Het ontwikkelteam van PHP heeft twee nieuwe versies uitgebracht, namelijk de vierde release candidate van de 5.3.0-tak en versie 5.2.10. PHP noemt zichzelf een 'hypertext preprocessor' en wordt voornamelijk gebruikt om dynamische content in de opmaaktaal html serverside te genereren. De software wordt veelal toegepast in combinatie met het databaseprogramma MySQL, waarmee de dynamische content van websites en fora kan worden geserveerd. De beknopte aankondigingen van deze tweede uitgaves zien er als volgt uit:
PHP 5.3.0RC4 Release Announcements
The PHP development team is proud to announce the fourth release candidate of PHP 5.3.0 (PHP 5.3.0RC4). This RC focuses on bug fixes and stability improvements, and we hope only minimal changes are required for the next candidate or final stable releases. PHP 5.3.0 is a newly developed version of PHP featuring long-awaited features like namespaces, late static binding, closures and much more.
Please download and test these release candidates, and report any issues found. A stable release is expected next week . In case of critical issues we will continue producing weekly RCs. Downloads and further information is available at qa.php.net. See also the work in progress 5.3 upgrade guide.
PHP 5.2.10 Released!
The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate availability of PHP 5.2.10. This release focuses on improving the stability of the PHP 5.2.x branch with over 100 bug fixes, one of which is security related. All users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to this release.
Security Enhancements and Fixes in PHP 5.2.10:Further details about the PHP 5.2.10 release can be found in the release announcement, and the full list of changes are available in the ChangeLog.
- Fixed bug #48378 (exif_read_data() segfaults on certain corrupted .jpeg files). (Pierre)