The PHP Journey - To PHP 7 and Beyond

Explore PHP's evolution from a simple web application tool to the leading server-side web development language in this 46-minute conference talk. Discover the key advantages of PHP in the competitive landscape, delve into the recent advances introduced in PHP 7, and gain insights into potential future directions for PHP 8. Learn about the language's transition and its impact on web development as presented by Zeev Suraski at the WeAreDevelopers World Congress 2018, an event that brought together 8,000 techies from 70 countries for a 72-hour developer extravaganza.