Congratulations!

You’ve successfully covered the PHP 8 Programming Tips, Tricks, and Best Practices course. And that’s it! We’ve covered a lot of ground in this course. Each technique we’ve discussed should provide value on its own, but hopefully, we’ve come to appreciate how these techniques can reinforce each other and build on each other when used in combination. Let’s now delve into the key categories of new features and enhancements introduced in PHP 8.

PHP 8 introduced several new features and improvements. Here are some of the key categories of new features in PHP 8:

JIT Compiler: PHP 8 introduced a Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler called “Tracing JIT,” which can significantly improve the performance of certain PHP applications by dynamically compiling code into machine code during runtime.
New Language Features:
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Introduction

Section 1: PHP 8 Tips

Introducing New PHP 8 OOP Features

PHP 8's Functional Additions

Taking Advantage of Error-Handling Enhancements

Making Direct C Language Calls

Section 2: PHP 8 Tricks

Discovering Potential OOP Backward-Compatibility Breaks

Understanding PHP 8 Functional Differences

Avoiding Traps When Using PHP 8 Extensions

Learning about PHP 8's Deprecated or Removed Functionality

Section 3: Best Practices

Mastering PHP 8 Best Practices

Improving Performance

Migrating Existing PHP Apps to PHP 8

Creating PHP 8 Applications Using Asynchronous Programming

Conclusion

Wrap Up

Congratulations!