PHP 5.2.0RC1 Released

php.internals

Ilia A.

20 years ago
The first release candidate of PHP 5.2.0 is finally out and the source packages can be found here: http://downloads.php.net/ilia/php-5.2.0RC1.tar.bz2 (fa36d378f7f1fd547b881b6323ae2c60) http://downloads.php.net/ilia/php-5.2.0RC1.tar.gz (e217195c90e123acce0c2f71ac07f88d) The windows binaries should be available shortly and will be found at http://downloads.php.net/ilia/. Given the long time it took to make this RC there are A LOT of changes, both in terms of new features and bug fixes. Please try to find the time to test this release over the course of the next few weeks so any issues can be resolved. If all goes well we will have a pre-final RC2 in about 3 weeks, tentative date August 14th. To see the full scope of the changes take a look at the NEWS file. The things of particular note are the 3 new extensions (zip, json and filter), which until now only had limited testing so any real-world testing would be highly appreciated. There have also been some performance tweaks done in the engine, so try to see how PHP 5.2.0 performs compared to earlier releases, if you notice any depredations in speed, please make us aware of it. Ilia Alshanetsky

Edin Kadribasic

20 years ago
Windows build is available at the following locations: Main distibution: http://downloads.php.net/edink/php-5.2.0RC1-Win32.zip PECL collection: http://downloads.php.net/edink/pecl-5.2.0RC1-Win32.zip Debug pack: http://downloads.php.net/edink/php-debug-pack-5.2.0RC1-Win32.zip Edin Ilia Alshanetsky wrote:

steve roussey

20 years ago
Is it just me, or does the windows binary not load non-built-in extensions? Even if I set my php.ini to just this: extension_dir = "c:\Program Files\wamp\php\ext\" extension=php_mbstring.dll it doesn't work. None of them do. zend_extensions work though (surprised that they loaded on this version, actually). -s On 7/24/06, Edin Kadribasic <edink@emini.dk> wrote:

bertrand Gugger

20 years ago
Ilia Alshanetsky wrote:
> The first release candidate of PHP 5.2.0 is finally out
cool thing
> and the source packages can be found here: > > http://downloads.php.net/ilia/php-5.2.0RC1.tar.bz2 > (fa36d378f7f1fd547b881b6323ae2c60)
merci bien , we need it.
> Given the long time it took to make this RC there are A LOT of changes, > both in terms of new features and bug fixes. Please try to find the > time to test this release over the course of the next few weeks so any > issues can be resolved.
8 tests failed is not a load , though 5 are related to filters.
> If all goes well we will have a pre-final RC2 > in about 3 weeks, tentative date August 14th. To see the full scope of > the changes take a look at the NEWS file. The things of particular note > are the 3 new extensions (zip, json and filter), which until now only > had limited testing so any real-world testing would be highly > appreciated.
I did only monkey test.
> There have also been some performance tweaks done in the > engine, so try to see how PHP 5.2.0 performs compared to earlier > releases, if you notice any depredations in speed, please make us aware > of it.
Nice we come to it.
-- toggg