Magento 2 Compatibility for PHP 8

February 26, 2021 The Online Helper

PHP 8 was released in November 2020, with powerful new features. And now the Magento community has started the Magento PHP 8 Compatibility Community Project to develop the Magento 2 PHP 8 compatible.

PHP 8 is designed with exciting features that make the code more elegant and some outstanding performance improvements. By Magento PHP 8 Compatibility Community Project, Magento will soon benefit from some great developments that will provide better website performance.

Let's take a look at some of the technical features of PHP 8.

Performance

Performance is one of the technical features of PHP 8 that increase the execution performance and added enhancements.

(JIT) Just In Time Compiler

One of the most anticipated features of PHP 8 is the (JIt) Just In Time Compiler, this technique enhancing the speed of PHP scripts.

JSON Support

Previously JSON support was the optional module but now JSON support is considered as the core part of the language.

Match Expression

Match expression is one of the technical features of PHP 8 that uses switch statements. Match expression are strict type comparisons, combines the conditions and returns the value without the break statements.

Named Arguments

Named argument is the feature of PHP 8 that focuses on the argument name instead of the argument order and allow you to pass the input data in the function.

Support for Attributes

Support Attributes is the features of PHP 8 to add the metadata on classes, methods, properties, functions, parameters, constants.

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