DrupalCon New Orleans 2016: PHP 7: The New New PHP

The next era in the life of our favorite language has come. PHP 7 brings numerous improvements to PHP, from minor syntactic enhancements to major engine changes to a new, stronger type system. What does it mean for developers? What exactly are the new tools at our disposal? Are the changes in PHP 7 worth the upgrade? We’ll try to answer that question, and make the case for upgrading sooner rather than later. Slides are available here.