The PHP Group has released version 8.5 of the open source scripting language that powers much of the Web, including sites using the WordPress CMS.
The release of PHP 8.5 in November marked the second year of the PHP community’s commitment to delivering major updates on an annual schedule, followed by two full years of active support for each release.
Although 8.5 is brand-new, we’ve already got it covered in our annual PHP benchmarking behind a variety of popular CMS platforms and frameworks.
If you’re planning to migrate PHP applications to version 8.5, you’ll need to know what has changed
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