Brent • 7/3/2025

The pipe operator in PHP 8.5

This article details the introduction of the pipe operator (|>) in PHP 8.5. It explains the problems with deeply nested function calls and temporary variables, demonstrating how the pipe operator provides a cleaner syntax for sequentially processing data, such as transforming a string into a slug, using first-class callables and closures.

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