On Kinsta.com Daniel Pataki has posted a list of seven things not to do in PHP 7 when it's finally released. It's no secret that there's a lot of new functionality coming with this new version but that also potentially means some bad practices coming along with them.

I’ve already shared some of the upcoming features of PHP 7, in this article I thought I’d take a look at some of the bad patterns we should stop using as we switch to the lightning fast PHP 7.

Among the things on his list are suggestions like:

• Do Not Use mysql_ Functions (removed from core)
• Do Not Use PHP Close Tags At The End Of A file
• Do Not Perform Queries In A Loop
• Do Not Trust User Input

Some of the suggestions do have a direct relation to what PHP 7 has to offer but most of them are just good practices to follow during your development work. Quite a few good tips in there, especially if you're relatively new to the language and want to start with PHP 7 and go.