 35-ballot deprecation vote enters its final week with list() deadlocked 21-21, a second RFC author pulled his own vote over the process rules, and PHP 8.6 officially gets a Duration class. Full rundown: https://youtu.be/8YUc-A2h-f4 #PHP #PHPInternals #PHP86

This week in PHP internals: 42 RFC ballots open at once. list() is losing its deprecation ballot 17-19, a first-time author's pipe operator split the room 8-8, and one vote lasted 18 minutes before its own author pulled it back. Full rundown: https://youtu.be/Af_8W6wxx6k #PHP #PHPInternals #PHP86

🧵 This Week in PHP Internals — Jul 22, 2026 The season's first RFC ballots are open and both are lopsided: Time\Duration cruising at 23–1 with full method names winning, minimum supported versions right behind it. gd 2.4 arrived 4 days after the 8.6 door closed. A pipe operator has 2 authors claiming 1 token. And Monday, PHP starts voting on the 8.6 deprecations — list() included. Full video: https://youtu.be/tCUKb5rPuJ4 #PHP #PHPInternals #PHP86

🧵 This Week in PHP Internals — Jul 15, 2026 A brand-new extension keyword rewrote itself mid-thread, the deprecations list froze with ballots set for the 27th, function autoloading split off a prerequisite RFC overnight, Time\Duration drew its first declared No, and a JSX-style markup RFC landed hours before recording. Full video: https://youtu.be/cGNa33qGqEg #PHP #PHPInternals #PHP86

🧵 This Week in PHP Internals — July 1, 2026 Generics and __exists both voted down. A deprecations RFC turned into a fight about evidence and honesty. A brand-new Primary Constructors RFC. And a heartfelt plea for async. Full video 👇 https://youtu.be/dX_Hd_92x7M #PHP #PHPInternals #PHP86