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The PHP development team announces the release of PHP 5.5.0alpha6. This release fixes some bugs from alpha5. It also serves as a delay for our next release, beta1, integrating ZendOptimizer+ OPCode cache which is not ready yet to be merged. All users of PHP are encouraged to test this version carefully, and report any bugs in the bug tracking system.

PHP 5.5.0alpha6 is shipped with improvements. Here is an incomplete list:

• Fixed a bug where uninitialized ++$foo->bar; does not cause a notice,
• Updated bundled PCRE 8.32,
• Fixed a bug in ext/sockets where sendmsg/recvmsg shutdown handler causes segfault

You can read the full list of changes in the NEWS file contained in the release archive.

For source downloads of PHP 5.5.0alpha6 please visit the download page, Windows binaries can be found on windows.php.net/qa/.

Our first beta should show up on 21st of March.

Thank you for supporting PHP.

International PHP Conference – June 2-5, 2013, Maritim proArte

The International PHP Conference is a globally recognized event for PHP developers, webworkers, IT managers and everyone interested in web-technology.

Again, the conference will focus on main topics for developers and core-technologies for decision makers. We will show how to scale your applications, explain the details of Continuous Integration or evaluate different approaches to NoSQL. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet with speakers, core-developers and consultants, often there is a chance for an evaluation of your code. Community as well as enterprise projects profit from our international reputation and impulses given from the developer community.

The PHP development team announces the release of PHP 5.5.0alpha5. This release fixes some bugs from alpha4 and adds some new features. All users of PHP are encouraged to test this version carefully, and report any bugs in the bug tracking system.

PHP 5.5.0alpha5 is shipped with new features and improvements. Here is an incomplete list:

• Added the ability to change the tmp dir PHP will use during runtime, using a new php.ini entry,
• Added mysqli_begin_transaction()/mysqli::begin_transaction(). Implemented all options, per MySQL 5.6, which can be used with START TRANSACTION, COMMIT and ROLLBACK through options to mysqli_commit()/mysqli_rollback() and their respective OO counterparts. These changes are reflected in the mysqlnd API as well,
• Added recvmsg() and sendmsg() wrappers for ext/sockets

You can read the full list of changes in the NEWS file contained in the release archive.

For source downloads of PHP 5.5.0alpha5 please visit the download page, Windows binaries can be found on windows.php.net/qa/.

Alpha5 is the last alpha for PHP 5.5. There has been a delay in alpha releases due to late coming new features. We are now beginning the betas, and the first beta is expected for March 7th. Betas won't add any new features, except the first one, but consolidate the source code and fix found bugs.

Thank you for supporting PHP.

Lone Star PHP is back again for its 3rd year in Dallas, Texas from June 28th - 29th. This 2 day event will offer 2 tracks showcasing amazing speakers from all over the PHP community.

Come join more than 200 developers for 2 days of learning and networking. This year will be featuring a brand new focused 1 day track, PHP Fundamentals.

Call for Papers are open until February 28th, 2013. Get your talk ideas in quick and join us in Dallas! Early bird registration opening soon!