PHP 8.1 Enums: Backed Enums and Laravel Eloquent Casts

PHP 8.1 Enums: Backed Enums and Laravel Eloquent Casts PHP enums landed in version 8.1, and they've quietly become one of the most adopted features across the ecosystem. With 85.9% of Packagist users now running PHP 8.x (Stitcher.io, June 2026), ther...