1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> 2<entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> 3 <title>PHP 7.1.0 Alpha 1 Released</title> 4 <id>http://php.net/archive/2016.php#id2016-06-09-1</id> 5 <published>2016-06-09T12:39:55-04:00</published> 6 <updated>2016-06-09T12:39:55-04:00</updated> 7 <category term="frontpage" label="PHP.net frontpage news"/> 8 <category term="releases" label="New PHP release"/> 9 <link href="http://php.net/index.php#id2016-06-09-1" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/> 10 <link href="http://php.net/archive/2016.php#id2016-06-09-1" rel="via" type="text/html"/> 11 <content type="xhtml"> 12 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 13 <p> 14 The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.1.0 Alpha 1. This release marks 15 the beginning of the first minor release in the PHP 7.x series. All users of PHP are encouraged to test 16 this version carefully, and report any bugs and incompatibilities in the bug tracking system. 17 </p> 18 <p> 19 <strong>THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT PREVIEW - DO NOT USE IT IN PRODUCTION!</strong> 20 </p> 21 <p> 22 PHP 7.1.0 Alpha 1 comes with features such as (incomplete list): 23 </p> 24 <ul> 25 <li> 26 <a href="https://wiki.php.net/rfc/nullable_types">Nullable Types</a> 27 </li> 28 <li> 29 <a href="https://wiki.php.net/rfc/short_list_syntax">Square bracket syntax for array destructuring 30 assignment 31 </a> 32 </li> 33 <li> 34 <a href="https://wiki.php.net/rfc/list_keys">Allow specifying keys in list()</a> 35 </li> 36 <li> 37 <a href="https://wiki.php.net/rfc/negative-string-offsets">Generalize support of negative string 38 offsets 39 </a> 40 </li> 41 <li> 42 <a href="https://wiki.php.net/rfc/void_return_type">Void Return Type</a> 43 </li> 44 <li> 45 <a href="https://wiki.php.net/rfc/class_const_visibility">Class constant visibility modifiers</a> 46 </li> 47 <li> 48 <a href="https://wiki.php.net/rfc/multiple-catch">Multi catch</a> 49 </li> 50 </ul> 51 <p> 52 For more information on the new features and other changes, you can read the 53 <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-7.1.0alpha1/NEWS">NEWS file</a>, or the 54 <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-7.1.0alpha1/UPGRADING">UPGRADING file</a> 55 for a complete list of upgrading notes. These files can also be found in the release archive. 56 </p> 57 58 <p> 59 For source downloads of PHP 7.1.0 Alpha 1 please visit 60 the <a href="https://downloads.php.net/~krakjoe/">download page</a>, Windows sources and binaries 61 can be found on <a href="http://windows.php.net/qa/">windows.php.net/qa/</a>. 62 </p> 63 64 <p> 65 The second alpha will be released on the 23rd of June. You can also read the full list of 66 planned releases on our <a href="https://wiki.php.net/todo/php71#timetable">wiki</a>. 67 </p> 68 69 <p> 70 Thank you for helping us make PHP better. 71 </p> 72 </div> 73 </content> 74</entry> 75
