“New in PHP 7.4” is a quick and simple introduction into changes and new features of the upcoming PHP 7.4, which is planned for release in December of 2019. In brief:
- Preloading (parsed source code caching)
- Typed properties
- Improved type variance
- FFI (Foreign Function Interface) – a way to run C code from within PHP
- Null coalescing assignment operator (??=)
- ext-hash always enabled
- Password hashing registry