Modern PHP features explained - PHP 8.0 and 8.1 (Laravel News)

ThisLaravel News article digs into the many enhancements that have foundtheir way into the PHP language in the last couple of years or so.

Lovely Enums, the savior of pointless database tables and floatingconstants across the codebases of the world. Enums have quicklybecome one of my favorite features of PHP 8.1 - I can now push myroles into Enums instead of keeping them in a table that neverchanges.