How to Learn About New PHP 8 Features From Practical Examples of Code - Learn New PHP 8 Features package blog

About the Learn New PHP 8 Features Package

The package Learn New PHP 8 Features is one of the few PHP packages that was considered notable recently because it does something that is worth paying attention.

The basic purpose is: Examples of how to use PHP 8 new features

Here follows in more detail what it does:

This package provides examples of how to use PHP 8 new features.

It provides several script and classes that demonstrate how to use PHP 8 new features. Currently it shows features like:

- Call class function accessing the object class

- Promoting values passed to class constructor to class object properties

- Using the match expression to assign values according to patterns that an input value matches

- Functions that can return mixed values

- Functions with named arguments

- Catching exceptions without using the exception object that is thrown

- Call classes only of the objects are not null

- Throwing exceptions with any type of value

- Defining functions with parameter lists that can end with a comma

- Taking class function parameters that can be of multiple classes

Conclusion

The Learn New PHP 8 Features can be downloaded from download page or be installed using the PHP Composer tool following instructions in the Composer install instructions page.

This package was considered notable for implementing its benefits in a way that is worth noticing.

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