PHP 7.0 is being released and what the package provides.
[powr-twitter-feed label="PHP 7.0 Released"] The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.0.0. This release marks the start of the new major PHP 7 series. PHP 7 also comes with a new version of the Zend Engine, as well as several other improvements like: • Improved performance: PHP 7 is up to twice as fast as PHP 5.6 • Significantly reduced memory usage • Abstract Syntax Tree • Consistent 64-bit support • Improved Exception hierarchy • Many fatal errors converted to Exceptions • Secure random number generator • Removed old and unsupported SAPIs and extensions • The null coalescing operator (??) • Return and Scalar Type Declarations • Anonymous Classes • Zero cost asserts The release being introduced is an outcome of the almost two years of development.…