PHP 8.3 release page (#807)

Co-authored-by: Tim Düsterhus <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Roman Pronskiy <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Jakub Zelenka <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Tim Düsterhus <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Tim Bond <[email protected]>

Author: 5 people

images/php8/logo_php8_3.svg

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+<?php declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace releases\php83;
+
+include_once __DIR__ . '/../../include/prepend.inc';
+
+function language_redirect(string $currentLang): void {
+    // We don't use the general language selection of php.net,
+    // so soldier on with this one.
+    return;
+}
+
+function common_header(string $description): void {
+    global $MYSITE;
+
+    $meta_image_path = \htmlspecialchars(
+        \filter_var($MYSITE . 'images/php8/php_8_3_released.png', \FILTER_VALIDATE_URL));
+    $meta_description = \htmlspecialchars($description);
+
+    \site_header("PHP 8.3.0 Release Announcement", [
+        'current' => 'php8',
+        'css' => ['php8.css'],
+        'meta_tags' => <<<META
+<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" />
+<meta name="twitter:site" content="@official_php" />
+<meta name="twitter:title" content="PHP 8.3 Released" />
+<meta name="twitter:description" content="{$meta_description}" />
+<meta name="twitter:creator" content="@official_php" />
+<meta name="twitter:image:src" content="{$meta_image_path}" />
+
+<meta itemprop="name" content="PHP 8.3 Released" />
+<meta itemprop="description" content="{$meta_description}" />
+<meta itemprop="image" content="{$meta_image_path}" />
+
+<meta property="og:image" content="{$meta_image_path}" />
+<meta property="og:description" content="{$meta_description}" />
+META
+    ]);
+}
+
+function language_chooser(string $currentLang): void {
+    $LANGUAGES = [
+        'en' => 'English',
+        'ru' => 'Russian',
+    ];
+
+    // Print out the form with all the options
+    echo '
+      <form action="" method="get" id="changelang" name="changelang">
+        <fieldset>
+          <label for="changelang-langs">Change language:</label>
+          <select onchange="location = this.value + \'.php\'" name="lang" id="changelang-langs">
+';
+
+    $tab = '            ';
+    foreach ($LANGUAGES as $lang => $text) {
+        $selected = ($lang === $currentLang) ? ' selected="selected"' : '';
+        echo $tab, "<option value='$lang'$selected>$text</option>\n";
+    }
+
+    echo '          </select>
+        </fieldset>
+      </form>
+';
+}
+
+function message($code, $language = 'en')
+{
+    $original = require __DIR__ . '/languages/en.php';
+    if (($language !== 'en') && file_exists(__DIR__ . '/languages/' . $language . '.php')) {
+        $translation = require __DIR__ . '/languages/' . $language . '.php';
+    }
+
+    return $translation[$code] ?? $original[$code] ?? $code;
+}

images/php8/php_8_3_released.png

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+<?php
+
+$lang = 'en';
+
+include_once __DIR__ . '/release.inc';

releases/8.3/common.php

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+<?php
+ $_SERVER['BASE_PAGE'] = 'releases/8.3/index.php';
+include (__DIR__ . '/../../include/site.inc');
+
+mirror_redirect('/releases/8.3/en.php');

releases/8.3/en.php

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+<?php
+
+return [
+    'common_header' => 'PHP 8.3 is a major update of the PHP language. It contains many new features, such as explicit typing of class constants, deep-cloning of readonly properties and additions to the randomness functionality. As always it also includes performance improvements, bug fixes and general cleanup.',
+    'documentation' => 'Doc',
+    'main_title' => 'Released!',
+    'main_subtitle' => 'PHP 8.3 is a major update of the PHP language.<br class="display-none-md">It contains many new features, such as explicit typing of class constants, deep-cloning of readonly properties and additions to the randomness functionality. As always it also includes performance improvements, bug fixes and general cleanup.',
+    'upgrade_now' => 'Upgrade to PHP 8.3 now!',
+
+    'readonly_title' => 'Deep-cloning of readonly properties',
+    'readonly_description' => '<code>readonly</code> properties may now be modified once within the magic <code>__clone</code> method to enable deep-cloning of readonly properties.',
+    'json_validate_title' => 'New <code>json_validate()</code> function',
+    'json_validate_description' => '<code>json_validate()</code> allows to check if a string is syntactically valid JSON, while being more efficient than <code>json_decode()</code>.',
+    'typed_class_constants_title' => 'Typed class constants',
+    'override_title' => 'New <code>#[\Override]</code> attribute',
+    'override_description' => 'By adding the <code>#[\Override]</code> attribute to a method, PHP will ensure that a method with the same name exists in a parent class or in an implemented interface. Adding the attribute makes it clear that overriding a parent method is intentional and simplifies refactoring, because the removal of an overridden parent method will be detected.',
+    'randomizer_getbytesfromstring_title' => 'New <code>Randomizer<span style="word-break: break-all;">::</span>getBytesFromString()</code> method',
+    'randomizer_getbytesfromstring_description' => 'The <a href="/releases/8.2/en.php#random_extension">Random Extension</a> that was added in PHP 8.2 was extended by a new method to generate random strings consisting of specific bytes only. This method allows to easily generate random identifiers, such as domain names, and numeric strings of arbitrary length.',
+    'randomizer_getfloat_nextfloat_title' => 'New <code>Randomizer::getFloat()</code> and <code>Randomizer::nextFloat()</code> methods',
+    'randomizer_getfloat_nextfloat_description' => '<p>Due to the limited precision and implicit rounding of floating point numbers, generating an unbiased float lying within a specific interval is non-trivial and the commonly used userland solutions may generate biased results or numbers outside the requested range.</p><p>The Randomizer was also extended with two methods to generate random floats in an unbiased fashion. The <code>Randomizer::getFloat()</code> method uses the γ-section algorithm that was published in <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/3503512" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Drawing Random Floating-Point Numbers from an Interval. Frédéric Goualard, ACM Trans. Model. Comput. Simul., 32:3, 2022.</a></p>',
+    'dynamic_class_constant_fetch_title' => 'Dynamic class constant fetch',
+
+    'new_classes_title' => 'New Classes, Interfaces, and Functions',
+    'new_dom' => 'New <a href="/manual/en/domelement.getattributenames.php"><code>DOMElement::getAttributeNames()</code></a>, <a href="/manual/en/domelement.insertadjacentelement.php"><code>DOMElement::insertAdjacentElement()</code></a>, <a href="/manual/en/domelement.insertadjacenttext.php"><code>DOMElement::insertAdjacentText()</code></a>, <a href="/manual/en/domelement.toggleattribute.php"><code>DOMElement::toggleAttribute()</code></a>, <a href="/manual/en/domnode.contains.php"><code>DOMNode::contains()</code></a>, <a href="/manual/en/domnode.getrootnode.php"><code>DOMNode::getRootNode()</code></a>, <a href="/manual/en/domnode.isequalnode.php"><code>DOMNode::isEqualNode()</code></a>, <code>DOMNameSpaceNode::contains()</code>, and <a href="/manual/en/domparentnode.replacechildren.php"><code>DOMParentNode::replaceChildren()</code></a> methods.',
+    'new_intl' => 'New <a href="/manual/en/intlcalendar.setdate.php"><code>IntlCalendar::setDate()</code></a>, <a href="/manual/en/intlcalendar.setdatetime.php"><code>IntlCalendar::setDateTime()</code></a>, <a href="/manual/en/intlgregoriancalendar.createfromdate.php"><code>IntlGregorianCalendar::createFromDate()</code></a>, and <a href="/manual/en/intlgregoriancalendar.createfromdatetime.php"><code>IntlGregorianCalendar::createFromDateTime()</code></a> methods.',
+    'new_ldap' => 'New <code>ldap_connect_wallet()</code>, and <code>ldap_exop_sync()</code> functions.',
+    'new_mb_str_pad' => 'New <a href="/manual/en/function.mb-str-pad.php"><code>mb_str_pad()</code></a> function.',
+    'new_posix' => 'New <a href="/manual/en/function.posix-sysconf.php"><code>posix_sysconf()</code></a>, <a href="/manual/en/function.posix-pathconf.php"><code>posix_pathconf()</code></a>, <a href="/manual/en/function.posix-fpathconf.php"><code>posix_fpathconf()</code></a>, and <a href="/manual/en/function.posix-eaccess.php"><code>posix_eaccess()</code></a> functions.',
+    'new_reflection' => 'New <a href="/manual/en/reflectionmethod.createfrommethodname.php"><code>ReflectionMethod::createFromMethodName()</code></a> method.',
+    'new_socket' => 'New <a href="/manual/en/function.socket-atmark.php"><code>socket_atmark()</code></a> function.',
+    'new_str' => 'New <a href="/manual/en/function.str-increment.php"><code>str_increment()</code></a>, <a href="/manual/en/function.str-decrement.php"><code>str_decrement()</code></a>, and <a href="/manual/en/function.stream-context-set-option.php"><code>stream_context_set_options()</code></a> functions.',
+    'new_ziparchive' => 'New <a href="/manual/en/ziparchive.getarchiveflag.php"><code>ZipArchive::getArchiveFlag()</code></a> method.',
+    'new_openssl_ec' => 'Support for generation EC keys with custom EC parameters in OpenSSL extension.',
+    'new_ini' => 'New INI setting <a href="/manual/en/migration83.other-changes.php#migration83.other-changes.ini"><code>zend.max_allowed_stack_size</code></a> to set the maximum allowed stack size.',
+
+    'bc_title' => 'Deprecations and backward compatibility breaks',
+    'bc_datetime' => 'More Appropriate Date/Time Exceptions.',
+    'bc_arrays' => 'Assigning a negative index <code>n</code> to an empty array will now make sure that the next index is <code>n + 1</code> instead of <code>0</code>.',
+    'bc_range' => 'Changes to the <code>range()</code> function.',
+    'bc_traits' => 'Changes in re-declaration of static properties in traits.',
+    'bc_umultipledecimalseparators' => 'The <code>U_MULTIPLE_DECIMAL_SEPERATORS</code> constant is deprecated in favor of <code>U_MULTIPLE_DECIMAL_SEPARATORS</code>.',
+    'bc_mtrand' => 'The <a href="/manual/en/random.constants.php#constant.mt-rand-php"><code>MT_RAND_PHP</code></a> Mt19937 variant is deprecated.',
+    'bc_reflection' => '<a href="/manual/en/reflectionclass.getstaticproperties.php"><code>ReflectionClass::getStaticProperties()</code></a> is no longer nullable.',
+    'bc_ini' => 'INI settings <a href="/manual/en/info.configuration.php#ini.assert.active"><code>assert.active</code></a>, <a href="/manual/en/info.configuration.php#ini.assert.bail"><code>assert.bail</code></a>, <a href="/manual/en/info.configuration.php#ini.assert.callback"><code>assert.callback</code></a>, <a href="/manual/en/info.configuration.php#ini.assert.exception"><code>assert.exception</code></a>, and <a href="/manual/en/info.configuration.php#ini.assert.warning"><code>assert.warning</code></a> have been deprecated.',
+
+    'footer_title' => 'Better performance, better syntax, improved type safety.',
+    'footer_description' => '<p>For source downloads of PHP 8.3 please visit the <a href="/downloads">downloads</a> page. Windows binaries can be found on the <a href="https://windows.php.net/download">PHP for Windows</a> site. The list of changes is recorded in the <a href="/ChangeLog-8.php#PHP_8_3">ChangeLog</a>.</p>
+        <p>The <a href="/manual/en/migration83.php">migration guide</a> is available in the PHP Manual. Please consult it for a detailed list of new features and backward-incompatible changes.</p>',
+];