The Complete Php 7 Guide For Web Developers

What you'll learn
Learn about how PHP7 is a paradigm shift for web developers
Learn about the new changes and how they impact your old code
Unleash the power of PHP 7 in your new web projects
Hands on examples of PHP7
Requirements
Students should have basic understanding of PHP and general programming
Description
The world's favorite programming language now comes with more things to love. PHP 7 is finally here, with spankin' new enhancements to make your app and websites more powerful.
PHP is a popular server-side programming language that now also doubles as a general programming language for building apps. The freedom of coding in PHP, as well as ease in learning the language has maintained PHP as the go to language for many developers.
The latest iteration builds on the greatness of the original PHP, adding speed and performance, along with some additional syntax features to make the coding cleaner, faster and better. The change in performance and speed can be credited to the new Zend Engine 3 that powers the latest PHP, making it twice as fast for websites such as WordPress, as well as using half as much memory as PHP 5 and even allows better support for more component users as the same time.
In addition the turbocharged engine, the new PHP also includes some syntax modifications such as the unserialise function that now accepts another optional parameter, password has function that now automatically generates a secure salt, fatal- or recoverable-level legacy PHP error mechanisms are now replaced with object-oriented exceptions, addition of left-hand-side expressions, deprecated or unmaintained server application programming...

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