PHP 8 and WordPress Compatibility: Everything You Need to Know

If you’re a developer or you follow web development trends, you’re probably aware that a new, major update to PHP was released late last year. You may be wondering if …

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How to Manage Dependencies in PHP Using Composer

When working with PHP, you’re going to have to manage your dependencies. As your project develops, however, the number of dependencies you are using is likely to grow. If you …

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PHP 7.4: Why It Will Be Worth the Effort to Update

Over the years, the PHP programming language has become one of the most popular methods for building dynamic web applications. In November, we will see the release of version 7.4. …

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CodeIgniter: How To Build Dynamic Sites With PHP Framework

There are many different ways to build a website. A lot of people opt for the ease of use of a Content Management System (CMS), which can be an excellent …

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What’s New in PHP 7.3?

The release of PHP 7.0 bought with it numerous features, vastly improving the performance and security of PHP applications. Since they’re known for frequent updates, however, it comes as no …

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How to Update Your WordPress Website to PHP 7

Hypertext Preprocessor, or PHP is a widely used server-side scripting language that is at the forefront of web development. In fact, around 80% of websites – whose programming languages we …

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What Are ASP.NET and PHP (And How Do They Compare)?

Choosing the right programming language or framework for your next project is always complicated. Ask a dozen developers for their opinion and chances are you’ll get a dozen different answers, …

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Get WordPress Hosting Recommendations With PHP 7 & HTTPS By Default

A few weeks ago we published a WordPress infographic showing the staggering growth of the platform. One of the key statistics in the infographic is that over 11% off all …

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The Dramatic Performance Increase Of PHP 7

In previous blog posts, including our comparison of HHVM vs PHPNG, we talk about how PHP 7 typically beats HHVM by up to 20% and it is up to 100% faster than PHP 5.6 (even though we do need to run our own performance comparisons here at A2 Hosting). These numbers are definitely provide a nice broad overview of the dramatic performance boost and memory efficiency enhancements offered by PHP 7.

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PHP 7 vs HHVM Comparison

If you are not a developer, you probably aren’t familiar with HHVM and PHPNG. If you’re hosting your site with A2 Hosting though, it’s more than likely your site is powered by PHP. The beta version of PHP 7 was just released on Friday so it doesn’t hurt to learn how this new version of PHP can dramatically increase the performance of your site. First we need to step back about 7 years and look at another project called HHVM to get a better idea of the direction of PHP 7 and why PHP developers focused on certain features in this version.

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