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3return [
4    'common_header' => 'PHP 8.3 is a major update of the PHP language. It contains many new features, such as explicit typing of class constants, deep-cloning of readonly properties and additions to the randomness functionality. As always it also includes performance improvements, bug fixes, and general cleanup.',
5    'documentation' => 'Doc',
6    'main_title' => 'Released!',
7    'main_subtitle' => 'PHP 8.3 is a major update of the PHP language.<br class="display-none-md"> It contains many new features, such as explicit typing of class constants, deep-cloning of readonly properties and additions to the randomness functionality. As always it also includes performance improvements, bug fixes, and general cleanup.',
8    'upgrade_now' => 'Upgrade to PHP 8.3 now!',
9
10    'readonly_title' => 'Deep-cloning of readonly properties',
11    'readonly_description' => '<code>readonly</code> properties may now be modified once within the magic <code>__clone</code> method to enable deep-cloning of readonly properties.',
12    'json_validate_title' => 'New <code>json_validate()</code> function',
13    'json_validate_description' => '<code>json_validate()</code> allows to check if a string is syntactically valid JSON, while being more efficient than <code>json_decode()</code>.',
14    'typed_class_constants_title' => 'Typed class constants',
15    'override_title' => 'New <code>#[\Override]</code> attribute',
16    'override_description' => 'By adding the <code>#[\Override]</code> attribute to a method, PHP will ensure that a method with the same name exists in a parent class or in an implemented interface. Adding the attribute makes it clear that overriding a parent method is intentional and simplifies refactoring, because the removal of an overridden parent method will be detected.',
17    'randomizer_getbytesfromstring_title' => 'New <code>Randomizer<span style="word-break: break-all;">::</span>getBytesFromString()</code> method',
18    'randomizer_getbytesfromstring_description' => 'The <a href="/releases/8.2/en.php#random_extension">Random Extension</a> that was added in PHP 8.2 was extended by a new method to generate random strings consisting of specific bytes only. This method allows the developer to easily generate random identifiers, such as domain names, and numeric strings of arbitrary length.',
19    'randomizer_getfloat_nextfloat_title' => 'New <code>Randomizer::getFloat()</code> and <code>Randomizer::nextFloat()</code> methods',
20    'randomizer_getfloat_nextfloat_description' => '<p>Due to the limited precision and implicit rounding of floating point numbers, generating an unbiased float lying within a specific interval is non-trivial and the commonly used userland solutions may generate biased results or numbers outside the requested range.</p><p>The Randomizer was also extended with two methods to generate random floats in an unbiased fashion. The <code>Randomizer::getFloat()</code> method uses the γ-section algorithm that was published in <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/3503512" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Drawing Random Floating-Point Numbers from an Interval. Frédéric Goualard, ACM Trans. Model. Comput. Simul., 32:3, 2022.</a></p>',
21    'dynamic_class_constant_fetch_title' => 'Dynamic class constant fetch',
22    'command_line_linter_title' => 'Command line linter supports multiple files',
23    'command_line_linter_description' => '<p>The command line linter now accepts variadic input for filenames to lint</p>',
24
25    'new_classes_title' => 'New Classes, Interfaces, and Functions',
26    'new_dom' => 'New <a href="/manual/en/domelement.getattributenames.php"><code>DOMElement::getAttributeNames()</code></a>, <a href="/manual/en/domelement.insertadjacentelement.php"><code>DOMElement::insertAdjacentElement()</code></a>, <a href="/manual/en/domelement.insertadjacenttext.php"><code>DOMElement::insertAdjacentText()</code></a>, <a href="/manual/en/domelement.toggleattribute.php"><code>DOMElement::toggleAttribute()</code></a>, <a href="/manual/en/domnode.contains.php"><code>DOMNode::contains()</code></a>, <a href="/manual/en/domnode.getrootnode.php"><code>DOMNode::getRootNode()</code></a>, <a href="/manual/en/domnode.isequalnode.php"><code>DOMNode::isEqualNode()</code></a>, <code>DOMNameSpaceNode::contains()</code>, and <a href="/manual/en/domparentnode.replacechildren.php"><code>DOMParentNode::replaceChildren()</code></a> methods.',
27    'new_intl' => 'New <a href="/manual/en/intlcalendar.setdate.php"><code>IntlCalendar::setDate()</code></a>, <a href="/manual/en/intlcalendar.setdatetime.php"><code>IntlCalendar::setDateTime()</code></a>, <a href="/manual/en/intlgregoriancalendar.createfromdate.php"><code>IntlGregorianCalendar::createFromDate()</code></a>, and <a href="/manual/en/intlgregoriancalendar.createfromdatetime.php"><code>IntlGregorianCalendar::createFromDateTime()</code></a> methods.',
28    'new_ldap' => 'New <code>ldap_connect_wallet()</code>, and <code>ldap_exop_sync()</code> functions.',
29    'new_mb_str_pad' => 'New <a href="/manual/en/function.mb-str-pad.php"><code>mb_str_pad()</code></a> function.',
30    'new_posix' => 'New <a href="/manual/en/function.posix-sysconf.php"><code>posix_sysconf()</code></a>, <a href="/manual/en/function.posix-pathconf.php"><code>posix_pathconf()</code></a>, <a href="/manual/en/function.posix-fpathconf.php"><code>posix_fpathconf()</code></a>, and <a href="/manual/en/function.posix-eaccess.php"><code>posix_eaccess()</code></a> functions.',
31    'new_reflection' => 'New <a href="/manual/en/reflectionmethod.createfrommethodname.php"><code>ReflectionMethod::createFromMethodName()</code></a> method.',
32    'new_socket' => 'New <a href="/manual/en/function.socket-atmark.php"><code>socket_atmark()</code></a> function.',
33    'new_str' => 'New <a href="/manual/en/function.str-increment.php"><code>str_increment()</code></a>, <a href="/manual/en/function.str-decrement.php"><code>str_decrement()</code></a>, and <a href="/manual/en/function.stream-context-set-options.php"><code>stream_context_set_options()</code></a> functions.',
34    'new_ziparchive' => 'New <a href="/manual/en/ziparchive.getarchiveflag.php"><code>ZipArchive::getArchiveFlag()</code></a> method.',
35    'new_openssl_ec' => 'Support for generation EC keys with custom EC parameters in OpenSSL extension.',
36    'new_ini' => 'New INI setting <a href="/manual/en/migration83.other-changes.php#migration83.other-changes.ini"><code>zend.max_allowed_stack_size</code></a> to set the maximum allowed stack size.',
37    'ini_fallback' => 'php.ini now supports fallback/default value syntax.',
38    'anonymous_readonly' => 'Anonymous classes can now be readonly.',
39
40    'bc_title' => 'Deprecations and backward compatibility breaks',
41    'bc_datetime' => '<a href="https://wiki.php.net/rfc/datetime-exceptions">More Appropriate Date/Time Exceptions</a>.',
42    'bc_arrays' => 'Assigning a negative index <code>n</code> to an empty array will now make sure that the next index is <code>n + 1</code> instead of <code>0</code>.',
43    'bc_range' => 'Changes to the <code>range()</code> function.',
44    'bc_traits' => 'Changes in re-declaration of static properties in traits.',
45    'bc_umultipledecimalseparators' => 'The <code>U_MULTIPLE_DECIMAL_SEPERATORS</code> constant is deprecated in favor of <code>U_MULTIPLE_DECIMAL_SEPARATORS</code>.',
46    'bc_mtrand' => 'The <a href="/manual/en/random.constants.php#constant.mt-rand-php"><code>MT_RAND_PHP</code></a> Mt19937 variant is deprecated.',
47    'bc_reflection' => '<a href="/manual/en/reflectionclass.getstaticproperties.php"><code>ReflectionClass::getStaticProperties()</code></a> is no longer nullable.',
48    'bc_ini' => 'INI settings <a href="/manual/en/info.configuration.php#ini.assert.active"><code>assert.active</code></a>, <a href="/manual/en/info.configuration.php#ini.assert.bail"><code>assert.bail</code></a>, <a href="/manual/en/info.configuration.php#ini.assert.callback"><code>assert.callback</code></a>, <a href="/manual/en/info.configuration.php#ini.assert.exception"><code>assert.exception</code></a>, and <a href="/manual/en/info.configuration.php#ini.assert.warning"><code>assert.warning</code></a> have been deprecated.',
49    'bc_standard' => 'Calling <a href="/manual/en/function.get-class.php"><code>get_class()</code></a> and <a href="/manual/en/function.get-parent-class.php"><code>get_parent_class()</code></a> without arguments are deprecated.',
50    'bc_sqlite3' => 'SQLite3: Default error mode set to exceptions.',
51
52    'footer_title' => 'Better performance, better syntax, improved type safety.',
53    'footer_description' => '<p>For source downloads of PHP 8.3 please visit the <a href="/downloads">downloads</a> page. Windows binaries can be found on the <a href="https://windows.php.net/download">PHP for Windows</a> site. The list of changes is recorded in the <a href="/ChangeLog-8.php#PHP_8_3">ChangeLog</a>.</p>
54        <p>The <a href="/manual/en/migration83.php">migration guide</a> is available in the PHP Manual. Please consult it for a detailed list of new features and backward-incompatible changes.</p>',
55];
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