PHP 7 New Features
1h 4mIntermediate2016-03-23
Authors
Kevin Skoglund
Founder of NovaFabrica
Course details
PHP 7 is the first major release of PHP in more than 11 years. This course by expert instructor Kevin Skoglund provides an overview of the new features, improvements, and changes in PHP 7. Learn about new tools to help write smarter code, and the key changes you need to watch for to ensure your existing PHP code works correctly after an upgrade.
Learning objectives
Scalar type and return type declarations
New operators in PHP 7
Anonymous classes
Arrays as constants
Catchable exceptions and errors
Integer division with intdiv()
Deprecations and deletions
Learning objectives
Scalar type and return type declarations
New operators in PHP 7
Anonymous classes
Arrays as constants
Catchable exceptions and errors
Integer division with intdiv()
Deprecations and deletions
Skills covered
New FeaturesPHPProgramming LanguagesOpen SourceSoftware Development
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Welcome
- 02 - About PHP 7
- 03 - How to upgrade to PHP 7
1. Major Features
- 04 - Better performance
- 05 - Scalar type declarations
- 06 - Return type declarations
- 07 - Combined comparison operator
- 08 - Null coalescing operator
- 09 - Anonymous classes
2. Improvements
- 10 - Arrays as constants
- 11 - Unicode codepoint escape syntax
- 12 - Uniform variable syntax
- 13 - Catchable exceptions and errors
- 14 - Integer division with intdiv()
- 15 - Filtered unserialize()
- 16 - Grouped imports with use()
- 17 - Less frequently used improvements
3. Deprecations and Deletions
- 18 - PHP 4 constructors
- 19 - Alternative PHP tags
- 20 - Time zone warnings
- 21 - PHP 5 deprecations
Conclusion
- 22 - Next steps