PHP 5.5 official release, will not support Windows XP system

PHP developers have officially released the 5.5 version, which has been developed since last November and has undergone multiple beta versions. PHP 5.5 contains a series of new features, such as the new Array_column () function and the foreach () loop that supports scalar iterative keys, including generators allowing developers to implement simple routines.

At the same time, the new version introduces a cryptographic hash function that allows developers to easily add salt to the http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/34133.html "> security password; add finally keyword; foreach The structure supports list () construction, and other improvements include opcode caching, code optimization, Zend optimizer+, and so on, which do not affect existing code, primarily to improve language performance and stability.

The new password hash API uses the Bcrypt method, as shown in the following example:

$hash = Password_hash ($password, Password_default);

Checksum method:

Password_verify ($password, $hash);

PHP developers also remind users that PHP 5.5 also contains content that is not backward compatible, including: no longer supports Windows XP and 2003 systems, case-insensitive matching functions, classes, and constant names that are not related to Locale, which use non-ASCII The code's constant name developers need to be aware of. For a complete list of PHP 5.5 non-backward compatibility, see List of new features and possible incompatibilities

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