1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> 2<entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> 3 <title>PHP 7.0.0 Released</title> 4 <id>http://php.net/archive/2015.php#id2015-12-03-1</id> 5 <published>2015-12-03T22:30:00+01:00</published> 6 <updated>2015-12-03T22:30:00+01:00</updated> 7 <category term="releases" label="New PHP release"/> 8 <category term="frontpage" label="PHP.net frontpage news"/> 9 <link href="http://php.net/index.php#id2015-12-03-1" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/> 10 <link href="http://php.net/archive/2015.php#id2015-12-03-1" rel="via" type="text/html"/> 11 <content type="xhtml"> 12 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 13 <p>The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 14 7.0.0. This release marks the start of the new major PHP 7 series. 15 </p> 16 <p> 17 PHP 7.0.0 comes with a new version of the Zend Engine, numerous improvements 18 and new features such as 19 </p> 20 <ul> 21 <li>Improved performance: PHP 7 is up to twice as fast as PHP 5.6</li> 22 <li>Significantly reduced memory usage</li> 23 <li>Abstract Syntax Tree</li> 24 <li>Consistent 64-bit support</li> 25 <li>Improved Exception hierarchy</li> 26 <li>Many fatal errors converted to Exceptions</li> 27 <li>Secure random number generator</li> 28 <li>Removed old and unsupported SAPIs and extensions</li> 29 <li>The null coalescing operator (??)</li> 30 <li>Return and Scalar Type Declarations</li> 31 <li>Anonymous Classes</li> 32 <li>Zero cost asserts</li> 33 </ul> 34 35 <p>For source downloads of PHP 7.0.0 please visit our <a href="http://www.php.net/downloads.php">downloads page</a>, 36 Windows binaries can be found on <a href="http://windows.php.net/download/">windows.php.net/download/</a>. 37 The list of changes is recorded in the <a href="http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.0.0">ChangeLog</a>. 38 </p> 39 <p> 40 The <a href="http://php.net/manual/migration70.php">migration guide</a> is available in the PHP Manual. Please consult 41 it for the detailed list of new features and backward incompatible changes. 42 </p> 43 44 <p> 45 The inconvenience of the release lateness in several time zones is caused by the need to ensure the 46 compatibility with the latest OpenSSL 1.0.2e release. Thanks for the patience! 47 </p> 48 49 <p> 50 It is not just a next major PHP version being released today. 51 The release being introduced is an outcome of the almost two years development 52 journey. It is a very special accomplishment of the core team. And, it is a 53 result of incredible efforts of many active community members. 54 Indeed, it is not just a final release being brought out today, it is the rise of 55 a new PHP generation with an enormous potential. 56 </p> 57 58 <p>Congratulations everyone to this spectacular day for the PHP world!</p> 59 <p>Grateful thanks to all the contributors and supporters!</p> 60 </div> 61 </content> 62</entry> 63
