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The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 5.4.9 and PHP 5.3.19. These releases fix over 15 bugs. All users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to PHP 5.4.9, or at least 5.3.19.
For source downloads of PHP 5.4.9 and PHP 5.3.19 please visit our downloads page, Windows binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/.
The list of changes are recorded in the ChangeLog.
The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 5.5.0alpha1. This release marks the beginning of the PHP 5.5.0 release cycle. All users of PHP are encouraged to test this version carefully, and report any bugs in the bug tracking system.
THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT PREVIEW - DO NOT USE IT IN PRODUCTION!PHP 5.5.0 Alpha 1 comes with new features such as (incomplete list) :
We also dropped support for Windows XP and 2003.
You can read the full list of changes in the NEWS file contained in the release archive.
For source downloads of PHP 5.5.0 Alpha 1 please visit the download page, Windows binaries can be found on windows.php.net/qa/.
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The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 5.4.8 and PHP 5.3.18. These releases fix over 20 bugs. All users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to PHP 5.4.8, or at least 5.3.18.
Key enhancements in these releases include:
For source downloads of PHP 5.4.8 and PHP 5.3.18 please visit our downloads page, Windows binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/.
The list of changes are recorded in the ChangeLog.
The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 5.4.7 and PHP 5.3.17. These releases fix over 20 bugs. All users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to PHP 5.4.7, or at least 5.3.17.
Key enhancements in these releases include:
For source downloads of PHP 5.4.7 and PHP 5.3.17 please visit our downloads page, Windows binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/.
The list of changes are recorded in the ChangeLog.
The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 5.4.6 and PHP 5.3.16. These releases fix over 20 bugs. All users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to PHP 5.4.6, or at least 5.3.16.
For source downloads of PHP 5.4.6 and PHP 5.3.16 please visit our downloads page, Windows binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/. The list of changes are recorded in the ChangeLog.