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- The release date is probably around December 2019, but yet to be confirmed
- Short closuresfor cleaner one-liner functions
- Preloadingto improve performance
- Typed propertiesin classes
- Custom object serializationadds a new way of (de)serializing objects
- Improved type variance
- TheNull coalescing assignment operatoras a shorthand
- FFIopens up new opportunities for extension development in PHP
- Short open tags aredeprecated
- Andmuch more
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