Summary: Understanding PHP 8 Functional Differences
Understand key functional differences in PHP 8 including stricter string handling, corrected numeric string comparisons, updated locale-independent floating-point behavior, and changes to array and security functions. This lesson equips you to identify potential migration issues and apply best practices for more resilient PHP code.
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Key takeaways
We learned about differences in string handling between PHP 8 and earlier versions and how to develop workarounds that address differences in string handling. PHP 8 exerts greater control over the data types of string function arguments, as well as introducing consistency in what happens if an argument is missing or ...