AmsterdamPHP Monthly Meeting Nov 2026
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Amsterdam PHP is Back! 🐘❌❌❌
After three months of canceled meetups, we’re finally back!
Finding venues in Amsterdam has become increasingly challenging, and unfortunately, we had to cancel three meetups in a row. We’ve really missed getting together with the community, and we hope you’ve missed us too!
But the wait is over, and the timing couldn’t be better.
By a happy coincidence, PHP 8.6 is being released on the very same day as our meetup! To celebrate, we’re welcoming Damien Seguy for a talk on “PHP 8.6 Is Here: Let’s Dive In!”
A big thank you to Digital Natives for hosting us and proving that while finding a venue in Amsterdam isn’t easy, it’s definitely possible!
We’re looking forward to an evening of PHP, good conversations, and reconnecting with familiar and new faces.
📅 Program
- 19:00 — Doors open
- 19:30 — Opening
- 19:35 — Venue introduction
- 19:40 — Main talk: Damien Seguy — PHP 8.6 Is Here: Let’s Dive In!
- 20:30 — Raffles & announcements
- 20:45 — Food & socializing
📍 Location
Digital Natives
Barentszplein 7
Amsterdam
PHP 8.6 Is Here: Let's Dive In! 🚀
PHP 8.6 lands on November 19, 2026, so this month, we're giving it the welcome it deserves!
Join me for a tour of the most modern features in PHP's newest release. We'll explore partial function application and the new ? placeholder syntax that's about to change how you write function pipelines, the new native Polling API (Io\Poll) laying the groundwork for async PHP, the long-awaited Duration class, readonly property defaults, a shiny new built-in clamp(), plus quality-of-life wins like parameter doc comments, a SortDirection enum, debuggable enums, and better JSON error messages.
But it's not just about shiny features: we'll also cover what to watch out for: the deprecations with a farewell to is_integer(), doubleval() and friends, stricter session security defaults, and what you need to know before PHP 9 starts knocking on the door.
Whether you're upgrading your production apps next week or just curious where the language is heading, this talk will get you up to speed, with real code examples, practical upgrade tips, and plenty of reasons to be excited about the future of PHP. Promised, we won't talk about php2shell (too much 😉)