PHP 8.4 Features We Use (and PHP 8.5 Features We Now Use)
PHP 8.4 is the floor of the pure PHP client, and PHP 8.5, released in November 2025, is where the language gives us enough to stop writing workarounds for cURL and readonly cloning.
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Pure PHP in 2026: A Database Client That Ships With Composer
The mongreldb-php client installs with composer require, needs no phpize, no PECL, and no native ABI matching, because pure PHP is still a feature in 2026.