PHP5's Successor Might Be PHP7

[mark45]

Who's going to read pre-2009 PHP books anyway ?

Yeah, if the book is about server-side programming and is older than like 3 years - throw it in the trash can.

Anyway, I read that PHP is a wacky and funny language with childish/rushed decisions because its author had issues, is it still true and will it be true for PHP 7?

[lethal]

Who's going to read pre-2009 PHP books anyway ?

I think that's reasonable. Most pre 2009 books about php 6 covers some features of php 5.3.

But I don't think that next version sould be 7.0. 5.7 is better number. 7.0 should be jit.

[phoronix]

Phoronix: PHP5's Successor Might Be PHP7

PHP developers are currently debating whether the next-generation version of the PHP programming language is to be known as PHP 6 or PHP 7...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTc0NjE