You’ve read the release notes. You’ve seen the blog posts. But how many of PHP’s modern features have actually made it into your day-to-day code? Sure, you’ve heard about enums. You might’ve even dabbled with match expressions or readonly properties. But chances are, you’re still writing modern PHP with a very 7.x mindset.

This talk is your invitation to ditch the boilerplate and embrace the features modern PHP has given us. We’ll walk through a set of underused gems - from union types and readonly classes, to cleaner control flow, and smarter typing.

Expect before/after code, real-world scenarios, and the occasional “wait, you can do that now?” moment. Whether you're modernising a legacy app or just looking to write less code that does more, this session will leave you with a better understanding of how these features combine to make your code safer, more expressive, and easier to maintain.