In addition, the GD extension has its name changed from php_gd2.dll to php_gd.dll in Windows that will be covered in a separate article. Software repositories mentioned in this post does not include xmlrpc extension for PHP 8.0. xmlrpc extension is moved to PECL with good reasons.This means there is no need to explicitly install php-json packages anymore. JSON extension is now always available, and there is no compile flag to exclude it.Extensions and Dependency Changes in PHP 8.0ĭespite the massive amount of changes, there are not many changes in PHP 8.0 in its dependencies and extension structure. Installing PHP 8.0 on just about any sort of server/development setup is made easy with pre-compiled packages available in all currently supported Debian and Ubuntu versions. PHP 8.0 brings several new features and improvements in performance, syntax, security, and stability.
