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What to Expect When You’re Expecting: PHP 7

A two-part (so far) series on what to expect from PHP 7: part 1, part 2.

As many of you are probably aware, the RFC I mentioned in my PHP 5.0.0 timeline passed with PHP 7 being the agreed upon name for the next major version of PHP.

Regardless of your feelings on this topic, PHP 7 is a thing, and it’s coming this year! With the RFC for the PHP 7.0 Timeline passing almost unanimously (32 to 2), we have now entered into feature freeze, and we’ll see the first release candidate (RC) appearing in mid June.

SchemaSpy – Graphical Database Schema Metadata Browser

SchemaSpy – Graphical Database Schema Metadata Browser.  This is a tool written in Java that helps one to generate database schema documentation.  Have a look at some sample pages.  Those familiar with Graphviz will immediately realize that the tools is using dot for graphing tables and their relationships.  Those familiar with SugarCRM documentation will immediately notice that SchemaSpy is used for the API documentation.

Mail::RFC822::Address: regexp-based address validation

This is pure gold!  Check out the regular expression for an RFC822 email address validation. I’m not going to paste it here, being concerned that it will open the gates of hell or something, but here is a sneak preview of about the first third or so.

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