Getting ready for PHP 7.1

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In short:

  • Catching multiple exception types
  • Curl HTTP/2 server push support
  • Support class constant visibility
  • Void return types
  • Generalize support of negative string offsets
  • Allow specifying keys in list() and square bracket syntax for array destructuring
  • Warn about invalid strings in arithmetic
  • Deprecate and remove mcrypt()

Upcoming changes in PHP 7.1 →

Don’t forget about the changes made in PHP 5.6, and those in PHP 7

Published by Bramus!

Bramus is a frontend web developer from Belgium, working as a Chrome Developer Relations Engineer at Google. From the moment he discovered view-source at the age of 14 (way back in 1997), he fell in love with the web and has been tinkering with it ever since (more …)

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