Syntax errors are one of the most common and frustrating problems that PHP developers face. They can prevent your application from running, or cause unexpected and hard-to-trace bugs.

In this article we explore improvements to functions in PHP 7, including the new array define(), returning a value from generator functions, generator delegation, and more.

Features due in PHP 7.1 include nullable types; catching of multiple exception types in a single catch statement; curl HTTP/2 server push support; void return types, performing an action that does ...