PHP 7.0.0

A few hours ago, Anatol Belski, the release manager for PHP, has tagged the stable release of PHP 7.0.0. This means that today or tomorrow we will see the official announcement on php.net. Finally, it will be possible to use new excellent features: strong typing, operator ?? , anonymous classes, secure randomization and more. As a decent bonus, all transferred will receive a significant performance increase.

The official English-language documentation already has a section describing all the new features and instructions for migrating old projects: https://secure.php.net/manual/en/migration70.php . You can also read about the seven in Habré:

• What to expect when you expect a child: PHP 7, part 1
• What to expect when you expect a child: PHP 7, part 2
• Comparison of Drupal code execution speed for PHP 5.3-5.6 and 7.0. "Battle of code optimizers" apc vs xcache vs opcache
• My PHP 7 migration experience

Update : here is the official announcement .