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PHP 8 Revealed

Use Attributes, the JIT Compiler, Union Types, and More for Web Development​

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Authors:
  1. Gunnard Engebreth

    1. Madison, USA

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  • A guide to the latest features in PHP 8 as well as how to master modern development strategies

  • Helps make developers think differently about programming and code

  • Explains the reasoning behind many of the new features

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. JIT Compiler

    • Gunnard Engebreth
    Pages 1-11

  3. Union Types V2

    • Gunnard Engebreth
    Pages 13-28

  4. Named Arguments

    • Gunnard Engebreth
    Pages 29-36

  5. Reclassifying Engine Warnings, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Log the Bugs

    • Gunnard Engebreth
    Pages 37-51

  6. Nullsafe Operator

    • Gunnard Engebreth
    Pages 53-58

  7. Attributes V2

    • Gunnard Engebreth
    Pages 59-68

  8. Match Expression v2

    • Gunnard Engebreth
    Pages 69-72

  9. Mixed Type v2

    • Gunnard Engebreth
    Pages 73-77

  10. Weak Maps

    • Gunnard Engebreth
    Pages 79-81

  11. New str_begins_with() and str_ends_with()

    • Gunnard Engebreth
    Pages 83-83

  12. Str_contains

    • Gunnard Engebreth
    Pages 85-85

  13. Bug Fixes

    • Gunnard Engebreth
    Pages 87-99

  14. Miscellaneous Additions

    • Gunnard Engebreth
    Pages 101-129

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 131-134
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About this book

Discover the new and updated features of PHP 8, such as the JIT compiler, union types, and attributes, with code examples of each. For each feature, the author includes real-life cases for its use and explains its benefits.  

What You Will Learn

  • Utilize the new features of PHP 8 and modern development technologies
  • Work with the JIT compiler in PHP 8
  • Discover PHP 8 using real-life cases
  • Increase your available resources to become more valuable in your development team

Who This Book Is For

Experienced PHP programmers new to PHP 8. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Madison, USA

    Gunnard Engebreth

About the author

Gunnard Engebreth began coding at the age of 11 through a “Learning BASIC” book given to him by his father. Technology was changing fast and Gunnard rode the wave from 1200 to 56k baud modems. Logging in to BBSs, Prodigy, Compuserve, Delphi and IRC he could see the world changing and he wanted to be a part of it. He soon got involved in the ansi/demo scene, making several application generators for many groups in the 90’s. Visual Basic was the next language of choice allowing him to develop “tools” for online systems such as AOL. This introduced many aspects of development, security and UI while they were still in their infancy. Once the WWW arrived via Mindspring in Atlanta, Ga. Gunnard quickly joined in the race for the web. Learning HTML, PERL and Linux (Slackware at the time) he began to build his skill-set which lead to a full-time Sysadmin position at the age of 20 (2000) at Activegrams/Silverpop. Gunnard has moved around the IT industry from SAN/NAS storage at IBM to custom Wordpress sites for marketing companies, but one thing has stayed the same, a passion for learning and problem solving. Gunnard also DJ’s Drum and Bass as Section31, Playing drums and baking bread (doughcode.com).

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