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Summary

The latest PHP 5 has been announced. It sports a number of new features targeted at broader support for databases, XML, Web Services and SOAP.

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Asian Financial Services Congress 2012
23 - 24 Feb 2012

Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

The PHP Group has announced this week the availability of PHP 5, the next version of the popular Web scripting language.

PHP 5 is a comprehensive update of the PHP platform, with a number of new features targeted at broader support for databases, XML, Web Services and SOAP. For database developers, this release now includes a new MySQL extension for working with MySQL databases and advanced features, including prepared statements for faster execution. This release also includes a copy of SQLite a simplified database platform that can be used to create data-driven applications.

In addition, XML support has been revamped, through the use of the libxml2 library that was originally designed for the Gnome project. There is also a new extension for working with XML as PHP objects and a host of bug fixes and minor enhancements that are sure to make the PHP developer community happy.

PHP 5 has been released and is available for download from the PHP Web site.

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