PHP 7 New Features

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Free Online Course: PHP 7 New Features provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 1-2 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. PHP 7 New Features is taught by Kevin Skoglund.

Overview
  • Learn about the new features, improvements, and changes in PHP 7, including type declarations, new operators, and anonymous classes.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Welcome
    • About PHP 7
    • How to upgrade to PHP 7
    1. Major Features
    • Better performance
    • Scalar type declarations
    • Return type declarations
    • Combined comparison operator
    • Null coalescing operator
    • Anonymous classes
    2. Improvements
    • Arrays as constants
    • Unicode codepoint escape syntax
    • Uniform variable syntax
    • Catchable exceptions and errors
    • Integer division with intdiv()
    • Filtered unserialize()
    • Grouped imports with use()
    • Less frequently used improvements
    3. Deprecations and Deletions
    • PHP 4 constructors
    • Alternative PHP tags
    • Time zone warnings
    • PHP 5 deprecations
    Conclusion
    • Next steps