{"id":2697,"date":"2018-02-15T15:00:42","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T09:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/?p=2697"},"modified":"2018-02-15T15:02:55","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T09:32:55","slug":"migrating-php-7-must","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/migrating-php-7-must\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrating to PHP 7 is a must"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/migrating-php-7-must\/benckmarkphp\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2698\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2698\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/migrating-php-7-must\/benckmarkphp\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/benckmarkphp.png?fit=800%2C475&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,475\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"benckmarkphp\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/benckmarkphp.png?fit=800%2C475&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2698\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/benckmarkphp.png?resize=300%2C178\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/benckmarkphp.png?resize=300%2C178&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/benckmarkphp.png?resize=768%2C456&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/benckmarkphp.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>PHP Application Development is gaining popularity worldwide. That\u2019s because of its sheer flexibility. But is it even worth for businesses to grow in php development while switching to 7? Yes, of course it is! Let\u2019s find out the benefits of upgrading from version 5.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Optimization:<\/strong> PHP 7 is highly optimized in every way, it was freshly developed. The entire code was written again and nothing has been carried forward in the code from previous versions. All glitches\u00a0have been avoided this time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Speed &amp; performance:<\/strong>\u00a0The most important benefit of migrating from php 5.6.15 to php 7.0.0. Compiling and executing code in php 5 is considerably slow than that of php 7, which is 2 times faster. Test it and notice its difference. The 7th version is super-fast and delivers high performance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Less memory consumption:<\/strong> PHP developers will instantly want to switch to php 7 from php 5 since memory consumption is their main concern. This version is by far the best version of php since it consumes 50% less memory. Yes, that\u2019s correct. This provides high performance in return.<\/p>\n<p>There is no doubt that PHP 7 represents huge improvements over its predecessors. However, it is no easy task to switch from the existing system to PHP 7. Large environments such as those of Etsy and Wikimedia Foundation took over 6 months to switch and start working smoothly. So, you should expect issues for a while until things calm down.\u00a0The above benefits of php 7 development over php 5 will help the business grow. \u00a0It\u2019s worth migrate as soon as possible from php 5 to php 7 to keep up with the latest technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHP Application Development is gaining popularity worldwide. That\u2019s because of its sheer flexibility. 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