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PHP 5 Beta 1

Posted by michael on from the php-is-good-for-you dept.

Sterling Hughes writes "The PHP development community is proud to announce the release of PHP 5 Beta 1. Downloads are available in both source and binary form (for Windows users). A full list of changes is available in the ChangeLog. Some of the new features include much improved OO support, completely revamped XML support, and the default inclusion of SQLite."

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  1. Re:mysql? by Triumph+The+Insult+C · · Score: 5, Informative

    --with-mysql=/path/to/mysql

    bundled being the key word

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  2. Re:They pulled MySQL out! by CausticWindow · · Score: 5, Informative

    Check this thread on Google groups.

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  3. Re:Problems with newer versions by larry+bagina · · Score: 5, Informative
    I agree. Even though there are huge differences between version 3 and version 4 (and now version 5), there are also lots of differences between minor versions -- stuff like new functions, changes to how functions work (beyond just bug fixes), etc. Nevermind that there are hundreds of optional libraries and setup parameters, making every installation unique.

    If you're doing a non-trivial php site, and trying to make it work with different versions of php (osCommerce, for example), you end up having to rewrite many functions yourself to make sure they work consistently.

    I like PHP, but it suffers from an "incrementalism" design approach. Some stuff really needs to be rethought, and I think PHP 5 is on the right track to doing that.

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  4. Re:Still re-coding for register_global_variables.. by FryGuy1013 · · Score: 5, Informative

    um..

    extract($_POST);
    extract($_GET);
    extract($_COO KIE);

    ?

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  5. FREE!! -- PHP Encoder and Cacheing -- FREE!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yes yes.. To sooth all the scalp scratching surrounding PHP and FREE (quality) cacheing and encoding look no futher than

    MMcache - http://www.turcksoft.com/en/e_mmc.htm

    It's only a split second .001 slower than zend (faster than PHP Accelerator) and it FREE! Did I mention it works with Zend Optimizer , Zend Encoder and it can also Encode (protect) PHP files?

    I'm too damn good to you people! ; )


    PS: PHP makes programming fun again. Thats why people like to use it. Simple really.