php 5.0.0 stable - releasedate?

engulfing

does anybody know an aproximate releasedate for php 5.0.0 stable?

thanks for info

engulfing

tserbis

http://www.zend.com/php/ask_experts.php

The big question - when will it be out?

Well, since we don't have a launch schedule set up for it yet, I can only make a guess and say sometime before the end of this year (2003).

engulfing

is php5 compatible with my php4.3 source?

many thanks

tserbis

Visit the link and read.

rinjani

At a recent talk the team was projecting a stable production release around late Jan 2004.

They expect full backwards compatibility.

stolzyboy

straight from the link

Will PHP 5 break backwards compatibility?

 No, the main functionality will stay the same, but since PHP 5 adds many more object-oriented features and tools, it will cause some of the older scripts using PHP 4.x to break.

and i wouldn't count on a january release date, first thoughts were mid-late 2004, so it'll probably fall inbetween jan and mid-late in the year.

ahundiak

I just installed 5.0.0.b2
It still has a way to go as far as being backwards compatible. Especially on returning references. I'll go along with the mid-2004 estimate as they will need at least one more full beta release (IMHO).