PHPWeekly February 11th 2021

PHPWeekly February 11th 2021

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                                        Curated news all about PHP.  Here's the latest edition

                                        11th February 2021

                                                                            Welcome to the latest edition of phpweekly.com.

The team at php.net have announced the release of PHP 8.0 2, among others, this week.

There are also releases from WordPress and Joomla.

Have a good week,

Stay safe and well.

All the best,

Ade and Katie

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