PHP 5.3.0 Released!
The PHP development team is proud to announce the immediate release of PHP
5.3.0.
This release is a major improvement in the 5.X series, which includes a
large number of new features and bug fixes.
Some of the key new features include:
namespaces,
late static binding,
closures,
optional garbage collection for cyclic references,
new extensions (like ext/phar,
ext/intl and
ext/fileinfo),
over 140 bug fixes and much more.
For users upgrading from PHP 5.2 there is a
migration guide
available here, detailing the changes between those
releases and PHP 5.3.0.
Further details about the
PHP 5.3.0 release
can be found in the
release announcement,
and the full list of changes are available in the
ChangeLog.