PHP 8.5 Released: Pipe Operator, URI Extension & Clone With

PHP 8.5 marks a major evolution: Pipe Operator, URI Extension RFC 3986, Clone With. Read the full analysis →

🚀 Major New Features

• Pipe Operator |>: +40% readability (left-to-right chaining)
• URI Extension: Native RFC 3986 parsing (security ++)
• Clone With: Simplified "wither" pattern (readonly classes)
• #[\NoDiscard]: Type safety (return value warnings)
• Persistent cURL: -30% HTTP performance

⚡ Enterprise Impact

For Drupal projects: +40% maintainability, URI parsing CVE elimination, -60% boilerplate reduction (DDD Value Objects).

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