Laravel 10 Released: Native Type Declarations and a Tighter Baseline

Laravel 10 was released on February 14, 2023. Its most notable change was under the hood: the framework adopted native PHP type declarations across the application skeleton, making the code the framework generates more explicit and easier for IDEs and static analysis tools to understand.

Native type declarations

Previous Laravel skeletons documented argument and return types largely through docblock comments. Laravel 10 replaced many of those with real PHP type declarations in the generated code. The practical benefit is stronger editor autocompletion, better static analysis, and fewer surprises about what a method expects and returns, without changing how developers write their own application code.

A higher PHP baseline

Laravel 10 raised its minimum supported PHP version to 8.1, letting the framework depend on newer language features such as enums, readonly properties and first-class callable syntax. Dropping older PHP support is a recurring part of Laravel's annual cadence and keeps the framework aligned with actively supported PHP versions.

Refinements over reinvention

Beyond types, Laravel 10 continued the framework's pattern of steady refinement: updated first-party packages, improved defaults, and quality-of-life changes rather than sweeping rewrites. This is consistent with Laravel's stated approach of shipping continuous improvements while keeping major-version upgrades manageable.

Support timeline

Per Laravel's support policy, Laravel 10 supported PHP 8.1 through 8.3, with bug fixes provided into August 2024 and security fixes into February 2025, after which it reached end of life.

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See also: Laravel 11's slimmer application structure.

Sources

• Laravel release notes and support policy (official)

Published date reflects the original event date (2023-02-14). This article is original Skillo editorial written from the sources above; facts were verified in September 2026.