PHP 4.3.0 released


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Not sure to post this here or in the web programmers group.....

http://www.php.net/release_4_3_0.php

After a long and arduous 8 months of development and testing, PHP 4.3.0 is out! With regard to scope, time, and effort, this is the largest 4.x release of PHP, and it further elevates PHP's standing as a serious contender in the general purpose scripting language arena.

PHP 4.3.0 has many improvements and enhancements:

GD library is now bundled with the distribution and it is recommended to always use the bundled version

vpopmail and cybermut extensions are moved to PECL

several deprecated extensions (aspell, ccvs, cybercash, icap) and SAPIs (fastcgi, fhttpd) are removed

speed improvements in a variety of string functions

Apache2 filter is improved, but is still considered experimental (use with PHP in prefork and not worker (thread) model since many extensions based on external libraries are not thread safe)

various security fixes (imap, mysql, mcrypt, file upload, gd, etc)

new SAPI for embedding PHP in other applications (experimental)

much better test suite

significant improvements in dba, gd, pcntl, sybase, and xslt extensions

debug_backtrace() should help with debugging

error messages now contain URLs linking to pages describing the error or function in question

Zend Engine has some fixes and minor performance enhancements

and TONS of other fixes, updates, new functions, etc

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