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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.

Events

Echelon 2012
June 11 and 12, 2012

University Cultural Centre, National University of Singapore

Startup Asia Jakarta 2012
June 7 and 8, 2012

12th Floor, Annex Building, Wisma Nusantara Complex, Jl. M.H. Thamrin No. 59 Jakarta 10350, Indonesia

MMA Forum Singapore
April 23-25, 2012

Grand Hyatt 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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