Robert Cummings wrote: > Per Jessen wrote: >> Manuel Aude wrote: >> >>> I'm giving a PHP course next semester (3 hours all saturdays for 22 >>> weeks) and I just realized that PHP 5.3 is coming very soon (2 days >>> now!). So, my plans of teaching PHP 5.2 are starting to change, and I >>> think it's a good idea to teach them 5.3 already. >> >> Does it _really_ matter which one? I can't imagine there are that many >> revolutionary changes in a dot-release. > > Given the naming of PHP versions of PHP-x.y.z, I would agree that not > much changes between versions at the .z level. But at the .y level there > are usually significant changes. > > Coming to a PHP 5.3 near you are the following notable features: > > - namespaces > - closures > - late static binding > - garbage collector to handle cyclic references > - PHAR > - goto > > Cheers, > Rob.
I read that last bit as PHAR togo Need coffee... -- Peter Ford phone: 01580 893333 Developer fax: 01580 893399 Justcroft International Ltd., Staplehurst, Kent -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
