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Here's the list of changes in the new #PHP 8.0 alpha
https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-8.0.0alpha1/UPGRADING
Lots of deprecated functions/methods are now removed. Many existing functions behave differently
These are basically breaking changes for anyone still using any branch older than 7.2
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