New Features Coming in PHP 7.4!

By | Date posted: | Last updated: January 28, 2022
PHP 7.4

The next minor release of PHP 7, that is PHP 7.4 will be released on November 28, 2019. PHP 7.4 will significantly boost website performance, speed and improves the code reliability/maintainability.

Following are some of the changes and new features that will make your PHP website faster, reliable and scalable.

  1. Spread Operator in Array Expression
  2. Arrow functions (or short closures) for cleaner one-liner functions
  3. Null Coalescing Assignment Operator
  4. Typed Properties 2.0 in classes
  5. Introduces the WeakReference class
  6. Covariant Returns and Contravariant Parameters
  7. Significant boost in performance because of Preloading
  8. New Custom Object Serialization Mechanism
  9. Deprecations

Let’s have a closer look at why you should upgrade your site to the latest version of PHP 7.

PHP 5.6 and PHP 7.0 has already reached its end of life. This means it will no longer have security support and could be easily exposed to critical security vulnerabilities. We highly recommend upgrading existing PHP 5 website or web application to the latest support version of PHP 7 to experience the significant change in speed, performance and security.

PHP is one of the most widely used server-side programming language. As per the statics of PHP usage, PHP 5 is still used by 52.4% of all website, means the large majority of websites are still running on an unsupported version of PHP. As per the WordPress website usage stats, 67% of all WordPress websites are running on the unsupported version of PHP. There are very less website using the latest version of PHP 7.3.

See the below table to know more on Currently Supported Versions.

-Supported PHP versions (Image source: Supported Versions)

Legends

Active support
Security fixes only
End of life

As a PHP website owner, you might not technically incline about the upgrades, maintenance and security fixes. All you care is that your site is running smoothly and efficiently, and it’s functionally rich without any bugs or security risk.

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Drupal 9 is Coming! – Be Prepared by Upgrading from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8

By | Date posted: | Last updated: May 26, 2021
Drupal 9 is Coming

Drupal 9 is targeted to be released in June of 2020. It would have the same feature as the final release of Drupal 8 and it will be a cleaned-up version of Drupal 8. The major benefit of Drupal 9 is the platform will be supported with security fixes after November 2022. The most important thing is upgrading from Drupal 8 to Drupal 9 should be easy if you regularly check for and remove the use of deprecated code.

As a Drupal Website owner, you might have questions like should we switch to Drupal 9 straight away or upgrade to Drupal 8 and then move to Drupal 9? This blog will help you to take the best suitable decision for your Drupal based CMS website.

Upgrading from Drupal 7 to Drupal 9

Instead of waiting for Drupal 9, It is highly recommended to do Drupal 7 to Drupal 8 migration as soon as possible.

There are three most important reason why upgrading to Drupal 7 to Drupal 9 is not recommended.

  1. The first reason is, when it comes to Drupal 7 and Drupal 9 functionalities, it is a whole different thing, so it would not be easy and straight forward to migrate to Drupal 7 to Drupal 9.
  2. The second reason is backward compatibility. It is not possible to back to Drupal 7 whereas it is possible with Drupal 8.
  3. Drupal 7 is nearing its end of life. Drupal Community has decided to end the support of Drupal 7 by November 2022.

Upgrading from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8 to Drupal 9

Drupal 9 will be the identical version of Drupal 8 final release with some of the third party dependencies updates. Upgrading from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8 to Drupal 9 would be faster, easier, compatible and efficient. Below are some of the key tools used when migrating from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8.

  1. Drupal core provides the migrate module suite to efficiently migrate from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8. This is the best way to prepare your Drupal website for Drupal 9. Check out the complete guide on Drupal 9 migration.
  2. The Drupal Module upgrader is a command-line script that scan the Drupal 7 module and flags any code that requires updating to Drupal 8 version.
  3. The Drupal 7 version of the Upgrade Status module summarizes the Drupal 8 availability of the modules currently in use.

Upgrading from Drupal 8 to Drupal 9

Following are some of the helpful tips to prepare your Drupal 8 site for Drupal 9.

  1. Keep your Drupal 8 up-to-date with the last minor release
  2. Keep Drupal 8 module up-to-date
  3. Use the deprecation checking and correction tools to ensure the Drupal 8 code is compatible with Drupal 9.

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Salesforce Launched the First Low-Code Blockchain Platform for CRM

By | Date posted: | Last updated: May 19, 2021
Salesforce Blockchain

On May 29, 2019, Salesforce introduced its new and first Low Code Blockchain platform for CRM at the fourth annual TrailheaDX developer conference.

Salesforce Blockchain platform allows enterprises and corporates to build trusted partner networks that shared verified, distribute data sets. Salesforce Blockchain enables the organization to create and manage Blockchain networks, workflows, contracts and apps with some clicks. No more complex coding requires. Salesforce First Low code Blockchain platform for CRM helps organizations, enterprise and corporates to enhance trust, transparency and turnaround of the business.

Give entirely new customer experience with the world’s #1 CRM platform. Bret Taylor, President and Chief Product Officer of Salesforce said that “We help companies build for the future by making breakthrough technology accessible and easy to use—today we are doing just that with Salesforce Blockchain”.

Why Your Business Should Opt for Salesforce Blockchain?

  • With Salesforce Blockchain organization, enterprise and corporates can build a new ecosystem and achieve the next level of interconnectivity through trusted partner networks.
  • Salesforce Blockchain is one stop solution in all industry for different use cases such as tracking, verification, authentication and credentialing of goods or services.
  • Salesforce Blockchain opens new opportunities for small to large enterprises or corporates to build new business processes to enhance sales, services, marketing and productivity of a business.
  • Salesforce Blockchain saves the unnecessary level of cost and efficiencies by delivering a distributed ledger that saves, traces and authenticates data across every partner or network.

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Laravel v5.8.19 Released – Bulk Insertion Performance Improvements

By | Date posted: | Last updated: May 6, 2021
Laravel Development

Laravel v5.8.19 is finally out. Laravel team has released v5.8.19 with the additional framework enhancement, bug fixes, security upgrades and measurable performance improvement. Laravel v5.8.19 is released with an aim to improve the large bulk insertion easy and efficient with any performance hassles.

Laravel is one of the most popular PHP framework was launched somewhere in 2015. Since the year of inception, Laravel has been sending minor to major updates includes security updates, bug fixing and performance improvements to enhance web application performance and customer experience.

It has become the first choice of developers to build a faster, functionally rich and robust website or web application for start-ups, small to large businesses, enterprises, corporates and governments.

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Our Skilled and Experienced Dedicated Laravel Developers are available to upgrade your existing Laravel Solution to the most recent version and ready to take up any challenges to meet your business objective.

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  • To keep your Laravel website or web application up-to-date with the latest security patches
  • To fix various operational and functional bugs or errors on-time
  • To improve Laravel website performance and speed
  • To enhance user experience and interface
  • To keep your Laravel website running smoothly on all devices
  • To boost your Laravel Website or application infrastructure
  • To add new features and functionalities to your existing legacy system

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