cvs: phpweb / index.php

zeev Thu Mar 18 11:25:47 2004 EDT Modified files: /phpweb index.php Log: Front page update (5.0RC1) http://cvs.php.net/diff.php/phpweb/index.php?r1=1.533&r2=1.534&ty=u Index: phpweb/index.php diff -u phpweb/index.php:1.533 phpweb/index.php:1.534 --- phpweb/index.php:1.533 Wed Mar 17 07:35:47 2004 +++ phpweb/index.php Thu Mar 18 11:25:47 2004 @@ -150,6 +150,29 @@ // DO NOT REMOVE THIS COMMENT (the RSS parser is dependant on it) ?> +<h1>PHP 5 Release Candidate 1 Released!</h1> +<p> + <span class="newsdate">[18-Mar-2004]</span> + +<p>The <a href="/downloads.php#v5">first Release Candidate of PHP 5</a> is finally here! The move from Beta stage to RC stage means that PHP 5 is now feature complete, and is quite stable - stable enough for everyone to start playing with. Note that it is still <i>not</i> recommended for mission-critical use.</p> + +<p>Some of the key features of PHP 5 include:</p> + +<ul> +<li>The Zend Engine II with a new object model and dozens of new features.</li> +<li>XML support has been completely redone in PHP 5, all extensions are now focused around the excellent libxml2 library (http://www.xmlsoft.org/).</li> +<li>A new MySQL extension named MySQLi for developers using MySQL 4.1 and later. Additionally to a functional interface this new extension also includes an object-oriented interfaced and support for many of MySQL's new features such as prepared statements.</li> +<li>SQLite has been bundled with PHP. For more information on SQLite, please visit their website.</li> +<li>A brand new built-in SOAP extension for interoperability with Web Services.</li> +<li>A new SimpleXML extension for easily accessing and manipulating XML as PHP objects. It can also interface with the DOM extension and vice-versa.</li> +<li>Streams have been greatly improved, including the ability to access low-level socket operations on streams.</li> +<li>And lots more...</li> +</ul> + +<p>For changes since Beta 4, please consult the <a href="/ChangeLog-5.php#5.0.0b4">ChangeLog</a>.</p> +<hr /> + + <h1>Spanish PHP Mailing List Now at PHP.net</h1> <p> <span class="newsdate">[29-Feb-2004]</span>