Hi Aaron, Aaron Cooper wrote: > It would be good to see Hosting companies offer more rapidly released > version-centric hosting packages, and this will probably get better. But I > know of one NZ host in particular who has only just started offering PHP5 > last month. > Namely?
All the best, Grant > Cheers > Aaron > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Grant Paton-Simpson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 10:06 AM > Subject: [phpug] Re: 5.3 is out > > > >> Great news James. >> >> Namespaces - finally. I know the particular implementation has been >> controversial but namespacing is so important for a larger project >> replying on multiple libraries. Not just to prevent naming collisions, >> but to identify what variable came from where when modifying or >> debugging. Namespaces provide intelligibility in other words. >> >> BTW this is my favourite line from The Zen of Python: >> >> >>> Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those! >>> >> Does anyone think we'll ever see PHP 6 in widespread use, or just >> further development within the 0.5 series? Similar to the way that >> Linux is probably never going to see a 3.n.n version. >> >> And finally, how many people are still working more than half the time >> with PHP4? I have been 95% PHP5 since the start but I know that PHP4 is >> still very widespread in the wild. >> >> >> James McGlinn wrote: >> >>> This is the big one folks. From php.net: >>> >>> The PHP development team is proud to announce the immediate release of >>> PHP 5.3.0. This release is a major improvement in the 5.X series, >>> which includes a large number of new features and bug fixes. >>> >>> Some of the key new features include: namespaces, late static binding, >>> closures, optional garbage collection for cyclic references, new >>> extensions (like ext/phar, ext/intl and ext/fileinfo), over 140 bug >>> fixes and much more. >>> >>> For users upgrading from PHP 5.2 there is a migration guide available >>> [1], detailing the changes between those releases and PHP 5.3.0. >>> >>> Further details about the PHP 5.3.0 release can be found in the >>> release announcement [2], and the full list of changes are available >>> in the ChangeLog [3]. >>> >>> [1] http://nz2.php.net/migration53 >>> >>> [2] http://php.net/releases/5_3_0.php >>> >>> [3] http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php >>> >>> >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> James McGlinn >>> __________________________________ >>> CTO >>> Eventfinder Limited >>> Suite 106, Heards Building >>> 2 Ruskin Street, Parnell, Auckland 1052 >>> Phone: +649 365 2342 >>> Mobile: +6421 633 234 >>> >>> [email protected] | www.eventfinder.co.nz >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
