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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. mysql? by codegoat · · Score: 0, Redundant
    "Due to issues surrounding the MySQL 4.0 license, the MySQL are no longer bundled with PHP. For more information on these licensing changes, please refer to the MySQL Licensing Policy."
    I am going to assume this will be addressed and fixed by the time php5 releases... But that is rediculous. Does anybody know how to add the support for mysql?
  2. Mysql and ODBC not supported! by Billly+Gates · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Take it all back.

    I looked at the manual and only found this.

    That is not good. This module needs some work and does not look too mature.

    This blows for people like myself stuck on Windows/Mysql bigtime. I also hate using DB specific function calls. ITs poor programming in my opinion that leads to more work later on and vendor lock in.

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