New PHP Beta Version Released
The latest version of PHP 7.0.0 Beta 2 Released
This beta release is in fact the fourth pre release of the all new PHP 7 major series. The Beta Version of PHP is released in order to test and report any bugs by the developers through the bug tracking system. It is also being advised not to run in production and use only as test version.
The Beta 2 version has fixed almost 28 bugs and various improvements also has been improved.
Some of the major features of PHP 7.000 Beta 2 with Zend Engine are listed below.
Improved performance: PHP 7 is up to twice as fast as PHP 5.6
Consistent 64-bit support
Many fatal errors are now Exceptions
Removal of old and unsupported SAPIs and extensions
The null coalescing operator (??)
Combined comparison Operator (<=>)
Return Type Declarations
Scalar Type Declarations
Anonymous Classes
It has also been announced that the next release will be Beta 3, which is to be released on the 6th of August.
The Beta 2 version has fixed almost 28 bugs and various improvements also has been improved.
Some of the major features of PHP 7.000 Beta 2 with Zend Engine are listed below.
Improved performance: PHP 7 is up to twice as fast as PHP 5.6
Consistent 64-bit support
Many fatal errors are now Exceptions
Removal of old and unsupported SAPIs and extensions
The null coalescing operator (??)
Combined comparison Operator (<=>)
Return Type Declarations
Scalar Type Declarations
Anonymous Classes
It has also been announced that the next release will be Beta 3, which is to be released on the 6th of August.
