Currently working on a rewrite of an old application (PHP 5.6, was probably written in an even earlier version) by building a new one in PHP 8.3 and migrating all the data across.
I don't usually recommend rewrites but occasionally it's more cost-effective than trying to fix really old code.
Even though I work with legacy code every day, the changes in 8.3 (and libraries that require it) make life so much nicer.
@Crell Attributes and constructor promotion are the two which have reduced boilerplate or made it clearer or have better integration with my IDE.
I have jumped from 7.4 to 8.3 (most projects I work on are either 7.x or 'latest stable') so haven't experienced every individual point release. I'm mainly interested in 7.4->8.3 than 7.4->8.0 (generally when I bump an existing project I'm fixing issues rather than refactoring).
@pwaring Got it. Yeah, the trio of attributes, constructor promotion, and named arguments coming all together in 8.0 was earth-shattering. Totally changed the story on what is "easy" or "natural" to do.
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