# What's new in PHP 8.6

DevFeed: [What's new in PHP 8.6](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-s-new-in-php-8-6-33288.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://freek.dev/3174-whats-new-in-php-86>)

Author: Freek Van der Herten (freek@spatie.be)

Published: 2026-08-05T12:14:26Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [freek.dev - all blogposts](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/freek-dev-all-blogposts.md>)

Topics: [PHP 8.6](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/php-8-6.md>), [PHP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/php.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [function](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/function.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [features](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/features.md>), [function](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/function.md>), [improvements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/improvements.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [php](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/php.md>), [php-8-6](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/php-8-6.md>)

## AI overview

The article surveys notable additions coming in PHP 8.6, including partial function application, a new polling API, readonly property defaults, and smaller improvements and deprecations.

## Source excerpt

Brent surveys the most notable additions coming in PHP 8.6, including partial function application, the new polling API, readonly property defaults, and several smaller improvements and deprecations. Read more