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  <title>PHP 8.4.1 Released!</title>
  <id>https://www.php.net/archive/2024.php#2024-11-21-4</id>
  <published>2024-11-21T06:55:34+00:00</published>
  <updated>2024-11-21T06:55:34+00:00</updated>
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      <p>The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.4.1. This release marks the latest minor release of the PHP language.</p>
      <p>PHP 8.4 comes with numerous improvements and new features such as:</p>
      <ul>
        <li><a href="https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-features.php#migration84.new-features.core.property-hooks">Property Hooks</a></li>
        <li><a href="https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-features.php#migration84.new-features.core.asymmetric-property-visibility">Asymmetric Property Visibility</a></li>
        <li><a href="https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-features.php#migration84.new-features.core.lazy-objects">Lazy Objects</a></li>
        <li><a href="https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-features.php#migration84.new-features.pdo">PDO driver-specific subclasses</a></li>
        <li><a href="https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.new-classes.php#migration84.new-classes.bcmath">BCMath object type</a></li>
        <li>And much much more...</li>
      </ul>
      <p>
        For source downloads of PHP 8.4.1 please visit our <a href="https://www.php.net/downloads.php">downloads page</a>,
        Windows source and binaries can be found on <a href="https://windows.php.net/download/">windows.php.net/download/</a>.
        The list of changes is recorded in the <a href="https://www.php.net/ChangeLog-8.php#8.4.1">ChangeLog</a>.
      </p>
      <p>
        The <a href="https://php.net/manual/en/migration84.php">migration guide</a> is available in the PHP Manual.
        Please consult it for the detailed list of new features and backward incompatible changes.
      </p>
      <p>Kudos to all the contributors and supporters!</p>
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