PHP 7.4 is coming
PHP 7.4 was last announced and that is of course very good news if you use hosting.There are all kinds of interesting new features and extensions in the latest PHP version, we will cover in this blog post what kind of changes it contains.
New features
Perhaps one of the most useful features to be added is preloading. This can make your website a lot faster.The reason for this is that if you now use a framework that must be loaded andrecompiledevery time.In PHP 7.4 it is ensured that the PHP files can be loaded from memory at startup.When you use a framework or CMS this will make a clear difference in speed. Think of October CMS, WordPress and so on.
Another feature that is very useful as a programmer is that you can put low dashes between your numbers so it is easier to understand.The low bars are then ignored by PHP itself and you will see the numbers without low bars unless you look into your code.This makes it mainly easier for programmers because they can keep a better overview when working with large numbers.
One feature that we are quite excited about is Password Hashing Registry.It also adds a function called password_algos, which shows a list of all registered password algorithms.So this makes it easier for the user to make use of this.
PHP for your hosting
At MijnHostingPartner PHP is of course also supported, this is not only for stand-alone applications but also for content management systems.You can think of a CMS like WordPress, this is the most popular cms and it runs entirely on PHP.A disadvantage of WordPress is that you often have to update this system, luckily we have a solution for this called Managed WordPress Hosting.With this solution everything is updated automatically so you don't have to spend time on this and can focus on the really important things.
Another popular CMS is Joomla, an advantage of Joomla is that there are less frequent updates so you do not have to spend so much time on it.For Joomla hosting we always recommend an SSD package.So your website can run fast on the hosting of MijnHostingPartner.
If you have any questions about this, you can always see if one of our chat operators is available.If there is no one on the chat, you can always create a ticket to our helpdesk.
