If you want something like that, why not just use a different language? Why should a language drop all of it's basic fundamental syntax? PHP should be PHP, not turn into VB/ASP.Net/ES6/Java whatever other syntax and notations and stuff people enjoy from other languages.

That's like having a son, growing up as a male, maturing, and then saying "I want you to also be a female now" - if you want a daughter, have another child.