The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.1.0 Alpha 1. This release marks
the beginning of the first minor release in the PHP 7.x series. All users of PHP are encouraged to test
this version carefully, and report any bugs and incompatibilities in the bug tracking system.
THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT PREVIEW - DO NOT USE IT IN PRODUCTION!
PHP 7.1.0 Alpha 1 comes with features such as (incomplete list):
- Nullable Types
-
Square bracket syntax for array destructuring
assignment
- Allow specifying keys in list()
-
Generalize support of negative string
offsets
- Void Return Type
- Class constant visibility modifiers
- Multi catch
For more information on the new features and other changes, you can read the
NEWS file, or the
UPGRADING file
for a complete list of upgrading notes. These files can also be found in the release archive.
For source downloads of PHP 7.1.0 Alpha 1 please visit
the download page, Windows sources and binaries
can be found on windows.php.net/qa/.
The second alpha will be released on the 23rd of June. You can also read the full list of
planned releases on our wiki.
Thank you for helping us make PHP better.