Discover the exciting new features in PHP 7! Get ready to enhance your app's performance and security with this user-friendly guide.
PHP 7 is here, and it's packed with awesome features that will turbocharge your apps! Let's dive into what's new and exciting. Trust me, you don't wanna miss out!
Review all the new features that are coming in PHP 7 and get your app's up to speed.
PHP7 is the newest edition of the language to hit the server side in 2016. This well established and much loved language is providing significant performance improvements, providing new features and improving security. PHP has always been the goto language when it comes to server side database interactivity and data integrity with simplicity and ease of use.
The first and most prominent speed increase is the PHP7 engines speed which is nearly double the performance of the previous PHP 5.6 engine. This alone should be coveted by developers who don't even need to optimise their code but just to run it in the new engine and see massive performance increases. Wordpress, Joomla and other popular CMS's have been run out of the box with no code changes and huge performance increases have been seen with no optimisation needed at all.
But what about the other features and your script's, Will they work? Well to find out I'll be showing you additional features which may not be that dramatic after all. New features are always fun to learn but some new features will just be a simple parameter being passed into an already existing function. For example the unserialise function will now accept another optional parameter to only unserialise an object that came from a particular class; making it a little more secure. Also as we're on the topic of security and parameters the existing password hash function will no longer accept a salt but rather it will automatically generate a secure salt for you.
The new PHP version is a nice addition to the PHP family with refined features all round. PHP will still be around despite what developers say. It's still currently the best and most secure language for database interaction with PDO, scalar data validation, prepared statements, secure password hashing and salting. It really is still the king pin! Every language has it's place and PHP is firmly settled in on the server side and despite being a Javascript developer it's still is a very established language.
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Lawrence Turton works as a web developer & graphic designer specialising in HTML, CSS, jQuery, UI & UX design. He has previously worked with Fifteendesign producing websites, iPhone and Android apps and started his own agency in 2010 called Elite Web Design. During that time Lawrence has established a wide range of clients from blue chip companies to large corporations....
The lecturer provides content which is crystal clear and with detailed explanations in an understandable way.
Interesting overview of the new features - a bit more information about where/when/how to use them would be nice.
This course was PERFECT for catching up on the differences between PHP5 and PHP7. Just about everything else wanted to teach PHP from the beginning, which was an absolutely intolerable option for me. This was exactly what I was looking for. Very clear, in depth, and yet concise. Thank you!!
Great explanation with pieces of practical examples. Special thanks for explaining generators. Definitely recommend it!
Great job! You're learning not only PHP7 new features, but also some PHP 5.6 things I didn't know! Thanks and (I hope) see you soon on next courses!
Clear speech, well-structured explanation, mild accent
Excellent instruction and explained very well. I recommend this course to everyone who plans on or currently taking any PHP course. I took this class for better understanding of how PHP has changed from version 5 to version 7 and how I can use scripts that were written for PHP 5.x in today's world wide web. I learned and now have a better understanding of how to proceed with my personal PHP projects. Thank you
Excellent course. I didn't expect to find so much good stuff packed into a free course. Thanks
Very Informative. Well explained about primitive types.
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Chalitha C.
A very useful course