PHP 5.1 released

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PHP 5.1 released

by Jordan Running Nov 25th 2005

Having gotten my web programming start with it, I have a soft spot for PHP, so even though it has been shoved out of the spotlight by the likes of Ruby on Rails and Django (which, I am aware, are frameworks and not programming languages), I always take notice when a new major version hits the street. Today saw the release of PHP 5.1.0, and the Changelog is extensive. The highlights from the PHP web site:

A complete rewrite of date handling code, with improved timezone support.

Significant performance improvements compared to PHP 5.0.X.

PDO extension is now enabled by default.

Over 30 new functions in various extensions and built-in functionality.

Bundled libraries, PCRE and SQLite upgraded to latest versions.

Over 400 various bug fixes.

PEAR upgraded to version 1.4.5

Hit the downloads page to grab your copy, but be sure to read the upgrade notes to avoid the gotchas.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

geek2us said 5:47AM on 11-26-2005

Fricken awesome news on such a good morning it is!
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