Lazycoder

PHP 5.0 beta 2 release

PHP 5.0 beta 2 has been release. There are lots of new features and, from what I understand, an almost complete overhaul of the OO system. I like the addition of SQLite in the 5.0 version of PHP and the ability to manipulate XML documents as native objects. The addition of SQLite means you can develop a complete database driven solution and deploy it on any platform supporting PHP 5. That’s really cool, the closest that any other technology comes is either ASP.NET/JSP + Access (still limited to windows though). I wonder if MS will start bundling the MSDE engine in .NET?