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PHP 7

About the Tutorial


PHP 7 is the most awaited and is a major feature release of PHP programming language.
PHP 7 was released on 3rd Dec 2015.

This tutorial will teach you the new features of PHP 7 and their usage in a simple and
intuitive way.

Audience
This tutorial has been prepared for PHP developers from a beginner’s point of view. After
completing this tutorial, you will find yourself at a moderate level of expertise in the
knowledge of PHP from where you can take yourself to next levels.

Prerequisites
We assume that you already know about the older versions of PHP and now you can start
learning the new features of PHP 7.

Execute PHP-7 Online


For most of the examples given in this tutorial, you will find an option Try it. Just use this
option to execute your PHP-7 programs at the spot and enjoy your learning.

Try the following example using Try it option available at the top right corner of the below
sample code box −

<html>
<head>
<title>Online PHP-7 Script Execution</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
echo "<h1>Hello, PHP-7!</h1>";
?>
</body>
</html>

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Copyright & Disclaimer


 Copyright 2016 by Tutorials Point (I) Pvt. Ltd.

All the content and graphics published in this e-book are the property of Tutorials Point (I)
Pvt. Ltd. The user of this e-book is prohibited to reuse, retain, copy, distribute or republish
any contents or a part of contents of this e-book in any manner without written consent
of the publisher.

We strive to update the contents of our website and tutorials as timely and as precisely as
possible, however, the contents may contain inaccuracies or errors. Tutorials Point (I) Pvt.
Ltd. provides no guarantee regarding the accuracy, timeliness or completeness of our
website or its contents including this tutorial. If you discover any errors on our website or
in this tutorial, please notify us at [email protected]

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Table of Contents
About the Tutorial ............................................................................................................................................ i
Audience ........................................................................................................................................................... i
Prerequisites ..................................................................................................................................................... i
Execute PHP-7 Online ....................................................................................................................................... i
Copyright & Disclaimer .................................................................................................................................... ii
Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................................... iii

1. PHP 7 – Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 1


What is PHP 7? ................................................................................................................................................ 1
New Features................................................................................................................................................... 1

2. PHP 7 – Performance ................................................................................................................................ 2


Magento 1.9 .................................................................................................................................................... 2
Drupal 7 ........................................................................................................................................................... 3
Wordpress 3.6 ................................................................................................................................................. 3
Comparison of Dynamic Languages................................................................................................................. 4

3. PHP 7 – Environment Setup ...................................................................................................................... 5


Try it Option Online ......................................................................................................................................... 5
PHP Parser Installation .................................................................................................................................... 6
Installation on Linux/Unix................................................................................................................................ 6
Installation on Mac OS X.................................................................................................................................. 9
Installation on Windows with IIS ................................................................................................................... 10
Installation on Windows with Apache ........................................................................................................... 11
Apache Configuration .................................................................................................................................... 12
PHP Configuration in Apache ........................................................................................................................ 12
PHP.INI File Configuration ............................................................................................................................. 13
PHP.INI Configuration .................................................................................................................................... 13
Windows IIS Configuration ............................................................................................................................ 16

4. PHP 7 – Scalar Type Declarations ............................................................................................................ 17


Example – Coercive Mode ............................................................................................................................. 17

5. PHP 7 – Return Type Declarations ........................................................................................................... 19


Example - Valid Return Type ......................................................................................................................... 19
Example - Invalid Return Type ....................................................................................................................... 19

6. PHP 7 – Null Coalescing Operator............................................................................................................ 21

7. PHP 7 – Spaceship Operator .................................................................................................................... 22

8. PHP 7 – Constant Arrays ......................................................................................................................... 24

9. PHP 7 – Anonymous Classes .................................................................................................................... 25

10. PHP 7 – Closure::call() ............................................................................................................................. 26


Example – Pre PHP 7...................................................................................................................................... 26
Example – PHP 7+ .......................................................................................................................................... 26

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11. PHP 7 – Filtered unserialize() .................................................................................................................. 28

12. PHP 7 – IntlChar ...................................................................................................................................... 30

13. PHP 7 – CSPRNG ...................................................................................................................................... 31


random_bytes() ............................................................................................................................................. 31
random_int() ................................................................................................................................................. 32

14. PHP 7 – Expectations............................................................................................................................... 33


Configuration directives for assert() .............................................................................................................. 33

15. PHP 7 – use Statement ............................................................................................................................ 35

16. PHP 7 – Error Handling ............................................................................................................................ 36

17. PHP 7 – Integer Division .......................................................................................................................... 38

18. PHP 7 – Session Options .......................................................................................................................... 39

19. PHP 7 – Deprecated Features .................................................................................................................. 40


PHP 4 Style Constructors ............................................................................................................................... 40
Static Calls to Non-Static Methods ................................................................................................................ 40
password_hash() salt option ......................................................................................................................... 41
capture_session_meta SSL context option ................................................................................................... 41

20. PHP 7 – Removed Extensions & SAPIs ..................................................................................................... 42

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1. PHP 7 – Introduction PHP 7

What is PHP 7?
PHP 7 is a major release of PHP programming language and is touted to be a revolution in
the way web applications can be developed and delivered for mobile to enterprises and
the cloud. This release is considered to be the most important change for PHP after the
release of PHP 5 in 2004.

New Features
There are dozens of features added to PHP 7, the most significant ones are mentioned
below -

 Improved performance - Having PHPNG code merged in PHP7, it is twice as fast


as PHP 5.

 Lower Memory Consumption - Optimized PHP 7 utilizes lesser resource.

 Scalar type declarations - Now parameter and return types can be enforced.

 Consistent 64-bit support - Consistent support for 64-bit architecture machines.

 Improved Exception hierarchy - Exception hierarchy is improved.

 Many fatal errors converted to Exceptions - Range of exceptions is increased


covering many fatal error converted as exceptions.

 Secure random number generator - Addition of new secure random number


generator API.

 Deprecated SAPIs and extensions removed - Various old and unsupported


SAPIs and extensions are removed from the latest version.

 The null coalescing operator (??) - New null coalescing operator added.

 Return and Scalar Type Declarations - Support for return type and parameter
type added.

 Anonymous Classes - Support for anonymous added.

 Zero cost asserts - Support for zero cost assert added.

PHP 7 uses new Zend Engine 3.0 to improve application performance almost twice and
50% better memory consumption than PHP 5.6. It allows to serve more concurrent users
without requiring any additional hardware. PHP 7 is designed and refactored considering
today's workloads.

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As per the Zend team, following illustrations show the performance comparison of PHP 7
vs PHP 5.6 and HHVM 3.7 on popular PHP based applications.

Magento 1.9
PHP 7 proves itself more than twice as faster, as compared to PHP 5.6 while executing
Magento transactions.

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Drupal 7
PHP 7 proves itself more than twice as faster, as compared to PHP 5.6 while executing
Drupal transactions.

Wordpress 3.6
PHP 7 proves itself more than twice as faster as compared to PHP 5.6 while executing
Wordpress transactions.

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Comparison of Dynamic Languages

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Try it Option Online


We have set up the PHP Programming environment on-line, so that you can compile and
execute all the available examples online. It gives you confidence in what you are reading
and enables you to verify the programs with different options. Feel free to modify any
example and execute it online.

Try the following example using our online compiler available at CodingGround.

<html>
<head>
<title>Online PHP Script Execution</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
echo "<h1>Hello, PHP!</h1>";
?>
</body>
</html>

For most of the examples given in this tutorial, you will find a Try it option in our website
code sections at the top right corner that will take you to the online compiler. So just use
of and enjoy your learning.

In order to develop and run PHP Web pages, three vital components need to be installed
on your computer system.

 Web Server − PHP works with virtually all Web Server software, including
Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS) but most often used is Apache Server.
Download Apache for free here − http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi

 Database − PHP works with virtually all database software, including Oracle and
Sybase but most commonly used is MySQL database. Download MySQL for free
here −http://www.mysql.com/downloads/

 PHP Parser − In order to process PHP script instructions, a parser must be


installed to generate HTML output that can be sent to the Web Browser. This tutorial
will guide you how to install PHP parser on your computer.

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PHP Parser Installation


Before you proceed, it is important to make sure that you have proper environment setup
on your machine to develop your web programs using PHP. Store the following php file in
Apache's htdocs folder.

phpinfo.php
<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Type the following address into your browser's address box.

http://127.0.0.1/phpinfo.php

If this displays a page showing your PHP installation related information, then it means
you have PHP and Webserver installed properly. Otherwise, you have to follow the given
procedure to install PHP on your computer.

This section will guide you to install and configure PHP over the following four platforms −

 PHP Installation on Linux or Unix with Apache


 PHP Installation on Mac OS X with Apache
 PHP Installation on Windows NT/2000/XP with IIS
 PHP Installation on Windows NT/2000/XP with Apache

Installation on Linux / Unix


If you plan to install PHP on Linux or any other variant of Unix, then here is the list of
prerequisites −

 The PHP source distribution http://www.php.net/downloads.php

 The latest Apache source distribution http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi

 A working PHP-supported database, if you plan to use one (For example MySQL,
Oracle etc.)

 Any other supported software, to which PHP must connect (mail server, BCMath
package, JDK, and so forth)

 An ANSI C compiler.

 Gnu make utility − you can freely download it at


http://www.gnu.org/software/make

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Now, here are the steps to install Apache and PHP5 on your Linux or Unix machine. If your
PHP or Apache versions are different then please take care accordingly.

Step 1
If you have not already done so, unzip and untar your Apache source distribution. Unless
you have a reason to do otherwise, /usr/local is the standard place.

gunzip -c apache_2.4.x.tar.gz
tar -xvf apache_2.4.x.tar

Step 2
Build the apache Server as follows -

cd apache_2.4.x
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache --enable-so
make
make install

Step 3
Unzip and untar your PHP source distribution. Unless you have a reason to do otherwise,
/usr/local is the standard place.

gunzip -c php-7.x.tar.gz
tar -xvf php-7.x.tar
cd php-7.x

Step 4
Configure and Build your PHP, assuming you are using MySQL database.

./configure --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs \
--with-mysql=/usr/bin/mysql
make
make install

Step 5
Install the php.ini file. Edit this file to get configuration directives −

cd ../../php-7.x
cp php.ini-development /usr/local/lib/php.ini

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Step 6
 Tell your Apache server where you want to serve files from, and what extension(s)
you want to identify PHP files. A .php extension is standard, but you can use .html,
.phtml, or whatever you want.

o Go to your HTTP configuration files (/usr/local/apache/conf or whatever


your path is).

o Open httpd.conf with a text editor.

o Search for the word DocumentRoot (which should appear twice), and
change both the paths to the directory you want to serve files out of (in our
case, /home/httpd). We recommend a home directory rather than the
default /usr/local/apache/htdocs because it is more secure, but it does
not have to be in a home directory. You will keep all your PHP files in this
directory.

 Add at least one PHP extension directive, as shown in the first line of the code that
follows. In the second line, we have also added a second handler to have all HTML
files parsed as PHP.

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php


AddType application/x-httpd-php .html

Step 7
Restart your server. Every time you change your HTTP configuration or php.ini files, you
must stop and start your server again.

cd ../bin
./apachectl start

Step 8
Set the documentroot-directory permissions to world-executable. The actual PHP files in
the directory need only be world-readable (644). If necessary, replace /home/httpd with
your document root below −

chmod 755 /home/httpd/html/php

Step 9
Open a text editor. Type: <?php phpinfo(); ?>. Save this file in your Web server's
document root as info.php. Start any Web browser and browse the file. You must always
use an HTTP request (http://www.testdomain.com/info.php or http://localhost/info.php or
http://127.0.0.1/info.php) rather than a filename (/home/httpd/info.php) for the file to be
parsed correctly.

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You will see a long table of information about your new PHP installation message
Congratulations!

Installation on Mac OS X
Mac users have a choice of either a binary or a source installation. In fact, your OS X
probably came with Apache and PHP preinstalled. This is likely to be quite an old build,
and it probably lacks many of the less common extensions.

However, if all you want is a quick Apache + PHP + MySQL/PostgreSQL setup on your
laptop, this is certainly the easiest way to fly. All you need to do is edit your Apache
configuration file and turn on the Web server.

Just follow the steps given below−

Step 1
Open the Apache config file in a text editor as root.

sudo open -a TextEdit /etc/httpd/httpd.conf

Step 2
Edit the file. Uncomment the following lines −

Load Module php7_module


AddModule mod_php7.c
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

Step 3
You may also want to uncomment the <Directory /home/*/Sites> block or otherwise
tell Apache which directory to serve. Restart the Web server.

sudo apachectl graceful

Step 4
Open a text editor. Type: <?php phpinfo(); ?>. Save this file in your Web server's
document root as info.php. Start any Web browser and browse the file. You must always
use an HTTP request (http://www.testdomain.com/info.php or http://localhost/info.php or
http://127.0.0.1/info.php) rather than a filename (/home/httpd/info.php) for the file to be
parsed correctly.

You will see a long table of information about your new PHP installation message
Congratulations!

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Installation on Windows with IIS


The Windows server installation of PHP running IIS is much simpler than on Unix, since it
involves a precompiled binary rather than a source build.

If you plan to install PHP over Windows, then here is the list of prerequisites −

 A working PHP-supported Web server. Under previous versions of PHP, IIS/PWS


was the easiest choice because a module version of PHP was available for it; but
PHP now has added a much wider selection of modules for Windows.

 A correctly installed PHP-supported database like MySQL or Oracle etc. (if you plan
to use one).

 The PHP Windows binary distribution (download it at www.php.net/downloads.php)

 A utility to unzip files (search http://download.cnet.com for PC file compression


utilities)

Now here are the steps to install Apache and PHP5 on your Windows machine. If your PHP
version is different, then please take care accordingly.

1. Extract the binary archive using your unzip utility; C:\PHP is a common location.

2. Copy some .dll files from your PHP directory to your systems directory (usually
C:\Winnt\System32). You need php5ts.dll for every case. You will also probably
need to copy the file corresponding to your Web server module -
C:\PHP\Sapi\php7isapi.dll. It is possible you will also need other files from the dlls
subfolder, but start with the two files mentioned above and add more if you need
them.

3. Copy either the php.ini-development or php.ini-recommended (preferably the


latter) to your Windows directory (C:\Winnt or C:\Winnt40), and rename it php.ini.
Open this file in a text editor (for example, Notepad). Edit this file to get the
configuration directives. We highly recommend the new users to set error-reporting
to E_ALL on their development machines at this point. For now, the most important
thing is the doc_root directive under the Paths and Directories section. Make sure
this matches the IIS Inetpub folder (or wherever you plan to serve out of).

4. Stop and restart the WWW service. Go to the Start menu → Settings → Control
Panel → Services. Scroll down the list to IIS Admin Service. Select it and click
Stop. After it stops, select the World Wide Web Publishing Service and click Start.
Stopping and restarting the service from within the Internet Service Manager will
not suffice. Since this is Windows, you may also wish to reboot.

5. Open a text editor. Type: <?php phpinfo(); ?>. Save this file in your Web server's
document root as info.php.

6. Start any Web browser and browse the file. You must always use an HTTP request
(http://www.testdomain.com/info.php or http://localhost/info.php or
http://127.0.0.1/info.php) rather than a filename (/home/httpd/info.php) for the
file to be parsed correctly.
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You will see a long table of information about your new PHP installation message
Congratulations!

Installation on Windows with Apache


To install Apache with PHP 5 on Windows, follow the given steps. If your PHP and Apache
versions are different then please take care accordingly.

Step 1
 Download Apache server from www.apache.org/dist/httpd/binaries/win32. You
want the current stable release version with the no_src.msi extension. Double-click
the installer file to install; C:\Program Files is a common location. The installer will
also ask you whether you want to run Apache as a service or from the command
line or DOS prompt. We recommend you do not install as a service, as this may
cause problems with startup.

 Extract the PHP binary archive using your unzip utility; C:\php7 is a common
location.

 Rename php.ini-development to php.ini. Open this file in a text editor (for example,
Notepad). Edit this file to get the configuration directives. At this point, we highly
recommend that the new users set error reporting to E_ALL on their development
machines.

 Tell your Apache server where you want to serve files from and what extension(s)
you want to identify the PHP files (.php is the standard, but you can use .html,
.phtml, or whatever you want). Go to your HTTP configuration files (C:\Program
Files\Apache Group\Apache\conf or whatever your path is), and open httpd.conf
with a text editor. Search for the word DocumentRoot (which should appear twice)
and change both the paths to the directory you want to serve files out of. (The
default is C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache\htdocs.). Add at least one PHP
extension directive as shown in the first line of the following code −

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php


AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .html
LoadModule php7_module "C:/php7/php7apache2_4.dll"
PHPiniDir "c:/php7"

Step 2
Open a text editor. Type: <?php phpinfo(); ?>. Save this file in your Web server's
document root as info.php. Start any Web browser and browse the file. You must always
use an HTTP request (http://www.testdomain.com/info.php or http://localhost/info.php or
http://127.0.0.1/info.php) rather than a filename (/home/httpd/info.php) for the file to be
parsed correctly.

You will see a long table of information about your new PHP installation message
Congratulations!
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Apache Configuration
If you are using Apache as a Web Server, then this section will guide you to edit Apache
Configuration Files.

Check here − PHP Configuration in Apache Server

PHP Configuration in Apache


Apache uses httpd.conf file for global settings, and the .htaccess file for per-directory
access settings. Older versions of Apache split up httpd.conf into three files (access.conf,
httpd.conf, and srm.conf), and some users still prefer this arrangement.

Apache server has a very powerful, but slightly complex, configuration system of its own.
Learn more about it at the Apache Web site − www.apache.org

The following section describes the settings in httpd.conf that affect PHP directly and
cannot be set elsewhere. If you have standard installation then httpd.conf will be found at
/etc/httpd/conf:

Timeout
This value sets the default number of seconds before any HTTP request will time out. If
you set PHP's max_execution_time to longer than this value, PHP will keep grinding away
but the user may see a 404 error. In safe mode, this value will be ignored; instead, you
must use the timeout value in php.ini.

DocumentRoot
DocumentRoot designates the root directory for all HTTP processes on that server. It looks
something like this on Unix −

DocumentRoot ./usr/local/apache_2.4.0/htdocs.

You can choose any directory as the document root.

AddType
The PHP MIME type needs to be set here for PHP files to be parsed. Remember that you
can associate any file extension with PHP like .php3, .php5 or .htm.

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php


AddType application/x-httpd-phps .phps
AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .php3 .phtml
AddType application/x-httpd-php .html

Action
You must uncomment this line for the Windows apxs module version of Apache with shared
object support −
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LoadModule php7_module modules/php7apache2_4.dll

on Unix flavors −

LoadModule php7_module modules/mod_php.so

AddModule
You must uncomment this line for the static module version of Apache.

AddModule mod_php7.c

PHP.INI File Configuration


The PHP configuration file, php.ini, is the final and immediate way to affect PHP's
functionality.

Check here − PHP.INI File Configuration

PHP.INI Configuration
The PHP configuration file, php.ini, is the final and immediate way to affect PHP's
functionality. The php.ini file is read each time PHP is initialized. In other words, httpd is
restarted for the module version or with each script execution for the CGI version. If your
change is not showing up, remember to stop and restart httpd. If it is still not showing up,
use phpinfo() to check the path to php.ini.

The configuration file is well commented and thorough. Keys are case sensitive, keyword
values are not; whitespace, and lines beginning with semicolons are ignored. Booleans can
be represented by 1/0, Yes/No, On/Off, or True/False. The default values in php.ini-dist
will result in a reasonable PHP installation that can be tweaked later.

Here we are explaining the important settings in php.ini, which you may need for your PHP
Parser.

short_open_tag = Off
Short open tags look like this: <? ?>. This option must be set to Off, if you want to use
the XML functions.

safe_mode = Off
If this is set to ON, you probably compiled PHP with the --enable-safe-mode flag. The Safe
mode is most relevant to CGI use. See the explanation in the section "CGI compile-time
options" given earlier in this chapter.

safe_mode_exec_dir = [DIR]
This option is relevant only if the safe mode is ON; it can also be set with the --with-exec-
dir flag during the Unix build process. PHP in safe mode only executes external binaries
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out of this directory. The default is /usr/local/bin. This has nothing to do with serving up
a normal PHP/HTML Web page.

safe_mode_allowed_env_vars = [PHP_]
This option sets which environment variables the users can change in safe mode. The
default is only those variables prepended with "PHP_". If this directive is empty, most
variables are alterable.

safe_mode_protected_env_vars = [LD_LIBRARY_PATH]
This option sets which environment variables the users cannot change in safe mode, even
if safe_mode_allowed_env_vars is set permissively.

disable_functions = [function1, function2...]


A welcome addition to the PHP4 configuration and one perpetuated in PHP5 is the ability
to disable the selected functions for security reasons. Previously, this necessitated hand-
editing the C code from which PHP was made. Filesystem, system, and network functions
should probably be the first to go because allowing the capability to write files and alter
the system over HTTP is never such a safe idea.

max_execution_time = 30
The function set_time_limit() will not work in safe mode. Therefore, this is the main way
to make a script time-out in safe mode. In Windows, you have to abort based on maximum
memory consumed rather than the time. You can also use the Apache timeout setting to
timeout but that will apply to non-PHP files on the site too.

error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE


The default value is E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE, all errors except notices. The development
servers should be set to at least the default; only the production servers should consider
a lesser value.

error_prepend_string = [""]
With its bookend, error_append_string, this setting allows you to make error messages a
different color than the other text.

warn_plus_overloading = Off
This setting issues a warning if the + operator is used with strings, as in a form value.

variables_order = EGPCS
This configuration setting supersedes gpc_order. Both are now deprecated along with
register_globals. It sets the order of the different variables: Environment, GET, POST,
COOKIE, and SERVER (aka Built-in). You can change this order around. The variables will
be overwritten successively in the left-to-right order, with the rightmost one winning the
hand every time. This means, if you left the default setting and happened to use the same
name for an environment variable, a POST variable, and a COOKIE variable, the COOKIE

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variable would own that name at the end of the process. In real life, this does not happen
much.

register_globals = Off
This setting allows you to decide whether you wish to register the EGPCS variables as
global. This is now deprecated, and as of PHP4.2, this flag is set to Off, by default. Use
the superglobal arrays instead. All the major code listings in this book use superglobal
arrays.

gpc_order = GPC
This setting has been Deprecated.

magic_quotes_gpc = On
This setting escapes the quotes in incoming GET/POST/COOKIE data. If you use a lot of
forms which possibly submit to themselves or other forms and display form values, you
may need to set this directive to On or prepare to use addslashes() on string-type data.

magic_quotes_runtime = Off
This setting escapes the quotes in incoming database and text strings. Remember that
SQL adds slashes to single quotes and apostrophes when storing the strings and does not
strip them off when returning them. If this setting is Off, you will need to use stripslashes()
when outputting any type of string data from an SQL database. If magic_quotes_sybase
is set to On, this must be Off.

magic_quotes_sybase = Off
This setting escapes single quotes in incoming database and text strings with Sybase-style
single quotes rather than backslashes. If magic_quotes_runtime is set to On, this must be
Off.

auto-prepend-file = [path/to/file]
If a path is specified here, PHP must automatically include() it at the beginning of every
PHP file. Include path-restrictions do apply.

auto-append-file = [path/to/file]
If a path is specified here, PHP must automatically include() at the end of every PHP file,
unless you escape by using the exit() function. Include path-restrictions do apply.

include_path = [DIR]
If you set this value, you will only be allowed to include or require files from these
directories. The include directory is generally under your document root. This is mandatory
if you are running in safe mode. Set this to .in, in order to include the files from the same
directory your script is in. Multiple directories are separated by colons:
.:/usr/local/apache/htdocs:/usr/local/lib.

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doc_root = [DIR]
If you are using Apache, you have already set a document root for this server or virtual
host in httpd.conf. Set this value here if you are using safe mode or if you want to enable
PHP only on a portion of your site (for example, only in one subdirectory of your Web
root).

file_uploads = [on/off]
Turn on this flag if you will upload files using PHP script.

upload_tmp_dir = [DIR]
Do not uncomment this line unless you understand the implications of HTTP uploads!

session.save-handler = files
Except in rare circumstances, you will not want to change this setting. So do not touch it.

ignore_user_abort = [On/Off]
This setting controls what happens if a site visitor clicks the browser’s Stop button. The
default is On, which means that the script continues to run till completion or timeout. If
the setting is changed to Off, the script will abort. This setting only works in module mode,
not CGI.

mysql.default_host = hostname
The default server host to use when connecting to the database server if no other host is
specified.

mysql.default_user = username
The default user name to use when connecting to the database server if no other name is
specified.

mysql.default_password = password
The default password to use when connecting to the database server if no other password
is specified.

Windows IIS Configuration


To configure IIS on your Windows machine, you can refer your IIS Reference Manual
shipped along with IIS.

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4. PHP 7 – Scalar Type Declarations PHP 7

In PHP 7, a new feature, Scalar type declarations, has been introduced. Scalar type
declaration has two options:

 coercive - coercive is default mode and need not to be specified.

 strict - strict mode has to explicitly hinted.

Following types for function parameters can be enforced using the above modes:

 int
 float
 bool
 string
 interfaces
 array
 callable

Example – Coercive Mode


<?php
// Coercive mode
function sum(int ...$ints)
{
return array_sum($ints);
}
print(sum(2, '3', 4.1));
?>

It produces the following browser output −

Example - Strict Mode

<?php
// Strict mode
declare(strict_types=1);
function sum(int ...$ints)
{

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PHP 7

return array_sum($ints);
}
print(sum(2, '3', 4.1));
?>

It produces the following browser output −

Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: Argument 2 passed to sum() must be of the type
integer, string given, ...

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5. PHP 7 – Return Type Declarations PHP 7

In PHP 7, a new feature, Return type declarations has been introduced. Return type
declaration specifies the type of value that a function should return. Following types for
return types can be declared.

 int
 float
 bool
 string
 interfaces
 array
 callable

Example - Valid Return Type


<?php
declare(strict_types=1);
function returnIntValue(int $value): int
{
return $value;
}
print(returnIntValue(5));
?>

It produces the following browser output −

Example - Invalid Return Type


<?php
declare(strict_types=1);
function returnIntValue(int $value): int
{
return $value + 1.0;
}
print(returnIntValue(5));
?>

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PHP 7

It produces the following browser output −

Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: Return value of returnIntValue() must be of the


type integer, float returned...

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6. PHP 7 – Null Coalescing Operator PHP 7

In PHP 7, a new feature, null coalescing operator (??) has been introduced. It is used
to replace the ternary operation in conjunction with isset() function. The Null coalescing
operator returns its first operand if it exists and is not NULL; otherwise it returns its second
operand.

Example
<?php
// fetch the value of $_GET['user'] and returns 'not passed'
// if username is not passed
$username = $_GET['username'] ?? 'not passed';
print($username);
print("<br/>");

// Equivalent code using ternary operator


$username = isset($_GET['username']) ? $_GET['username'] : 'not passed';
print($username);
print("<br/>");
// Chaining ?? operation
$username = $_GET['username'] ?? $_POST['username'] ?? 'not passed';
print($username);
?>

It produces the following browser output −

not passed
not passed
not passed

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7. PHP 7 – Spaceship Operator PHP 7

In PHP 7, a new feature, spaceship operator has been introduced. It is used to compare
two expressions. It returns -1, 0 or 1 when first expression is respectively less than, equal
to, or greater than second expression.

Example
<?php
//integer comparison
print( 1 <=> 1);print("<br/>");
print( 1 <=> 2);print("<br/>");
print( 2 <=> 1);print("<br/>");
print("<br/>");
//float comparison
print( 1.5 <=> 1.5);print("<br/>");
print( 1.5 <=> 2.5);print("<br/>");
print( 2.5 <=> 1.5);print("<br/>");
print("<br/>");
//string comparison
print( "a" <=> "a");print("<br/>");
print( "a" <=> "b");print("<br/>");
print( "b" <=> "a");print("<br/>");
?>

It produces the following browser output −

0
-1
1

0
-1
1

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PHP 7

0
-1
1

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8. PHP 7 – Constant Arrays PHP 7

Array constants can now be defined using the define() function. In PHP 5.6, they could
only be defined using const keyword.

Example
<?php
//define a array using define function
define('animals', [
'dog',
'cat',
'bird'
]);
print(animals[1]);
?>

It produces the following browser output −

cat

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9. PHP 7 – Anonymous Classes PHP 7

Anonymous classes can now be defined using new class. Anonymous class can be used in
place of a full class definition.

Example
<?php
interface Logger {
public function log(string $msg);
}

class Application {
private $logger;

public function getLogger(): Logger {


return $this->logger;
}

public function setLogger(Logger $logger) {


$this->logger = $logger;
}
}

$app = new Application;


$app->setLogger(new class implements Logger {
public function log(string $msg) {
print($msg);
}
});

$app->getLogger()->log("My first Log Message");


?>

It produces the following browser output −

My first Log Message

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10. PHP 7 – Closure::call() PHP 7

Closure::call() method is added as a shorthand way to temporarily bind an object scope


to a closure and invoke it. It is much faster in performance as compared to bindTo of PHP
5.6.

Example – Pre PHP 7


<?php
class A {
private $x = 1;
}

// Define a closure Pre PHP 7 code


$getValue = function() {
return $this->x;
};

// Bind a clousure
$value = $getValue->bindTo(new A, 'A');

print($value());
?>

It produces the following browser output −

Example – PHP 7+
<?php
class A {
private $x = 1;
}

// PHP 7+ code, Define


$value = function() {
return $this->x;

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PHP 7

};

print($value->call(new A));
?>

It produces the following browser output −

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11. PHP 7 – Filtered unserialize() PHP 7

PHP 7 introduces Filtered unserialize() function to provide better security when


unserializing objects on untrusted data. It prevents possible code injections and enables
the developer to whitelist classes that can be unserialized.

Example
<?php
class MyClass1 {
public $obj1prop;
}
class MyClass2 {
public $obj2prop;
}

$obj1 = new MyClass1();


$obj1->obj1prop = 1;
$obj2 = new MyClass2();
$obj2->obj2prop = 2;

$serializedObj1 = serialize($obj1);
$serializedObj2 = serialize($obj2);

// default behaviour that accepts all classes


// second argument can be ommited.
// if allowed_classes is passed as false, unserialize converts all objects into
__PHP_Incomplete_Class object
$data = unserialize($serializedObj1 , ["allowed_classes" => true]);

// converts all objects into __PHP_Incomplete_Class object except those of MyClass1 and
MyClass2
$data2 = unserialize($serializedObj2 , ["allowed_classes" => ["MyClass1", "MyClass2"]]);

print($data->obj1prop);
print("<br/>");
print($data2->obj2prop);
?>

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PHP 7

It produces the following browser output −

1
2

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12. PHP 7 – IntlChar PHP 7

In PHP7, a new IntlChar class is added, which seeks to expose additional ICU
functionality. This class defines a number of static methods and constants, which can be
used to manipulate unicode characters. You need to have Intl extension installed prior to
using this class.

Example
<?php
printf('%x', IntlChar::CODEPOINT_MAX);
print (IntlChar::charName('@'));
print(IntlChar::ispunct('!'));
?>

It produces the following browser output −

10ffff
COMMERCIAL AT
true

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13. PHP 7 – CSPRNG PHP 7

In PHP 7, following two new functions are introduced to generate cryptographically secure
integers and strings in a cross platform way.

 random_bytes() - Generates cryptographically secure pseudo-random bytes.

 random_int() - Generates cryptographically secure pseudo-random integers.

random_bytes()
random_bytes() generates an arbitrary-length string of cryptographic random bytes that
are suitable for cryptographic use, such as when generating salts, keys or initialization
vectors.

Syntax
string random_bytes ( int $length )

Parameters
 length - The length of the random string that should be returned in bytes.

Return Values
 Returns a string containing the requested number of cryptographically secure
random bytes.

Errors/Exceptions
 If an appropriate source of randomness cannot be found, an Exception will be
thrown.

 If invalid parameters are given, a TypeError will be thrown.

 If an invalid length of bytes is given, an Error will be thrown.

Example
<?php
$bytes = random_bytes(5);
print(bin2hex($bytes));
?>

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PHP 7

It produces the following browser output −

54cc305593

random_int()
random_int() generates cryptographic random integers that are suitable for use where
unbiased results are critical.

Syntax
int random_int ( int $min , int $max )

Parameters
 min - The lowest value to be returned, which must be PHP_INT_MIN or higher.

 max - The highest value to be returned, which must be less than or equal to
PHP_INT_MAX.

Return Values
 Returns a cryptographically secure random integer in the range min to max,
inclusive.

Errors/Exceptions
 If an appropriate source of randomness cannot be found, an Exception will be
thrown.

 If invalid parameters are given, a TypeError will be thrown.

 If max is less than min, an Error will be thrown.

Example
<?php
print(random_int(100, 999));
print("
");
print(random_int(-1000, 0));
?>

It produces the following browser output −

614
-882

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14. PHP 7 – Expectations PHP 7

Expectations are a backwards compatible enhancement to the older assert() function.


Expectation allows for zero-cost assertions in production code, and provides the ability to
throw custom exceptions when the assertion fails. assert() is now a language construct,
where the first parameter is an expression as compared to being a string or Boolean to be
tested.

Configuration directives for assert()


Default
Directive Possible values
value

1 - generate and execute code (development mode)

zend.assertions 1 0 - generate code but jump around it at runtime

-1 - do not generate code (production mode)

1 – throw, when the assertion fails, either by throwing


the object provided as the exception or by throwing a
new AssertionError object if exception was not
assert.exception 0 provided.

0 - use or generate a Throwable as described above, but


only generates a warning based on that object rather
than throwing it (compatible with PHP 5 behaviour)

Parameters
 assertion - The assertion. In PHP 5, this must be either a string to be evaluated
or a Boolean to be tested. In PHP 7, this may also be any expression that returns
a value, which will be executed and the result is used to indicate whether the
assertion succeeded or failed.

 description - An optional description that will be included in the failure message,


if the assertion fails.

 exception - In PHP 7, the second parameter can be a Throwable object instead


of a descriptive string, in which case this is the object that will be thrown, if the
assertion fails and the assert.exception configuration directive is enabled.

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PHP 7

Return Values
FALSE if the assertion is false, TRUE otherwise.

Example
<?php
ini_set('assert.exception', 1);

class CustomError extends AssertionError {}

assert(false, new CustomError('Custom Error Message!'));


?>

It produces the following browser output −

Fatal error: Uncaught CustomError: Custom Error Message! in...

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15. PHP 7 – use Statement PHP 7

From PHP7 onwards, a single use statement can be used to import Classes, functions and
constants from same namespace instead of multiple use statements.

Example
<?php
// Before PHP 7
use com\tutorialspoint\ClassA;
use com\tutorialspoint\ClassB;
use com\tutorialspoint\ClassC as C;

use function com\tutorialspoint\fn_a;


use function com\tutorialspoint\fn_b;
use function com\tutorialspoint\fn_c;

use const com\tutorialspoint\ConstA;


use const com\tutorialspoint\ConstB;
use const com\tutorialspoint\ConstC;

// PHP 7+ code
use com\tutorialspoint\{ClassA, ClassB, ClassC as C};
use function com\tutorialspoint\{fn_a, fn_b, fn_c};
use const com\tutorialspoint\{ConstA, ConstB, ConstC};
?>

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16. PHP 7 – Error Handling PHP 7

From PHP 7, error handling and reporting has been changed. Instead of reporting errors
through the traditional error reporting mechanism used by PHP 5, now most errors are
handled by throwing Error exceptions. Similar to exceptions, these Error exceptions bubble
up until they reach the first matching catch block. If there are no matching blocks, then a
default exception handler installed with set_exception_handler() will be called. In case
there is no default exception handler, then the exception will be converted to a fatal error
and will be handled like a traditional error.

As the Error hierarchy is not extended from Exception, code that uses catch (Exception
$e) { ... } blocks to handle uncaught exceptions in PHP 5 will not handle such errors. A
catch (Error $e) { ... } block or a set_exception_handler() handler is required to handle
fatal errors.

Example
<?php
class MathOperations
{
protected $n = 10;
// Try to get the Division by Zero error object and display as Exception
public function doOperation(): string
{
try {
$value = $this->n % 0;
return $value;
} catch (DivisionByZeroError $e) {
return $e->getMessage();
}
}
}
$mathOperationsbj = new MathOperations();
print($mathOperationsObj->doOperation());
?>

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PHP 7

It produces the following browser output −

Modulo by zero

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17. PHP 7 – Integer Division PHP 7

PHP 7 introduces a new function intdiv(), which performs integer division of its operands
and return the division as int.

Example
<?php
$value = intdiv(10,3);
var_dump($value);
print("
");
print($value);
?>

It produces the following browser output −

int(3)
3

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18. PHP 7 – Session Options PHP 7

From PHP7+, session_start() function accepts an array of options to override the session
configuration directives set in php.ini. These options supports session.lazy_write, which
is by default on and causes PHP to overwrite any session file if the session data has
changed.

Another option added is read_and_close, which indicates that the session data should
be read and then the session should immediately be closed unchanged. For example, Set
session.cache_limiter to private and set the flag to close the session immediately after
reading it, using the following code snippet.

<?php
session_start([
'cache_limiter' => 'private',
'read_and_close' => true,
]);
?>

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19. PHP 7 – Deprecated Features PHP 7

Following features are deprecated and may be removed from future releases of PHP.

PHP 4 Style Constructors


PHP 4 style Constructors are methods having same name as the class they are defined in,
are now deprecated, and will be removed in the future. PHP 7 will emit E_DEPRECATED if
a PHP 4 constructor is the only constructor defined within a class. Classes implementing a
__construct() method are unaffected.

Example
<?php
class A {
function A() {
print('Style Constructor');
}
}
?>

It produces the following browser output −

Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors
in a future version of PHP; A has a deprecated constructor in...

Static Calls to Non-Static Methods


Static calls to non-static methods are deprecated, and may be removed in the future.

Example
<?php
class A {
function b() {
print('Non-static call');
}
}
A::b();
?>

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PHP 7

It produces the following browser output −

Deprecated: Non-static method A::b() should not be called statically in...


Non-static call

password_hash() salt option


The salt option for the password_hash() function has been deprecated so that the
developers do not generate their own (usually insecure) salts. The function itself generates
a cryptographically secure salt, when no salt is provided by the developer - thus custom
salt generation is not required any more.

capture_session_meta SSL context option


The capture_session_meta SSL context option has been deprecated. SSL metadata is
now used through the stream_get_meta_data() function.

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20. PHP 7 – Removed Extensions & SAPIs PHP 7

Following Extensions have been removed from PHP 7 onwards-

 ereg
 mssql
 mysql
 sybase_ct

Following SAPIs have been removed from PHP 7 onwards-

 aolserver
 apache
 apache_hooks
 apache2filter
 caudium
 continuity
 isapi
 milter
 nsapi
 phttpd
 pi3web
 roxen
 thttpd
 tux
 webjames

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