Zend Weekly Summaries Issue #142
TLK: PHP 5 beta TODO list
NEW: PHP 4.3.3 RC 1
NEW: GD, GIF, Animated GIF
TLK: International PHP Conference 2003
TLK: Binary PECL packages
TLK: MySQL extension
TLK: PHP 5 beta TODO list
Sterling Hughes has put together a TODO list of things that need to be completed
before the first beta version of PHP 5 is released.
The Windows COM extension will not be present, but Wez Furlong has offered to port
it to PHP 5 for the second beta if no other volunteers step forward.
The hope is to begin the release process for this version shortly, and have a
download available for the end of the month!
NEW: PHP 4.3.3 RC 1
The first release candidate for the 4.3.3 release is now available.
A full list of changes can be found here
, and Windows binaries and source code can be found in the
announcement.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
NEW: GD, GIF, Animated GIF
Now that the
"http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1='4,558,302%20%20%20%20B'.WKU.&OS=PN/4,558,302&RS=PN/4,558,302">patent on the LZW compression used in GIF has expired, all sorts
of software will probably begin to support this older format a little better.
PHP is no exception, and Jaakko Hyvätti has put together two patches for the version
of GD that is currently shipping with PHP 4.2.3.
The first patch simply enables the ability to create GIFs.
The second builds on the first, and enables the creation of animated GIFs.
The release announcement, description, patches and documentation are all referenced
in Jaakoâ??s post to the list.
TLK: International PHP Conference 2003
It is that time of year again – a call for papers has been posted for the
International PHP Conference. Once again, Frankfurt, Germany is the host city
and dates have been announced to be November 2-5, 2003.
Full details can be found at the web site
[dead link], and submissions must be received by the 14th July.
TLK: Binary PECL packages
With the talk of moving extensions to PECL, an RFC has been put forward by
Tomas Cox for the distribution of pre-compiled packages. The full proposal
is available here,
and a number of positive comments have already been made. More information on
this as it comes.
TLK: MySQL extension
Due to a licensing change with the MySQL client library there has been talk
of unbundling the library and disabling compilation of the extension by default.
While many people seemed to agree with this course of action, it looks like things
will stay as they are while MySQL attempt to organise a licensing acception that
will enable PHP to continue to distribute in the way they currently are.
