newver Is Now A Keyword

Never became a PHP reserved keyword in PHP 8.1. It is used as special type, and cannot be used anymore for function names, classnames, etc.

PHP code

<?php

class never {
     function __construct() {
             print __METHOD__;
     }
}

new never;

?>

Before

never::__construct

After

PHP Fatal error:  Cannot use 'never' as class name as it is reserved in /codes/neverKeyword.php on line 3

Fatal error: Cannot use 'never' as class name as it is reserved in /codes/neverKeyword.php on line 3

PHP version change

This behavior changed in 8.1