| 8.1.0 |
Added: Support for the final modifier for class constants. Also, interface constants become overridable by default.
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| 8.0.0 |
Added: Support for the nullsafe operator ?-> to access properties and methods on objects that may be null.
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| 7.4.0 |
Changed: It is now possible to throw exception within
__toString().
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| 7.4.0 |
Added: Support for limited return type covariance and argument
type contravariance. Full variance support is only available if
autoloading is used. Inside a single file only non-cyclic type
references are possible.
|
| 7.4.0 |
Added: It is now possible to type class properties.
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| 7.3.0 |
Incompatibility: Argument unpacking of
Traversables with non-int keys is no longer
supported. This behaviour was not intended and thus has been removed.
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| 7.3.0 |
Incompatibility: In previous versions it was possible to separate the
static properties by assigning a reference. This has been removed.
|
| 7.3.0 |
Changed: The instanceof
operator now allows literals as the first operand, in which case the
result is always false.
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| 7.2.0 |
Deprecated: The __autoload() method has been
deprecated in favour of spl_autoload_register().
|
| 7.2.0 |
Changed: The following name cannot be used to name classes, interfaces,
or traits: object.
|
| 7.2.0 |
Changed: A trailing comma can now be added to the group-use syntax
for namespaces.
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| 7.2.0 |
Changed: Parameter type widening. Parameter types from overridden
methods and from interface implementations may now be omitted.
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| 7.2.0 |
Changed: Abstract methods can now be overridden when an abstract class
extends another abstract class.
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| 7.1.0 |
Changed: The following names cannot be used to name classes, interfaces,
or traits: void and iterable.
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| 7.1.0 |
Added: It is now possible to specify the
visibility of
class constants.
|
| 7.0.0 |
Deprecated: Static calls
to methods that are not declared static.
|
| 7.0.0 |
Deprecated: PHP 4 style
constructor. I.e. methods that have the same name as the class
they are defined in.
|
| 7.0.0 |
Added: Group use declaration: classes, functions
and constants being imported from the same namespace can now be grouped
together in a single use statement.
|
| 7.0.0 |
Added: Support for
anonymous classes
has been added via new class.
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| 7.0.0 |
Incompatibility: Iterating over a non-Traversable
object will now have the same behaviour as iterating over by-reference
arrays.
|
| 7.0.0 |
Changed: Defining (compatible) properties in two used
traits no longer
triggers an error.
|
| 5.6.0 |
Added: The __debugInfo() method.
|
| 5.5.0 |
Added: The ::class magic constant.
|
| 5.5.0 |
Added: finally to handle exceptions.
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| 5.4.0 |
Added: traits.
|
| 5.4.0 |
Changed: If an abstract class
defines a signature for the
constructor it will now be enforced.
|
| 5.3.3 |
Changed: Methods with the same name as the last element of
a namespaced
class name will no longer be treated as constructor. This change doesn't
affect non-namespaced classes.
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| 5.3.0 |
Changed: Classes that implement interfaces with methods that have default
values in the prototype are no longer required to match the interface's default
value.
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| 5.3.0 |
Changed: It's now possible to reference the class using a variable (e.g.,
echo $classname::constant;).
The variable's value can not be a keyword (e.g., self,
parent or static).
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| 5.3.0 |
Changed: An E_WARNING level error is issued if
the magic overloading
methods are declared static.
It also enforces the public visibility requirement.
|
| 5.3.0 |
Changed: Prior to 5.3.0, exceptions thrown in the
__autoload() function could not be
caught in the catch block, and
would result in a fatal error. Exceptions now thrown in the __autoload function
can be caught in the catch block, with
one provison. If throwing a custom exception, then the custom exception class must
be available. The __autoload function may be used recursively to autoload the
custom exception class.
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| 5.3.0 |
Added: The __callStatic method.
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| 5.3.0 |
Added: heredoc
and nowdoc
support for class const and property definitions.
Note: heredoc values must follow the same rules as double-quoted strings,
(e.g. no variables within).
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| 5.3.0 |
Added: Late Static Bindings.
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| 5.3.0 |
Added: The __invoke() method.
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| 5.2.0 |
Changed: The __toString()
method was only called when it was directly combined with
echo or print.
But now, it is called in any string context (e.g. in
printf() with %s modifier) but not
in other types contexts (e.g. with %d modifier).
As of PHP 5.2.0, converting objects without a
__toString method to string
emits a E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR level error.
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| 5.1.3 |
Changed: In previous versions of PHP 5, the use of var
was considered deprecated and would issue an E_STRICT
level error. It's no longer deprecated, therefore does not emit the error.
|
| 5.1.0 |
Changed: The __set_state() static
method is now called for classes exported by var_export().
|
| 5.1.0 |
Added: The __isset()
and __unset() methods.
|