After five release candidates, three betas and three alphas, the PHP 7.1.0 is finally released ! New features included in this release :
- Nullable Types
- Square bracket syntax for array destructuring assignment
- Allow specifying keys in list()
- Generalize support of negative string offsets
- Void Return Type
- Class constant visibility modifiers
- Multi catch
- Iterable type.
- HTTP/2 Server Push Support in ext/curl & other ext/curl improvements
- Fix inconsistent behavior in
$thisvariable - Square bracket syntax for array destructuring assignment
- Create closure from callable
- More precise float values.
- Asynchronous Signal Handling (without ticks) in ext/pcntl.
- Additional Context in pcntl_signal Handler
More information and downloads on the official php.net website. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.
