Updating is never 100% painless, but the team behind PHP has tried its best to lower the incompatibilities and provide a good experience during the process of updating from PHP 5 to 7.
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bookmark_borderWhat is the difference between PHP 5 and PHP 7?
The Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) is a very popular scripting language. It’s been a standard since 1994 due to its attractive features. Safer connectivity to the database, faster speed, runs smoothly on the most used platforms (Windows, Unix, Linux). Of course, there were many improvements, but let’s have a closer look at PHP 5 and PHP 7.
PHP 5 main features.
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bookmark_borderWhy is there no PHP 6?
For computing experts and coders, this is not a mystery. However, for people getting their first approach to Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP), the jump between PHP 5 and PHP 7 can seem strange. Let’s see what exactly happened with this missing version.
Why is there no PHP 6?
bookmark_borderPHP 7 explained
PHP 7 explained
PHP 7 is a significant release of PHP programming language. It is promoted as a revolution. As for how web applications are possible to be developed and produced for the cloud and mobile to enterprises. This particular release is pointed to be the most significant improvement for PHP after the announcement of PHP 5 in 2004.
bookmark_borderPHP Version 5 – everything you need to know
PHP 5
PHP 5 was released on 1 July 2004. That is 4 years after introducing PHP 4 to the scene of the Internet. The aim is to bring a lot of new functionalities to the PHP language. The focus of the team was on what is not very well supported and what is missing in the previous versions. The focus of the new PHP 5 version is on 3 major areas: Object-Oriented programming, XML, and MySQL support.
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bookmark_borderHistory of PHP programming language
PHP, or also called Hypertext Preprocessor, is the most popular server-side scripting language. It is incredibly adaptable and holds plenty of innovative features.
Early History of PHP
bookmark_borderWhat is PHP, and why is it used?
PHP explained.
The short acronym PHP is for Hypertext Preprocessor. So, yes, the unusual is that it doesn’t follow the name. Simply, it is a server-side, open-source scripting language. Its primary use is for the development of web applications. It is a scripting language because it is a program that is based on a script, lines of code. The purpose of which they are written is to automate tasks.