Latest news in php – What is new in PHP 5.3

This release of PHP 5.3 is a major improvement in the 5.X series, which includes a large number of new features and bug fixes.

The key features of PHP 5.3.0 include:

* Support for namespaces
* Late static binding
* Lambda Functions and Closures
* Syntax additions: NOWDOC, ternary short cut “?:” and jump label (limited goto), __callStatic()
* Under the hood performance improvements
* Optional garbage collection for cyclic references
* Optional mysqlnd PHP native replacement for libmysql
* Improved Windows support including VC9 and experimental X64 binaries as well as portability to other supported    platforms

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