# What's New in PHP 8.6

DevFeed: [What's New in PHP 8.6](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-s-new-in-php-8-6-33305.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://freek.dev/3192-whats-new-in-php-86>)

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

Published: 2026-09-16T12:30:30Z

Content type: release

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>), [function](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/function.md>)

Tags: [improvements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/improvements.md>), [language](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/language.md>), [php](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/php.md>), [php-8-6](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/php-8-6.md>), [standard-library](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/standard-library.md>)

## AI overview

An overview of upcoming PHP 8.6 changes, including partial function application, clamp(), the Duration class, and other language and standard library improvements.

## Source excerpt

A concise overview of what's coming in PHP 8.6, including partial function application, clamp(), the new Duration class, and several smaller language and standard library improvements. Read more