Hi Grant, Not nessecary to disclose here. They are up to date now.
This is a potentially good discussion (On PHP!), so I'd rather not risk it drifting into company slanging. Cheers Aaron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grant Paton-Simpson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 10:41 AM Subject: [phpug] Re: 5.3 is out > > 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
