Been learning php on and off for a while, happy to see this release is out. Most likely I will use PHP for my future projects instead of the alternatives.<p>Languages are learning from each other these days, the new PHP definitely benefited from this trend and is actively evolving itself, which is the major reason I&#x27;m to stick with it.<p>Some PHP developers recommended nodejs over PHP for the future to me, after a few experience I feel PHP may be better for long-term maintenance. Renovation is good, it&#x27;s just that javascript may have too much of it for me to chew on nowadays.<p>Wish there will be a light-weight version of PHP, something like micropython or Lua, so I can use it on low-end systems when needed. PHP is still very demanding on resources comparing to other languages, even nodejs can be used on IoT devices with restricted mem&#x2F;cpu power.