In this final article in the series on new features in PHP 7.x, we shall discuss improvements to arrays, operators, constants, and exception handling.

Above you can see that the JSON String conversion adds 28% to the execution time compared to the regular PHP array, whereas the Compressed String options are 2.0 to 2.5 times slower than the regular ...

Curly Braces ( { and }) Used to define code blocks, enclose associative array elements, and for variable interpolation in double-quoted strings. Square Brackets ( [ and ]) Used for defining arrays and ...