Announcement Upcoming changes in API and PHP7

Legoboy0215 · Aug 17, 2015

I remember those times... When I did not post but just browsed though as a guest. Now @PEMapModder is the most active lol. (No Offense)

PEMapModder · Aug 17, 2015

Legoboy0215 said: ↑

I remember those times... When I did not post but just browsed though as a guest. Now @PEMapModder is the most active lol. (No Offense)
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Yep, after being banned for 5 times.

Legoboy0215 · Aug 17, 2015

Wow. What were the reasons? I was banned once only . Ooops offtopic.

Glitchmaster_PE · Aug 17, 2015

PEMapModder said: ↑

Looking at the people who liked this post, all of them are people from the @LegendsOfMCPE team, which basically means the still-active plugin developers on PocketMine Forums since a very long time ago (when you were active and were the god)
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I really was never that great of a dev, but I appreciate you saying that man Going to release updated PMRunnerPro now

Legoboy0215 · Aug 17, 2015

You dare to call yourself a "not-a-great dev"?

PEMapModder · Aug 17, 2015

Legoboy0215 said: ↑

Wow. What were the reasons? I was banned once only . Ooops offtopic.
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WarningDatePointsExpiry
Not following posting rulesJun 3, 20141Jun 24, 2014
Inappropriate Place to PostApr 16, 20141Apr 23, 2014
Inappropriate BehaviorMar 19, 20141Apr 9, 2014
Inappropriate BehaviorFeb 25, 20142May 25, 2014
Inappropriate BehaviorFeb 15, 20142May 15, 2014
I blame shoghi, since all the warnings came from him.

Gamecrafter · Aug 17, 2015

PEMapModder said: ↑
Code:
WarningDatePointsExpiry
Not following posting rulesJun 3, 20141Jun 24, 2014
Inappropriate Place to PostApr 16, 20141Apr 23, 2014
Inappropriate BehaviorMar 19, 20141Apr 9, 2014
Inappropriate BehaviorFeb 25, 20142May 25, 2014
Inappropriate BehaviorFeb 15, 20142May 15, 2014
I blame shoghi, since all the warnings came from him.
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That makes you look naughty! I've only been banned 3 times, 21-31 days at a time.

PEMapModder · Aug 17, 2015

Gamecrafter said: ↑

That makes you look naughty! I've only been banned 3 times, 21-31 days at a time.
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Are you as old an member as me? I still don't understand why Shoghi warned me though. I guess it had something to do with @shoghicp hating me having too many posts (and more likes than him, while he was the one with the most likes at that time) joke, he had reasons that I failed to understand at all.

Gamecrafter · Aug 17, 2015

PEMapModder said: ↑

Are you as old an member as me? I still don't understand why Shoghi warned me though. I guess it had something to do with @shoghicp hating me having too many posts (and more likes than him, while he was the one with the most likes at that time) joke, he had reasons that I failed to understand at all.
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@shoghicp's just jealous that you're the most active member on the forums. P.S. @shoghicp if you're reading this don't get mad.

Legoboy0215 · Aug 18, 2015

Lol...

PEMapModder · Aug 18, 2015

Legoboy0215 said: ↑

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Lol...
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It's an honour to get banned by @shoghicp instead

Legoboy0215 · Aug 18, 2015

Yeah. I got warned by @Falk and banned by @Intyre

Junhua · Aug 19, 2015

Nice one hope it can speed up servers

jython234 · Aug 25, 2015

Legoboy0215 said: ↑

Yeah. I got warned by @Falk and banned by @Intyre
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It's an honor to be quieted on #mcpedevs by @Intyre.

PEMapModder · Aug 26, 2015

Why are you so good at getting off-topic?

PocketKiller · Sep 4, 2015

We NEVER need to hate you @shoghicp

Junhua · Sep 9, 2015

When will it be released?

Gamecrafter · Sep 9, 2015

Junhua said: ↑

When will it be released?
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Use your eyes(and a search engine). If you are talking about development builds, then here: http://jenkins.pocketmine.net/job/PocketMine-MP-Bleeding/

Junhua · Sep 10, 2015

Gamecrafter said: ↑

Use your eyes(and a search engine). If you are talking about development builds, then here: http://jenkins.pocketmine.net/job/PocketMine-MP-Bleeding/
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Thank you

remote_vase · Sep 10, 2015

shoghicp said: ↑

Hello!

As you may or may not know, PHP7 (the next version of the language version PocketMine uses) is going to be released soon. This has been highly anticipated, as this update will bring huge performance improvements, and PocketMine will benefit of this greatly (expect at least two times as fast in the worst case!). It also adds new language features, which we will be using.

However, to fully use all the new features, we need to do partial backwards-incompatible changes to the plugin API, so the version will be bumped to 2.0.0. But wait! Don't start strong arguments yet. Why are we doing this? What is going to happen to existing plugins? Will I have to do something? Should I hate @shoghicp? Just read this big text so we can clarify all of that.

Why are we doing this?
PHP7 comes with a lot of new features and performance improvements. We would like to use all of the new features so the development process can be faster, have better code, and improve the overall performance besides the base enhancements.
We had two options, just update to PHP7 with the current code (which should work OOB) without using the new features, or use the new features. Unfortunately, using the new features means modifying the method signatures, so extending those classes with old code will break. The fix is simple and fast, nevertheless, it breaks plugins, so it requires bumping the major version to 2.
This is no big change as it was from the infamous "Old API" to the "New API" (current API, since 1.4), so you don't have to learn everything again.

Short version: PHP7 has new awesome stuff that requires modifying method signatures. This breaks backwards-compatibility for some plugins (with a simple and fast fix), so we are bumping the major version.

What is going to happen to existing plugins?
First, you should contact the developers of your plugins about this and link them here (or future information). I recommend the developers itself to inform their users of this change.
Second, and this will be mostly for developers, you will have to upgrade and change the target version.
If your plugin only calls methods and does basic stuff, you should be almost done after bumping the version. If you extend some class or implement an interface, it will be different. Starting on PHP7, scalar type hints can be added to your methods (not only class hints anymore!). On the PocketMine core, this was done before using Doc comments, but now we will do something like this:

Before

PHP:

public function grow($x, $y, $z){ return new AxisAlignedBB($this->minX - $x, $this->minY - $y, $this->minZ - $z, $this->maxX + $x, $this->maxY + $y, $this->maxZ + $z); }

After

PHP:

public function grow(float $x, float $y, float $z) : AxisAlignedBB{ return new AxisAlignedBB($this->minX - $x, $this->minY - $y, $this->minZ - $z, $this->maxX + $x, $this->maxY + $y, $this->maxZ + $z); }

As you can see, the changes will be minimal and you should just update your method signatures. We are also going to remove all the deprecated methods, classes, properties and other stuff. You can see them as they are marked with @deprecated. You don't have to learn everything from scratch, in fact, everything will be the same (but easier, as you can know what that argument is now!). More information will be available as we update the core to support everything.

Short version: Most of them will work without problems, others will have to do minor changes.

Will I have to do something?
If you use plugins: inform your plugin developers about this. Besides that, you will have to update to a new version of plugins as they are available.
If you develop plugins: see text above.

Should I hate @shoghicp?
Hmm, that's your decision. But you can blame me!

WHAT DO I NEED TO DO NOW?!?!
Nothing. For now, wait, more information will be available later (after we update the core), and this will start happening next month. Just wait patiently, and try to tell developers you know about this so they prepare for it (and learn the new awesome way to do it!)
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As you should hopefully know, MCPE 12.1 has finally come out. Please update this to MCPE 12.1 ASAP!!! All my friends are wondering what happened to my server!!! PLEASE UPDATE POCKETMINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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