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Scalar type declarations come in two flavours: coercive (default) and strict. The following types for parameters can now be enforced (either coercively or strictly): strings (string), integers (
The above example will output: To enable strict mode, a single Full documentation and examples of scalar type declarations can be found in the type declaration reference. Return type declarationsPHP 7 adds support for return type declarations. Similarly to argument type declarations, return type declarations specify the type of the value that will be returned from a function. The same types are available for return type declarations as are available for argument type declarations. object([email protected])#2 (0) { }0 object([email protected])#2 (0) { }1 The above example will output: Array ( [0] => 6 [1] => 15 [2] => 24 ) Full documentation and examples of return type declarations can be found in the return type declarations. reference. Null coalescing operatorThe null coalescing operator ( object([email protected])#2 (0) { }2) has been added as syntactic sugar for the common case of needing to use a ternary in conjunction with isset(). It returns its first operand if it exists and is not object([email protected])#2 (0) { }3; otherwise it returns its second operand. object([email protected])#2 (0) { }4 object([email protected])#2 (0) { }5 Spaceship operatorThe spaceship operator is used for comparing two expressions. It returns -1, 0 or 1 when $a is respectively less than, equal to, or greater than $b. Comparisons are performed according to PHP's usual type comparison rules. object([email protected])#2 (0) { }6 object([email protected])#2 (0) { }7 object([email protected])#2 (0) { }8 Constant arrays using define()Array constants can now be defined with define(). In PHP 5.6, they could only be defined with object([email protected])#2 (0) { }9. ª ª (same as before but with optional leading 0's) 香0 ª ª (same as before but with optional leading 0's) 香1 Anonymous classesSupport for anonymous classes has been added via ª ª (same as before but with optional leading 0's) 香2. These can be used in place of full class definitions for throwaway objects: ª ª (same as before but with optional leading 0's) 香3 ª ª (same as before but with optional leading 0's) 香4 ª ª (same as before but with optional leading 0's) 香5 ª ª (same as before but with optional leading 0's) 香6 ª ª (same as before but with optional leading 0's) 香7 ª ª (same as before but with optional leading 0's) 香8 The above example will output: object([email protected])#2 (0) { } Full documentation can be found in the anonymous class reference. Unicode codepoint escape syntaxThis takes a Unicode codepoint in hexadecimal form, and outputs that codepoint in UTF-8 to a double-quoted string or a heredoc. Any valid codepoint is accepted, with leading 0's being optional. ª ª (same as before but with optional leading 0's) 香9 The above example will output: ª ª (same as before but with optional leading 0's) 香 Closure::call() is a more performant, shorthand way of temporarily binding an object scope to a closure and invoking it. 10ffff COMMERCIAL AT bool(true)0 10ffff COMMERCIAL AT bool(true)1 10ffff COMMERCIAL AT bool(true)2 The above example will output: This feature seeks to provide better security when unserializing objects on untrusted data. It prevents possible code injections by enabling the developer to whitelist classes that can be unserialized. 10ffff COMMERCIAL AT bool(true)3 10ffff COMMERCIAL AT bool(true)4 10ffff COMMERCIAL AT bool(true)5 The new IntlChar class seeks to expose additional ICU functionality. The class itself defines a number of static methods and constants that can be used to manipulate unicode characters. 10ffff COMMERCIAL AT bool(true)6 The above example will output: 10ffff COMMERCIAL AT bool(true) In order to use this class, the Intl extension must be installed. Expectationsare a backwards compatible enhancement to the older assert() function. They allow for zero-cost assertions in production code, and provide the ability to throw custom exceptions when the assertion fails. While the old API continues to be maintained for compatibility, assert() is now a language construct, allowing the first parameter to be an expression rather than just a string to be evaluated or a bool value to be tested. 10ffff COMMERCIAL AT bool(true)7 10ffff COMMERCIAL AT bool(true)8 10ffff COMMERCIAL AT bool(true)9 The above example will output: Fatal error: Uncaught CustomError: Some error message Full details on this feature, including how to configure it in both development and production environments, can be found in the of the assert() reference. Group Fatal error: Uncaught CustomError: Some error message 0 declarationsClasses, functions and constants being imported from the same Fatal error: Uncaught CustomError: Some error message1 can now be grouped together in a single Fatal error: Uncaught CustomError: Some error message0 statement. Fatal error: Uncaught CustomError: Some error message3 Fatal error: Uncaught CustomError: Some error message4 Fatal error: Uncaught CustomError: Some error message5 Fatal error: Uncaught CustomError: Some error message6 Generator Return ExpressionsThis feature builds upon the generator functionality introduced into PHP 5.5. It enables for a Fatal error: Uncaught CustomError: Some error message7 statement to be used within a generator to enable for a final expression to be returned (return by reference is not allowed). This value can be fetched using the new Fatal error: Uncaught CustomError: Some error message8 method, which may only be used once the generator has finished yielding values. Fatal error: Uncaught CustomError: Some error message9
The above example will output: Being able to explicitly return a final value from a generator is a handy ability to have. This is because it enables for a final value to be returned by a generator (from perhaps some form of coroutine computation) that can be specifically handled by the client code executing the generator. This is far simpler than forcing the client code to firstly check whether the final value has been yielded, and then if so, to handle that value specifically. Generator delegationGenerators can now delegate to another generator, Traversable object or array automatically, without needing to write boilerplate in the outermost generator by using the construct.
The above example will output: Integer division with intdiv()The new intdiv() function performs an integer division of its operands and returns it.
The above example will output: Session optionssession_start() now accepts an array of options that override the session configuration directives normally set in php.ini. These options have also been expanded to support , which is on by default and causes PHP to only overwrite any session file if the session data has changed, and For example, to set to
The new preg_replace_callback_array() function enables code to be written more cleanly when using the preg_replace_callback() function. Prior to PHP 7, callbacks that needed to be executed per regular expression required the callback function to be polluted with lots of branching. Now, callbacks can be registered to each regular expression using an associative array, where the key is a regular expression and the value is a callback. CSPRNG FunctionsTwo new functions have been added to generate cryptographically secure integers and strings in a cross platform way: random_bytes() and random_int(). list() can always unpack objects implementing ArrayAccessPreviously, list() was not guaranteed to operate correctly with objects implementing ArrayAccess. This has been fixed. |