PHP 8 Revealed

1. Getting Started2. Setting up your development environment 3. Devilbox 4. Vagrant 5. PHP 8 The Basics 6. Whats newJIT compilerunion typesattributesThe nullsafe operatorNamed argumentsAttributesMatch expressionConstructor property promotionNew static return typeNew mixed typeThrow expressionInheritance with private methodsWeak mapsAllowing ::class on objectsNon-capturing catchesTrailing comma in parameter listsCreate DateTime objects from interfaceNew Stringable interfaceNew str_contains() functionNew str_starts_with() and str_ends_with() functionsNew fdiv() functionNew get_debug_type() functionNew get_resource_id() functionAbstract methods in traits improvementsObject implementation of token_get_all()Variable syntax tweaksType annotations for internal functionsext-json always available7. Breaking ChangesConsistent type errorsReclassified engine warningsThe @ operator no longer silences fatal errorsDefault error reporting levelDefault PDO error modeConcatenation precedence  Stricter type checks for arithmetic and bitwise operatorsReflection method signature changesStable sortingFatal error for incompatible method signatures
8. FrameworksLaravelSlimPHPComposerSymphony9. The Advanced         Maintaining code         Github         Gitlab         Git workflows         Code Style         PSR7         phpDoc 10.  Refactoring and optimization A. Giving Back 

Gunnard Engebreth began coding at the age of 11 through a "Learning BASIC" book given to him by his father. Technology was changing fast and Gunnard rode the wave from 1200 to 56k baud modems. Logging in to BBSs, Prodigy, Compuserve, Delphi and IRC he could see the world changing and he wanted to be a part of it. He soon got involved in the ansi/demo scene, making several application generators for many groups in the 90's. Visual Basic was the next language of choice allowing him to develop "tools" for online systems such as AOL. This introduced many aspects of development, security and UI while they were still in their infancy. Once the WWW arrived via Mindspring in Atlanta, Ga. Gunnard quickly joined in the race for the web. Learning HTML, PERL and Linux (Slackware at the time) he began to build his skill-set which lead to a full-time Sysadmin position at the age of 20 (2000) at Activegrams/Silverpop. Gunnard has moved around the IT industry from SAN/NAS storage at IBM to custom Wordpress sites for marketing companies, but one thing has stayed the same, a passion for learning and problem solving. Gunnard also DJ's Drum and Bass as Section31, Playing drums and baking bread (doughcode.com).