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Roadsend Compiler for PHP 2.0.0 has been released. It is a PHP compiler which emits optimized native binaries.

This release includes: improved PHP-GTK support, stability improvements to the runtime, support for compiling PHP websites to FastCGI binaries, support for compiling PHP applications with an embedded webserver, plus other changes.

PHP 5.1.3 has been released. PHP is a scripting language suitable for embedding within HTML.

This release includes: a reimplementation of the FastCGI interface, performance improvements, an upgrade of the bundled PCRE library to version 6.6, fixes for security issues, plus other changes and bugfixes.

Roadsend Compiler for PHP 1.8.1 Beta has been released. It is a PHP compiler which emits optimized native binaries.

This release includes: the ability to create stand-alone FastCGI binaries, improved Apache 2 support on UNIX, a new Windows extension, improved CURL support on Windows, improvements to the runtime, plus other changes.

mPHP 0.2 has been released. It is a compiler which allows PHP code to run on Mono.

This release includes: support for using functionality from other .NET assemblies directly from a PHP script; support for interfaces, abstract classes, exceptions, and magic constants; plus bugfixes and other changes.

Roadsend Compiler for PHP 1.8.0 Beta has been released. It is a PHP compiler which emits optimized native binaries.

This release includes: an embeddable server for stand-alone offline Web applications, improved CGI support, Apache 2.0 support under Unix, improvements to the IDE, runtime improvements, plus more.

phc 0.1.5.1 has been released. It is an open-source PHP compiler which aims to eventually emit x86 assembly code.

This release allows for builds using old versions of Flex.

phc 0.1.5 has been released. It is a PHP compiler which aims to eventually emit x86 assembly code.

The license has been changed to the BSD license with this release. This release also includes: a reentrant parser, automated testing, build process changes, a new make target for building a version of phc without a built-in garbage collector, plus other changes and bugfixes.

PHP Conference UK 2006 has been announced. It will be held on February 10, 2006, in London. Tickets cost £50 until February 3, with the price rising to £75 afterwards.

The speakers include: Derick Rethans, Matt Zanstra, Chris Kunz of the Hardened PHP project, Harry Fuecks, and Pawel Kozlowski.

PHP 4.4.2 has been released. PHP is a scripting language suitable for embedding within HTML.

This release fixes a number of bugs and security problems.

PHP 5.1.2 has been released. PHP is a scripting language suitable for embedding within HTML.

This release includes new XMLWriter and Hash extensions, adds reflection constants as class constants, changes reflection to be an extension, adds an --enable-gcov configure option to enable C-level code coverage, plus other changes and numerous bugfixes.

phc 0.1.4 has been released. It is a PHP compiler which aims to eventually emit x86 assembly code.

This release includes: documentation of the TreeTransform API internals, improved operation of the TreeTransform API for transformations that modify the tree structure, abstract grammar use and consistency improvements, the representation of "global" statements in terms of reference assignments, plus bugfixes and other changes.

phc 0.1.3 has been released. It is a PHP compiler which aims to eventually emit x86 assembly code.

This release supports Windows-style linebreaks, fixes RETURN and RETURN_OP in the lexer, and fixes the dot unparser to properly unparse null vectors.

PHP 5.1.1 has been released. PHP is a scripting language suitable for embedding within HTML.

This release: withdraws the native date class and fixes a number of bugs, in addition to other changes.

The minutes of a meeting of PHP developers regarding PHP 6 are now available.

The topics discussed include: support for enabling and disabling Unicode; optimizing the [] operator; the removal of register_globals, magic_quotes, and safe_mode; dynamic class inheritance; keeping the old-style type constructors; identifier case sensitivity; adding a 64-bit integer type; adding a goto construct; named parameters; object-oriented functionality changes; namespaces; delegates; merging the Hardened-PHP patch; plus other topics.

PHP 5.1.0 has been released. PHP is a scripting language suitable for embedding within HTML.

This release includes: improved performance, a rewrite of the date handling code, over 30 new functions, the latest versions of the PCRE and SQLite bundled libraries, over 400 bugfixes, security fixes, plus other changes.

phc 0.1.1 has been released. It is a PHP compiler which aims to eventually emit x86 assembly code.

This release properly parses strings containing variables.

PHP 4.4.1 has been released. PHP is a scripting language suitable for embedding within HTML.

This maintenance release updates to the latest version of pcrelib, in addition to fixing a number of bugs and security problems.

phc 0.1 has been released. It is a PHP compiler which aims to emit x86 assembly.

This initial release does not yet compile PHP code. It does, however, support the parsing of PHP code, and can create an AST.

The 2006 PHP Quebec Conference has put out a call for speakers. They are seeking the "best speakers who are willing to share their experience and skills with an educated crowd of PHP programmers from eastern Canada and USA."

The conference itself will take place from March 29 until March 31, 2006, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Submissions are due by November 4, 2005.

PHP 5.0.5 has been released. PHP is a scripting language suited for Web development.

This release upgrades to PCRE 5.0, adds PHP_INT_MAX and PHP_INT_SIZE predefined constants, fixes various bugs, and disallows abstract private methods, in addition to other changes.