hey if anyone else has tested their CI App with PHP 7 would be very interested to hear your experiences especially if you tested for speed improvements.
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PHP 7 final version -- is coming in just one month! November 12th is planned release date. So if CI 3 is ready for PHP 7 -- suggest that fact be prominently featured on home page, announcements, etc -- because everyone will be asking, they will be googling for php 7 frameworks, and its a great promo for codeigniter. there is a huge speed increase with php 7 so i think there will be a lot of interest besides the usual "shiny & new" excitement.