PHP 7 - how to take advantage of the new features

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Oh, I agree, but I still think having a stricter language could be good for PHP, it would get less of the “it is for newbies/script kiddie” vibe it has now. As it would actually require you to be more thoughtful in how you setup your properties of your object and the methods contained therein.

Sure that makes it lose a lot of the charm PHP started out with, but it feels like a good portion of the community around PHP is sort of hoping for such a movement (even if not expressed out loud yet). Will it happen anytime soon? Nah. I bet it won’t happen for many more years (maybe even a decade). But I do think it will eventually head that direction (but I could be wrong).

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I think PHP has evolved to a point where its dynamic typing is more of a problem than a benefit. Hmm…sounds like a good thread topic. LOL! :smile:

Scott

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New thread is up.

Scott

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A quick note here, dynamic typing =/= weak typing, see this article for references:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2690544/what-is-the-difference-between-a-strongly-typed-language-and-a-statically-typed

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