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Excellent PHP 5 Overview

3rd August 2003

HarryF’s PHP5: Coming Soon to a Webserver Near You is the most detailed overview of the features we can expect from the next major PHP release that I’ve seen yet.

Posted 3rd August 2003 at 9:41 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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