PHP 8: a New Version, a New Era
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Overview of PHP 8’s new features and changes, presenting concrete language improvements such as the JIT compiler, union types, match expression, attributes, and stricter type system behavior. Explains the practical impact on PHP development, migration considerations and how these features enable better performance and more expressive code.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:35PHP 8 release
- 4:23Performance improvements
- 7:53New features
- 9:58Union types
- 11:45Match expression
- 14:56Named arguments
- 19:32Attributes
- 25:06Breaking changes
- 28:58Internal changes
- 31:05Behind the scenes
- 35:20Conclusion
