Phalcon 2 is out

The wait is over! Phalcon 2.0 is here!

After more than a year of development, we are incredibly happy to announce the release of the final release of Phalcon 2.0.

Those who followed the project carefully, know that this was a feat:
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• Created a completely new programming language - Zephir , which allows developers to write extensions for PHP.
• We had to rewrite most of Phalcon 1.3.x, we tried to leave the same functionality as before to ensure backward compatibility and simplify migration.
• Zephir was significantly adjusted after we transferred the development to it, it now offers developers more features and opportunities for developers.
• There are many additional features that were implemented in version 2.0, for which we are very grateful to the collaborators!

Results we can be proud of:

• The Phalcon 2.0 extension is also compatible with PHP (and even more) as before.
• Zephir allows developers to write their own extensions without the need for C knowledge.

Installation

This version can be installed from branch 2.0.0, if you have not yet installed Zephir , follow these instructions:

 git clone http://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon git checkout 2.0.0 cd ext sudo ./install 

The standard installation method also works:

 git clone http://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon git checkout 2.0.0 cd build sudo ./install 

If Zephir already installed:

 git clone http://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon git checkout 2.0.0 zephir build 

Please note that when running the installation script, previous versions of Phalcon will be removed.

The DLL for Windows is available on the download page .

See the upgrade guide for more information on installing and upgrading to version 2.0.

What's next

Our release schedule provides for the release of updates every one or two months, security fixes, of course, will occur as fast as possible. The goals are simple: we want to implement the most requested features of the community.

Minor changes and corrections will be released as far as possible. We are also working on the transition to a model of LTS releases for our community.

Finally, we are going to start developing for PHP7, this is a turning point for all of us and Zephir will meet all the requirements of developers by the time of release of the 7th version. Solving this task will require a lot of preparation and we still have a lot of work ahead, but we are motivated as ever and are determined to implement in Zephir all the advantages that the new PHP will offer.

Conclusion and thanks

We are very pleased with this update and clearly see the development path of our framework. More thanks to all participants! Without you, we would not have done it. And of course, we would like to thank everyone who tested alpha / beta versions and RC, looked for bugs, wrote reports and helped in every way with feedback. We really hope you enjoy this release.

We would like to express our deep appreciation for the enormous efforts, migration and testing of the code in this version to the following people:

• Andres gutierrez
• Nikolaos Dimopoulos
• Vladimir Kolesnikov
• Eduar carvajal
• Dreamszhu
• Dmitry Patsura
• Vladimir Khramov
• Piotr Gasiorowski
• Olivier monaco
• Sid roberts
• Ivan Zubok
• Max galbusera
• Yvan taviaud
• Rian Orie
• Brainformatik GmbH
• Mariusz czak
• Nikolay Kirsh
• Kamil skowron
• Serghei Iakovlev
• Richard laffers
• Nikita Vershinin
• Olivier garbé
• Robert Smolarek
• Simon karberg
• Soufiane ghzal
• Kenji suzuki
• Carlos guimaraes

Thanks again everyone!
Enjoy Phalcon 2 <3