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PHP 5.3.0 Released!

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:09:41 +0200

The PHP development team is proud to announce the immediate release of PHP 5.3.0. This release is a major improvement in the 5.X series, which includes a large number of new features and bug fixes. Some of the key new features include: namespaces, late static binding, closures, optional garbage collection for cyclic references, new extensions (like ext/phar, ext/intl and ext/fileinfo), over 140 bug fixes and much more. For users upgrading from PHP 5.2 there is a migration guide available here, detailing the changes between those releases and PHP 5.3.0. Further details about the PHP 5.3.0 release can be found in the release announcement, and the full list of changes are available in the ChangeLog.

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PHP 5.3.0RC4 Release Announcements

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:37:38 +0200

The PHP development team is proud to announce the fourth release candidate of PHP 5.3.0 (PHP 5.3.0RC4). This RC focuses on bug fixes and stability improvements, and we hope only minimal changes are required for the next candidate or final stable releases. PHP 5.3.0 is a newly developed version of PHP featuring long-awaited features like namespaces, late static binding, closures and much more. Please download and test these release candidates, and report any issues found. A stable release is expected next week . In case of critical issues we will continue producing weekly RCs. Downloads and further information is available at qa.php.net. See also the work in progress 5.3 upgrade guide.

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PHP 5.2.10 Released!

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:13:03 +0200

The PHP development team would like to announce the immediateavailability of PHP 5.2.10. This release focuses on improving the stability ofthe PHP 5.2.x branch with over 100 bug fixes, one of which is security related.All users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to this release.Security Enhancements and Fixes in PHP 5.2.10:Fixed bug #48378 (exif_read_data() segfaults on certain corrupted .jpeg files). (Pierre)Further details about the PHP 5.2.9 can be found in the release announcement for 5.2.10 the full list of changes is available in the ChangeLog for PHP 5.

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PHP 5.2.10RC2 and PHP 5.3.0RC3 Release Announceme...

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:34:35 +0200

The PHP development team is proud to announce the second release candidate of PHP 5.2.10 (PHP 5.2.10RC2) and the third release candidate of PHP 5.3.0 (PHP 5.3.0RC3). These RCs focuses on bug fixes and stability improvements, and we hope only minimal changes are required for the next candidate or final stable releases. PHP 5.2.10 is a pure maintenance release for providing bugfixes and stability updates. PHP 5.3.0 is a newly developed version of PHP featuring long-awaited features like namespaces, late static binding, closures and much more. Please download and test these release candidates, and report any issues found. Downloads and further information is available at qa.php.net. See also the work in progress 5.3 upgrade guide.

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PHP 5.3.0RC2 Release Announcement

Fri, 08 May 2009 02:36:02 +0200

The PHP development team is proud to announce the second release candidate of PHP 5.3.0 (PHP 5.3.0RC2). This RC focuses on bug fixes and stability improvements, and we hope only minimal changes are required for the next candidate (RC3). Expect an RC3 in 2-3 weeks, although there will not be major changes so now is a good time to start the final testing of PHP 5.3.0 before it gets released, in order to find possible incompatibilities with your project. Please download and test this release candidate, and report any issues found. Downloads and further information is available at qa.php.net. See also the work in progress 5.3 upgrade guide.

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PHP 5.2.9-2 (Windows) released

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:19:51 +0200

The PHP Development Team would like to announce the availability of a new Windows build for PHP - PHP 5.2.9-2This release focuses on fixing security flaws in the included OpenSSL library (CVE-2009-0590, CVE-2009-0591 and CVE-2009-0789). The security advisory is available here.The OpenSSL library has been updated to 0.9.8k, which includes fixes for these flaws.Note: Only the Windows binaries are affected. There are no changes to the PHP sources, therefore no source releases are necessary.

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Google Summer of Code 2009

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 06:00:25 +0200

Once again we are happy to announce our involvement with the Google Summer of Code project. Be sure to check our program at this years GSoC. We invite everyone to look at the list of ideas for this years GSoC, and get involved. Students are welcome to propose their own ideas, and we will consider all applications that are received before the April 3rd deadline. So, thanks to everyone involved and we look forward to seeing many students join us on this great adventure!

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PHP 5.3.0RC1 Release Announcement

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:08:17 +0200

The PHP development team is proud to announce the availability of the first release candidate of PHP 5.3.0 (PHP 5.3.0RC1). This release marks the final phase in a major improvement in the 5.X series, which includes a large number of new features, bug fixes and security enhancements.The key features of the PHP 5.3 branch include:Support for namespacesUnder the hood performance improvementsLate static bindingLambda functions and closures Syntax additions: NOWDOC, limited GOTO, ternary short cut "?:" and __callStatic() Optional garbage collection for cyclic referencesOptional mysqlnd PHP native replacement for libmysqlImproved windows support including VC6 and VC9 binariesMore consistent float roundingDeprecation notices are now handle via E_DEPRECATED (part of E_ALL) instead of the E_STRICT error levelSeveral enhancements to enable more flexiblity in php.ini (and ini parsing in general)New bundled extensions: ext/phar, ext/intl, ext/fileinfo, ext/sqlite3, ext/enchant Countless bug fixes and improvements to existing extensions in particular to: ext/openssl, ext/spl and ext/date This release also drops several extensions and unifies usage of internal APIs. Users should be aware of the following known backwards compatibility breaks:Parameter parsing API unification will cause some functions to behave more or less strict when it comes to type jugglingRemoved the following extensions: ext/mhash (see ext/hash), ext/msql, ext/pspell (see ext/enchant), ext/sybase (see ext/sybase_ct) Moved the following extensions to PECL: ext/ming, ext/fbsql, ext/ncurses, ext/fdf Removed zend.ze1_compatibility_modeSee the upgrading guide for other minor changesAll users of PHP, especially those using earlier PHP 5 releases are advised to test this release as the final release of PHP 5.3.0 will eventually obsolete the 5.2 branch of PHP.For users upgrading from previous PHP 5 releases there is an upgrading guide available here, detailing the changes between those releases and PHP 5.3.0.Please also note that we are aware of issues surrounding float/integer handling in some edge cases (some of which have been introduced in PHP 5.2.0), as well as a crash bug in NSAPI, that will be fixed in PHP 5.3.0RC2. These issues however do not prevent wide spread testing of PHP 5.3.0RC1 as users can now rely on the feature set and implementation decisions no longer being changed.For a full list of changes in PHP 5.3.0, see the CVS NEWS file.

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5.2.9-1 (for Windows) released

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:41:02 +0200

The PHP Development Team would like to announce the availability of a new Windows build of PHP - PHP 5.2.9-1This release focuses on fixing a security flaw introduced by the cURL library (CVE-2009-0037). Please see the following for a full description: http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20090303.htmlPlease note that the cURL related function is disabled when open_basedir or safe_mode enabled.Note: Only the Windows packages are affected.

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Windows PECL binaries

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:35:35 +0200

Due to unfortunate circumstances Windows binaries for PECL extensions will no longer be available on http://pecl4win.php.net.Work is being done to incorporate Windows binaries for PECL extensions into pecl.php.net and will hopefully be ready early 2009If anyone is interested in the project please join the PHP Windows Development mailinglist.

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