New features in PHP 7: a quick overview

PHP 7 has finally been released. It's a mile stone release that offers a lot of new features such as: * Scalar type hints * Return type declarations * Anonymous classes * The Closure::call() method * Generator delegation * Generator return expressions * The null coalesce operator * The space ship operator * Throwables * Level support for the dirname() function * The Integer division function * Uniform variable syntax * And much ... much more. Please go to http://php.net/manual/en/migration70.new-features.php to see the full list. Have a look at my blog post about the PHP 7 release: https://blog.feryn.eu/php-7-is-now-available-new-features-improvements/. It contains the code from the video. ► Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/ThijsFeryn ► Read my blog - http://blog.feryn.eu ► Check my presentations - http://talks.feryn.eu ► Thanks to Combell for sponsoring the show - http://www.combell.com