PHP 7.0.0 Released
The PHP development team announced the availability of PHP 7.0.0. With this it marked the beginning of the new major PHP 7 series. PHP is used for web development and it is a server side scripting language. Developed by Rasmus Lerdorf in the year 1994.
PHP 7 features
Here are the features,
- PHP 7 is up to twice as fast as PHP 5.6
- Fatal errors converted to Exceptions
- Reduced memory usage
- Abstract Syntax Tree
- Consistent 64-bit support
- Zend Engine new version
- Improved Exception hierarchy
- Secure random number generator
- Removed old and unsupported SAPIs and extensions
- The null coalescing operator (??)
- Return and Scalar Type Declarations
- Anonymous Classes
- Zero cost asserts
As stated,
It is not just a next major PHP version being released today. The release being introduced is an outcome of the almost two years development journey. It is a very special accomplishment of the core team. And, it is a result of incredible efforts of many active community members. Indeed, it is not just a final release being brought out today, it is the rise of a new PHP generation with an enormous potential.”
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