Running PHP 8.5 with Laravel Octane and FrankenPHP: The Missing Manual (Fix the 8.4 binary trap)

danielpetrica.com - submitted by Andrei-Daniel Petrica

A quick but essential fix for anyone pushing the edges of the Laravel ecosystem. The default FrankenPHP binary provided by artisan octane:install is static and locked to PHP 8.4, which causes major headaches if your application relies on PHP 8.5 features or specific system extensions.

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