What’s New in PHP 5.6

Another post for tuts+ and this time its all about latest version of PHP which is PHP 5.6. In this article we will discuss about change log of PHP 5.6.

1. Backward Incompatible Changes
   • json_decode
   • GMP Resources
   • Mcrypt
   • Array Values and Overwriting
2. New Features in PHP 5.6
   • Constant Scalar Expressions
   • Variadic Functions via “…”
   • Argument Unpacking
   • ** Shorthand
   • phpdbg
   • __debugInfo()
   • Default Character Encoding
   • Large File Upload
   • php://input is reusable
   • use function and use const
3. Deprecated Features
   • Call From Incompatible Context
   • $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA
   • Encoding Setting
4. List of Changed Functions
5. List of New Functions

This is just an outline of article, you can read full article on Tuts+ for What’s New in PHP 5.6.