Name: November Event: What's New in PHP 8.5 and ClickHouse Analytics
Start: 2025-11-19T18:30:00Z
End: 2025-11-19T20:30:00Z
Location: AutoProtect Offices

This is a free in-person event, open to all.

★ The talks

**18:30 –** **Arrive, pre-talks networking & pizzas 🍕**

**19:05 – Intro to LeedsPHP and Sponsors**

**19:15** **– What's New in PHP 8.5?** **– Derick Rethans**
During this presentation, we are going to look at the new features that are going to be introduced in PHP 8.5. Join me to have a look at the pipe operator, the new URL parsing API, improvements of i18n features, upgrades to the type system, and all the other new features.
At the end you will have a good understanding about all the new and exciting features that are part of the PHP 8.5 release.

**19:50 – Break**

**19:55** **– Analytics that actually work using ClickHouse - Graham Campbell**
TBC

**20:25– Tidy up and walk to the pub** **(The Adelphi) for drinks**

**LeedsPHP Socials:**

* [Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/company/80411632)
* [Website](https://leedsphp.org)
* Email: info@leedsphp.org

Thank you to [Estrato Cloud](https://www.linkedin.com/company/estratocloud/) for sponsoring this event and to [AutoProtect](https://www.linkedin.com/company/autoprotect/) for hosting us in their office on the Leeds Dock 😁

Irene

Leeds PHP Meetup

Digital Vision

Technology

Open Source

Web Design

MySQL

JavaScript

New Technology

LAMP

Web Technology

Web Development

Software Engineering

Computer Programming

PHP Application Development

Software Architecture

**Derick Rethans**
Derick Rethans is a PHP internals expert and author of [@Xdebug](https://phpc.social/@Xdebug) He works as an independent contractor with the PHP Foundation to improve PHP, by contributing to the project in numerous forms, such as the Date/Time Extension, Xdebug, and managing its server set-up.
He is a frequent lecturer at conferences\, the author of php\|architect's Guide to Date and Time Programming\, and the co\-author of PHP 5 Power Programming\. In his spare time\, he likes to travel\, hike\, and photography\.

* [Website](https://derickrethans.nl)
* [Xdebug](https://xdebug.org)
* [Xdebug Cloud](https://xdebug.cloud)

**Graham Campbell**
TBC

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