PHP 8 has been officially released! We've been hard at work behind the scenes to provide support for all our libraries so that upgrading to PHP 8 with Laravel is easy.
First, make sure you're at the latest version of Laravel 6, 7 or 8 to get PHP 8 support. Then make sure you're on the very latest version of any first-party package from Laravel like Passport, Cashier, Dusk, etc.
There are also a couple of commonly used dependencies you'll need to update in your composer.json file:
- PHP to
php:^8.0 - Faker to
fakerphp/faker:^1.9.1 - PHPUnit to
phpunit/phpunit:^9.3
Finally, run composer update to update other packages. Make sure to test your application before updating production. That's it! Enjoy PHP 8!
PS: We're still working on providing PHP 8 support for Scout and Nexmo Notification Channel. We expect this to land soon.