cvs: phpweb / release_4_2_1.php

derick Mon May 13 07:59:22 2002 EDT Added files: /phpweb release_4_2_1.php Log: - Add release announcement Index: phpweb/release_4_2_1.php +++ phpweb/release_4_2_1.php <?php /* if you're reading this, it isn't because you've found a security hole. this is an open source website. read and learn! */ header("Cache-Control: public, max-age=600"); require_once 'prepend.inc'; commonHeader("Hypertext Preprocessor"); echo "\n<!--$MYSITE-->\n"; ?> <h1> PHP 4.2.1 Release Announcement </h1> <p>[ <a href="/release_4_2_1_fr.php">Version Fran&ccedil;aise</a> ]&nbsp;</p> <h2>Bugfix release</h2> <p>This bug fix release solves a few bugs found in PHP 4.2.0. PHP 4.2.1 includes the following fixes: <ul> <li>Fix for a crash in the COM extension when using an outproc server.</li> <li>Fix for SID logic in the session extension.</li> <li>Fixes for the mbstring extension, including SJIS directory name handling and mb_output_buffer().</li> <li>Fix for a bug in socket_select() that could cause unexpected behavior when using a statement like $w = $e = array($sock);</li> <li>Almost full DOM compliance for the domxml extension, and fixes for several functions.</li> <li>Safe_mode checks for show_source(), parse_ini_file() and rmdir().</li> </ul> For a full list of changes in PHP 4.2.1, see the <a href="/ChangeLog-4.php">NEWS</a> file. </p> <h2>Compatibility</h2> <p>PHP 4.2.1 also has improved (but still experimental) support for Apache version 2. We do <b>not</b> recommend that you use this in a production environment, but feel free to test it and report bugs to the <a href="http://bugs.php.net">bug system</a>. </p> <h2>External variables</h2> <p>We would also like to attend you on a big change in PHP 4.2.0 concerning variable handling. <b>External variables (from the environment, the HTTP request, cookies or the web server) are no longer registered in the global scope by default.</b> The preferred method of accessing these external variables is by using the new Superglobal arrays, introduced in PHP 4.1.0. More information about this change: <ul> <li><a href="/manual/en/language.variables.predefined.php">PHP Manual: Predefined variables</a></li> <li><a href="/release_4_1_0.php">The PHP 4.1.0 release announcement</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.zend.com/zend/art/art-oertli.php">Thomas Oertli's article on secure programming in PHP</a></li> </ul> </p> <?php commonFooter(); ?>