Top 5 new (and cool!) features in PHP5 that you probably haven't heard of.
PHP5 has brought so much new features but because of its big syntax changes, a big percentage of the PHP developing base has not made the change. Over at vexxhost.com they have posted a blog entry on what they feel to be the top 5 features of PHP 5. Here, I’ll give you a sample.
4: Completely rewritten MySQL extension
The MySQL databases are the PHP’s partner in crime. Many developers use this database system in their website’s because it is on of the easiest, free, open-source database software. However, its performance combined with PHP4 was close to poor. Introduced with PHP5 is a newer, rewritten, optimized MySQL extension which was also compatible with MySQL 5.0. It has also introduced other functions such as: Prepared statements, SSL connections, Multi-query functions.
All five of the features covered are programmer centric which is a bit odd since this blog is coming from a web hosting company. Still, all in all this is a good and short read. It’s nice to see a hosting company talking about the benefits of moving to PHP 5.
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