diff --git a/ext/standard/basic_functions.stub.php b/ext/standard/basic_functions.stub.php
index 83000d5b099b7..b107cb29dbb07 100755
--- a/ext/standard/basic_functions.stub.php
+++ b/ext/standard/basic_functions.stub.php
@@ -966,6 +966,7 @@ function fprintf($stream, string $format, mixed ...$values): int {}
 /** @param resource $stream */
 function vfprintf($stream, string $format, array $values): int {}
 
+function println(string $data = ''): int {}
 /* fsock.c */
 
 /**
diff --git a/ext/standard/basic_functions_arginfo.h b/ext/standard/basic_functions_arginfo.h
index f44a32226736b..cb22f28e8c4a1 100644
--- a/ext/standard/basic_functions_arginfo.h
+++ b/ext/standard/basic_functions_arginfo.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* This is a generated file, edit the .stub.php file instead.
- * Stub hash: 97edf8c87780c892984099e52ad1c6c745b919f8 */
+ * Stub hash: 0909e41211d2c51032e107c7829979dff46a6944 */
 
 ZEND_BEGIN_ARG_WITH_RETURN_TYPE_INFO_EX(arginfo_set_time_limit, 0, 1, _IS_BOOL, 0)
 	ZEND_ARG_TYPE_INFO(0, seconds, IS_LONG, 0)
@@ -1489,6 +1489,10 @@ ZEND_BEGIN_ARG_WITH_RETURN_TYPE_INFO_EX(arginfo_vfprintf, 0, 3, IS_LONG, 0)
 	ZEND_ARG_TYPE_INFO(0, values, IS_ARRAY, 0)
 ZEND_END_ARG_INFO()
 
+ZEND_BEGIN_ARG_WITH_RETURN_TYPE_INFO_EX(arginfo_println, 0, 0, IS_LONG, 0)
+	ZEND_ARG_TYPE_INFO_WITH_DEFAULT_VALUE(0, data, IS_STRING, 0, "\'\'")
+ZEND_END_ARG_INFO()
+
 ZEND_BEGIN_ARG_INFO_EX(arginfo_fsockopen, 0, 0, 1)
 	ZEND_ARG_TYPE_INFO(0, hostname, IS_STRING, 0)
 	ZEND_ARG_TYPE_INFO_WITH_DEFAULT_VALUE(0, port, IS_LONG, 0, "-1")
@@ -2621,6 +2625,7 @@ ZEND_FUNCTION(vprintf);
 ZEND_FUNCTION(vsprintf);
 ZEND_FUNCTION(fprintf);
 ZEND_FUNCTION(vfprintf);
+ZEND_FUNCTION(println);
 ZEND_FUNCTION(fsockopen);
 ZEND_FUNCTION(pfsockopen);
 ZEND_FUNCTION(http_build_query);
@@ -3261,6 +3266,7 @@ static const zend_function_entry ext_functions[] = {
 	ZEND_FE(vsprintf, arginfo_vsprintf)
 	ZEND_FE(fprintf, arginfo_fprintf)
 	ZEND_FE(vfprintf, arginfo_vfprintf)
+	ZEND_FE(println, arginfo_println)
 	ZEND_FE(fsockopen, arginfo_fsockopen)
 	ZEND_FE(pfsockopen, arginfo_pfsockopen)
 	ZEND_FE(http_build_query, arginfo_http_build_query)
diff --git a/ext/standard/formatted_print.c b/ext/standard/formatted_print.c
index ab205feb6fa32..5dec684b9da23 100644
--- a/ext/standard/formatted_print.c
+++ b/ext/standard/formatted_print.c
@@ -919,3 +919,26 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(vfprintf)
 	zend_string_efree(result);
 }
 /* }}} */
+
+/* {{{ Output a string followed by a unix newline */
+PHP_FUNCTION(println)
+{
+	char* input = NULL;
+	size_t input_len = 0;
+
+	ZEND_PARSE_PARAMETERS_START(0, 1)
+		Z_PARAM_OPTIONAL
+		Z_PARAM_STRING(input, input_len)
+	ZEND_PARSE_PARAMETERS_END();
+
+	if (input_len > 0) {
+		size_t rlen = PHPWRITE(input, input_len);
+		if (UNEXPECTED(rlen != input_len)) {
+			RETURN_LONG(rlen);
+		}
+		rlen += PHPWRITE("\n", 1);
+		RETURN_LONG(rlen);
+	}
+	RETURN_LONG(PHPWRITE("\n", 1));
+}
+/* }}} */
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/formatted_print1.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/formatted_print1.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d16095ae807c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/formatted_print1.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+--TEST--
+println() function with strict_types=0
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+// Normally, you would never bother checking the number of bytes returned,
+// but this is a unit test of the function itself.
+$v1 = println('');
+$v2 = println('println always adds a newline');
+println("the above string was $v2 bytes including the newline, the below appends \\n to \\n");
+$v3 = println("\n");
+$v4 = println('strict_types=0 allows string coercion the exact same way as any other function');
+$v5 = println(1);
+$v6 = println(true);
+$v7 = println();  // the default argument is the empty string
+println('println byte lengths');
+println(json_encode([$v1, $v2, $v3, $v4, $v5, $v6, $v7]));
+try {
+    println([]);
+} catch (TypeError $e) {
+    echo "Caught TypeError {$e->getMessage()}\n";
+}
+try {
+    println('test', 'too many');
+} catch (ArgumentCountError $e) {
+    echo "Caught ArgumentCountError {$e->getMessage()}\n";
+}
+
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+println always adds a newline
+the above string was 30 bytes including the newline, the below appends \n to \n
+
+
+strict_types=0 allows string coercion the exact same way as any other function
+1
+1
+
+println byte lengths
+[1,30,2,79,2,2,1]
+Caught TypeError println(): Argument #1 ($data) must be of type string, array given
+Caught ArgumentCountError println() expects at most 1 argument, 2 given
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/formatted_print2.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/formatted_print2.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f7e2ee069c578
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/formatted_print2.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+--TEST--
+println() function with strict_types=1 throws for non-string
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+$v1 = println('println always adds a newline');
+println("wrote $v1 bytes");
+try {
+    println(1);
+} catch (TypeError $e) {
+    println("Caught: " . $e->getMessage());
+}
+println();  // valid
+try {
+    println(null);
+} catch (TypeError $e) {
+    println("Caught: " . $e->getMessage());
+}
+
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+println always adds a newline
+wrote 30 bytes
+Caught: println(): Argument #1 ($data) must be of type string, int given
+
+Caught: println(): Argument #1 ($data) must be of type string, null given