PHP 5.4 Release Brings Many Changes
Posted by Michael Larabel on March 01, 2012
PHP 5.4.0 was officially released today as a major advancement over the PHP 5.3 code-base.
Among the many improvements to PHP 5.4 is support for language traits, a shortened array syntax, a built-in web-server, compatibility changes, and many other improvements.
Besides the language changes for PHP 5.4, a built-in web-server for this scripting language is also quite interesting as it no longer means needing a web-server like Apache/HTTPD or NGINX in order to test simple web applications. At this point the built-in PHP web-server, which can be easily started from the command-line, is just intended for testing/debugging purposes. However, coming up for Phoronix Test Suite 4.x later in the year I do have some nifty features in-development that's built around the support.
For more details on the PHP 5.4.0 release, see the release page and the migration guide.
Among the many improvements to PHP 5.4 is support for language traits, a shortened array syntax, a built-in web-server, compatibility changes, and many other improvements.
Besides the language changes for PHP 5.4, a built-in web-server for this scripting language is also quite interesting as it no longer means needing a web-server like Apache/HTTPD or NGINX in order to test simple web applications. At this point the built-in PHP web-server, which can be easily started from the command-line, is just intended for testing/debugging purposes. However, coming up for Phoronix Test Suite 4.x later in the year I do have some nifty features in-development that's built around the support.
For more details on the PHP 5.4.0 release, see the release page and the migration guide.
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