On February 9th, Stefan Priebsch, co-founder and consultant at thePHP.cc, is giving an online workshop with the title “The Great Migration – How to Make Your Code Ready for PHP 8”, which ties in with the online conference betterCode () PHP 8 from 26. November 2020. Participants have the opportunity to prepare their code for PHP 8 with an expert at their side.

Fit for PHP 8 Install PHP 8, restart the web server or the FastCGI container, done – if it were that easy. With the appearance of PHP 8, the consistent technical modernization of the language that began with the 7 series and the associated “tidying up” behind the scenes will be completed. So if you want to upgrade to the new version, you have to make changes to the existing code before installing PHP 8 in order to avoid major chaos.

In this workshop, participants get a comprehensive overview of the hooks and grommets that can be upgraded to PHP 7.x and 8. Stefan Priebsch provides concrete solutions that developers can use to prepare their code for the use of PHP 8 in advance. In several programming exercises, participants in the online workshop apply what they have learned directly in practice. A discussion about different migration scenarios and strategies as well as space for questions from the participants round off the day’s program.

More details on the website More information on the necessary prior knowledge and the technical requirements of the workshop can be found on the website of the event. Interested parties can use the conference website for 449 Euro (plus 19% VAT .) purchase a ticket.

betterCode () is a new brand from heise Developer and dpunkt.verlag, under whose roof online conferences are held.

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