PHP 5.6.0 Final Release Released

Today, August 28, the PHP development team announced the release of version 5.6.0!

Main innovations of PHP 5.6.0:

• Scalar expressions in constants
• Functions with a variable number of arguments using the operator ...
• Exponentiation operator **
• Import functions and constants using the use keyword
• The kernel includes an interactive phpdbg debugger.
• Reuse php: // input is allowed, and $ HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA is deprecated
• GMP objects now support operator overloading
• Support for uploading files larger than 2 GB

For a complete list of new features, please refer to the transition guide .
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Changes affecting compatibility with previous versions:

• When defining an array as a class property, the array keys will not be overwritten by array literals.
• json_decode () is more stringent in syntax when parsing JSON.
• Stream wrappers use SSL / TLS by default to validate certificates and host names.
• GMP resources are now objects.
• Mcrypt functions require valid keys and vectors.

And:

• For those who want to upgrade from PHP 5.5, a full migration guide with detailed changes between 5.5 and 5.6.0 .
• Download sources are available here and here (windows) .
• ChangeLog with a complete list of changes.

About PHP 5.6 in Russian:

• Functions in PHP 5.6 - what's new?
• Innovations in PHP 5.6 beta 3
• Syntax of innovations in PHP, quick reference