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PHP Architect · Vol 20, Issue 12 · December 2021

Education Station: Why We Argue About PHP Upgrades and Changes

by Chris Tankersley

It is that time of year when the next version of PHP releases. To help date this article, PHP 8.1 was just released on November 25, 2021. Each release brings out complaints about the speed at which PHP releases new versions, and as a consequence, deprecates and removes or changes functionality. Two camps are established—those that want and enjoy the frequency of releases and those that lament the frequency of releases.

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Chris Tankersley

About the author

Chris Tankersley

Chris Tankersley is a husband, father, author, speaker, podcast host, and PHP developer. He works for InQuest, a network security company out of Washington, DC, but lives in Northwest Ohio. Chris has worked with many different frameworks and languages throughout his twelve years of programming but spends most of his day working in PHP and Python. He is the author of Docker for Developers and works with companies and developers for integrating containers into their workflows.

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