PHP 8.5 Adds Pipe Operator: What it means

Re:PHP 8.5 Adds Pipe Operator: What it means by chuck8088 on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @08:43AM (#44797317)

This article makes a great case WHY the pipe operator is useful, but why didn't they just rewrite those functions to support method chaining? ` $profit = [1, 4, 5] .loadSeveral() .filter(isOnSale()) .map(sellWidget()) .array_sum(); ` this has the side benefit of 'looking normal'

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Re:PHP 8.5 Adds Pipe Operator: What it means by wsatb on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @08:50AM (#44797381)

Backwards compatibility. The language has done a pretty amazing job at adding features over the last 10 years without really breaking a lot of old code. I believe PHP still runs about 75% of the internet, so that's pretty huge.

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Re:PHP 8.5 Adds Pipe Operator: What it means by moebrowne on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @08:54AM (#44797425)

The Python 2 to 3 upgrade is a example of how important backwards compatibility is

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Re:PHP 8.5 Adds Pipe Operator: What it means by troupo on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @09:18AM (#44797623)

Because pipes work on all functions, not just object methods. So your business logic, validations etc. don't have to be methods of the built-in objects.

And there's nothing abnormal about pipes

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