diff --git a/extension.cpp b/extension.cpp
index 36e7140..b80d984 100644
--- a/extension.cpp
+++ b/extension.cpp
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ extern "C" {
         Php::Class<JS::Context> context("JS\\Context");
 
         // properties can be assigned
-        context.method("assign", &JS::Context::assign, {
+        context.method<&JS::Context::assign>("assign", {
             Php::ByVal("name", Php::Type::String, true),
             Php::ByVal("value", Php::Type::Null, true),
             Php::ByVal("attribute", Php::Type::Numeric, false)
         });
 
         // add a method to execute some script
-        context.method("evaluate", &JS::Context::evaluate, {
+        context.method<&JS::Context::evaluate>("evaluate", {
             Php::ByVal("script", Php::Type::String, true),
             Php::ByVal("timeout", Php::Type::Numeric, false)
         });
diff --git a/value.cpp b/value.cpp
index 8152fea..e4a5649 100644
--- a/value.cpp
+++ b/value.cpp
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ v8::Handle<v8::Value> value(const Php::Value &input)
             case Php::Type::Callable:   result = v8::FunctionTemplate::New(Isolate::get(), callback, Handle(input))->GetFunction(); break;
             case Php::Type::Array:      result = Array(input);                                                                      break;
             default:
+                // php 7 does not return the Bool type anymore, but rather True and False
+                // types, which would not compile with our legacy code, so we check if it
+                // is boolean here again, using a function that works identically for both
+                if (input.isBool())  result = v8::Boolean::New(Isolate::get(), input);
                 break;
         }
     }