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24 alternatives to PHP 8 in a Nutshell

A no-fluff guide to PHP 8

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. PHP 8 in a Nutshell launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Building modern applications with PHP 8

    2020 · front-line-php.com · its alternatives →

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    phpbestpractices.org ist Ihre erste und beste Informationsquelle über phpbestpractices. Hier finden Sie auch weitere interessante Links. Wir hoffen, dass Sie bei Ihrer Suche erfolgreich sind!

    2012 · phpbestpractices.org · its alternatives →

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    Real examples written in PHP.

    2016 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →

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    Writing Resilient & Reusable Code in PHP 7

    2017 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →

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    Functional Programming Library For PHP. Contribute to r-cyr/PHPunctional development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A self-contained full-text search engine in pure PHP. No extensions, no dependencies. - olivier-ls/php-fts

    May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A PHP parser written in PHP. Contribute to nikic/PHP-Parser development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Make your PHP arrays sweet'n'safe. Save your mental energy on type casting. - zakirullin/mess

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Wrapper library to fix inconsistencies in PHP's core functions - nkkollaw/zubr

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    PHP 8 Sandbox Escape. Contribute to m0x41nos/TimeAfterFree development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    PHP does Meta Programming too! (Requires PHP 5.4). GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

    2011 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

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    Functors, Applicative Functors and Monads in PHP. Contribute to widmogrod/php-functional development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    E-book with 50 PHP functions.

    2021 · hifolks.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

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    Hello everyone, I’ve been building [Pipeflow-php](https://github.com/marcosiino/pipeflow-php), a PHP pipeline engine to automate anything — from content generation to backend and business logic workflows — using core modular stages and custom implemented stages (that can do anything), with the key power of using an easy to reason and read XML to define the pipeline logic, which every actor in a company, even non developers, can understand, maintain and edit. It’s a *headless engine*: no UI is included, but it's designed to be easily wired into any backend interface (e.g.…

    Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, I last PHP professionally over 15 years ago, and I loved it. I switched to Ruby on Rails, then Node/Go/React/GraphQL as there was a lot more demand for those roles. However, PHP is back! In true JavaScript fashion, I decided to learn PHP again by building a framework to put all the pieces together in my brain. I absolutely love Hono.dev, and decided to base the PHP framework on that. Dumbo isn't intended to compete with Laravel, Symphony or Slim, if anything, it's something people can use in production, but also contribute to and be used as a learning resource for…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi! I put together a Rust compiler written in PHP. It takes Rust source code and outputs x86-64 Linux binaries directly. No LLVM, no assembler, no linker. It has a working ownership checker, borrow checker, type checker, structs, functions, control flow, and mutable references. The test suite has 80+ cases. The whole thing is around 2,500 lines of PHP.

    Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    PHP 7▲9

    The new version of the old programming language, 7.0.0!

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Learn how to make servers in PHP.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Elevate your library development skills from beginner to pro

    2024 · ahmadraafat.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

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    Hello everyone! After two years of hard work, I'm excited to announce the release of my first book, "From PHP to Python". As developers, it can be frustrating to learn a new language from scratch. This is why I wrote this book to help PHP developers quickly learn Python by focusing on what's different and taking shortcuts when things are similar. It's written in a straight-to-the-point style and the chapters are concise and condensed. The book covers everything needed in my opinion to have solid foundations in Python, in a web-oriented approach. After finishing this book, you will be able to…

    2023 · einenlum.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

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    The eno notation language[1] now also has an official PHP library: https://eno-lang.org/php/ It features the same API and featureset as the JavaScript / Python / Ruby libraries, and also comes with the same extensive testsuite that has been growing during implementation of the other libraries, with already well over 90% coverage at the time of release. Happy to hear your feedback and answer any questions! [1] A user-friendly format for file-based content: https://eno-lang.org/

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    The Laravel Framework Version 5 for Beginners

    2016 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →

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