Sevalla is the all-in-one PaaS for your web projects. Host and deploy your applications, databases, object storage, and static sites. Enjoy advanced deployment pipelines, a complete database studio, instant preview apps, and one-click templates. The pricing is simple: no hidden fees, no seat-based pricing, and you pay only for what you use. Get real human support from developers.

Get started now with a $50 credit at Sevalla.com.

Return type declarations in PHP7

Link –

Today the maintainers of PHP voted on whether they should add return type declarations in PHP7. And guess what, it passed!

So in PHP7 you can declare this function that guaranties that an array will be returned.


function foo(): array {
    return [];
}

You will be able to add a return type for closures, function, generators and class methods. Code which does not declare a return type will continue to work exactly as it currently does.

Stay up to date with all things Laravel, PHP, and JavaScript.

You can follow me on these platforms:

On all these platforms, regularly share programming tips, and what I myself have learned in ongoing projects.

Every month I send out a newsletter containing lots of interesting stuff for the modern PHP developer.

Expect quick tips & tricks, interesting tutorials, opinions and packages. Because I work with Laravel every day there is an emphasis on that framework.

Rest assured that I will only use your email address to send you the newsletter and will not use it for any other purposes.