PHP5正式版出爐_PHP

Some of the key features of PHP 5 include:

The Zend Engine II with a new object model and dozens of new features.
XML support has been completely redone in PHP 5, all extensions are now focused around the excellent libxml2 library (http://www.xmlsoft.org/).
A new SimpleXML extension for easily accessing and manipulating XML as PHP objects. It can also interface with the DOM extension and vice-versa.
A brand new built-in SOAP extension for interoperability with Web Services.
A new MySQL extension named MySQLi for developers using MySQL 4.1 and later. This new extension includes an object-oriented interface in addition to a traditional interface; as well as support for many of MySQL's new features, such as prepared statements.
SQLite has been bundled with PHP. For more information on SQLite, please visit their website.
Streams have been greatly improved, including the ability to access low-level socket operations on streams.
And lots more...
PHP5加入了最新的ZENDII引擎；

對XML完美支援；

支援SAOP協議；

與MYSQL資料庫伺服器緊密結合，以對象方式支援MYSQL4.*的新特性

將新型資料庫SQLLite綁定到PHP

流式控制加強

拋棄PHP4中的不合理部分

PHP5據說適用企業級開發，物件導向，類處理更加完善

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