+++ date = "2025-06-13T21:56:40+00:00" lastmod = "2025-06-13T21:56:40+00:00" tags = [ "webdev" ] +++ [PHP 8](https://www.php.net/releases/8.4/en.php#dom_additions_html5) has an [actual HTML5 parser](https://wiki.php.net/rfc/domdocument_html5_parser) now. Who'd have thought? This kind of thing (I guess) is better late than never. There are so many things that I can go back to now and simplify the hell out of.