All my projects require PHP 7.4, and it's such a joy to write the modern almost-strict typed, namespaced, and code that is often inter-operable, tested with a nice testing framework, and managed with an excellent dependency manager.
I have my reservations against Laravel though. Its excessive use of static methods is not my appetite, and its rapid release cycle gives less headroom to keep track in contrast to Symfony for example, which follows Semver strictly.
What's wrong with the static methods? And do you mean beyond helpers?
Laravel gets a major update about once a year from what I've followed (disclosure: I've been to Laracon twice, you could probably classify me as fanboy) -- I _haven't_ used Symfony, but I have enjoyed the rapid release cycle of Larave. It also generally takes 20-30 minutes to update to the latest major release, and if not, there is a service for $10 or so to update it for you
I have my reservations against Laravel though. Its excessive use of static methods is not my appetite, and its rapid release cycle gives less headroom to keep track in contrast to Symfony for example, which follows Semver strictly.