Download PHP 5.6.0

Version 5.6.0 of PHP has been released. PHP is a recursive acronym and stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor. It is primarily used to create dynamic web pages on web servers, often in conjunction with database programs. The complete list of changes is up this page In short, these are the most important:

The main features of PHP 5.6.0 include:

• Constant scalar expressions.
• Variadic functions and argument unpacking using the … operator.
• Exponentiation using the ** operator.
• Function and constant importing with the use keyword.
• phpdbg as an interactive integrated debugger SAPI.
• php://input is now reusable, and $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA is deprecated.
• GMP objects now support operator overloading.
• File uploads larger than 2 gigabytes in size are now accepted.

PHP 5.6.0 also introduces changes that affect compatibility:

• Array keys won’t be overwritten when defining an array as a property of a class via an array literal.
• json_decode() is more strict in JSON syntax parsing.
• Stream wrappers now verify peer certificates and host names by default when using SSL/TLS.
• GMP resources are now objects.
• mcrypt functions now require valid keys and IVs.