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Episode 50: PHP7 and What It Means To You

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Welcome to Apply Filters, Episode 50.  Today we’re talking about the upcoming launch of PHP7 and what it could mean to you as a WordPress theme and plugin developer.  This update to the framework will bring massive performance improvements, but along with that will come several adjustments to how we handle code, compatibility, and interaction with other plugins.

This show is sponsored by WP Ninjas, makers of Ninja Forms and Ninja Demo.

Updates:

Pippin

  • New site for Restrict Content Pro with a lot of help from Andrew Munro
  • Rolling out Mailchimp automation, especially with EDD to get people into a drip campaign
  • Initiative to increase happiness scores in HelpScout and overall customer service performance
  • Team Retreat around Pressnomics in March in Phoenix.

    • Brad

    • Been troubleshooting ads in Adroll
    • OffloadS3 – managing compatibility with popular other plugins via add-on licenses to base plugin
    • MigrateDBPro
      • New UI based on Backbone.js
      • Multisite integration
      • Company retreat – around WordCamp Europe in Vienna, Austria next year.
        • PHP7:
        • Release date expected to be November 12
        • Performance improvements with PHP7 will be significant (2-3x improvement over PHP5)
        • Exception handling – errors will be caught as exceptions
        • Testing tools are available to forward test your code against the new framework.

          • To take a look at the documentation around PHP7 check out the Zend blog at www.zend.com/en/resources/php-7.

          The Make blog in WordPress has been chronicling the upcoming changes to PHP7 and what it may mean to WordPress theme and plugin developers.  The most recent article from them is at https://make.wordpress.org/core/2015/09/10/wordpress-and-php7/.

          If you’re enjoying the show we sure would appreciate a Review in iTunes.  Thanks!

          Transcript

          INTRO: Welcome to Apply Filters, the podcast all about WordPress development. Now here’s your hosts, Pippin Williamson and Brad Touesnard.

          PIPPIN: Welcome back to Episode 50 of Apply Filters. This episode, as usual, is sponsored by the WP Ninjas, the creators of Ninja Forms, Ninja Demos, and a few other great WordPress plugins. You should go check them out at WPNinjas.com.

          They’re doing some really cool stuff with their new Ninja Forms 3.0 that they’ve been previewing, so go check it out. Their YouTube channel has some pr

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