PHP 5.3.0 Released

PHP 5.3.0 Released

The main things to note are:

  • PHP 5.3.0 now a namespaces (a language feature that allows the same name for a constant, class or function to be used in different namespaces without triggering a conflict.)
  • Object-oriented programming type dynamic/late static bindings.
  • PHP has a new garbage collector
  • Modifications to the PHP interpreter affecting both execution speed and memory usage.
  • mysqlnd, an implementation of the MySQL client/server protocol developed and optimised for PHP,

More details about the 5.3.0 release can be found in the release announcement and the PHP 5 ChangeLog. PHP 5.3.0 is available to download. A migration guide is also provided for users upgrading from PHP 5.2

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