PHP 5 Released!!

PHP 5.0.0 has just been released not too long ago. How long will it take for PHP 5 to become mainstream in webservers around the world? It's anybody's guess.

Some of the key features of PHP 5 include:

• Zend Engine II, with a new object model and dozens of new features
  
• XML support has been completely redone in PHP 5, all extensions are now focused around the excellent libxml2 library


• A new SimpleXML extension for easily accessing and manipulating XML as PHP objects. It can also interface with the DOM extension and vice-versa


• A brand new built-in SOAP extension for interoperability with Web Services


• A new MySQL extension named MySQLi for developers using MySQL 4.1 and later. This new extension includes an object-oriented interface in addition to a traditional interface; as well as support for many of MySQL's new features, such as prepared statements


• SQLite has been bundled with PHP. For more information on SQLite, please visit their website


• Streams have been greatly improved, including the ability to access low-level socket operations on streams


• And lots more...

Enjoy!