The PHP Roundtable podcast has posted their latest episode, recorded live with host Sammy Kaye Powers and guests Larry Garfield, Matthew Weier O'Phinney and Glen Hickle talking about immutability in PHP.

Immutability plays a huge role in functional programming and many languages support immutability directly; like the readonly keyword in C#. It is possible to create immutable objects in PHP, but the language lacks inherent immutable features for scalar variables and class properties. We discuss how to bring functional programming concepts to PHP and brainstorm some features that could possibly be added to future versions of PHP to offer better immutability support.

You can watch the live recording of this latest episode either through the in-page video player or directly over on YouTube. If you enjoy the show, be sure to also subscribe to their feed and follow them on Twitter for information on the latest episodes (and when future live recordings are happening).