Hi Aaron, Good point but I didn't mean it as a criticism of the company - just glad to know there is another local offering of PHP5. I found it hard to source a NZ host with PHP5 when I last looked and so I went offshore instead (a2hosting).
All the best, Grant Aaron Cooper wrote: > Hi Grant, > > Not nessecary to disclose here. They are up to date now. > > This is a potentially good discussion (On PHP!), so I'd rather not risk it > drifting into company slanging. > > Cheers > Aaron > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Grant Paton-Simpson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 10:41 AM > Subject: [phpug] Re: 5.3 is out > > > >> Hi Aaron, >> >> Aaron Cooper wrote: >> >>> It would be good to see Hosting companies offer more rapidly released >>> version-centric hosting packages, and this will probably get better. But >>> I >>> know of one NZ host in particular who has only just started offering PHP5 >>> last month. >>> >>> >> Namely? >> >> >> All the best, Grant >> >>> Cheers >>> Aaron >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Grant Paton-Simpson" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 10:06 AM >>> Subject: [phpug] Re: 5.3 is out >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Great news James. >>>> >>>> Namespaces - finally. I know the particular implementation has been >>>> controversial but namespacing is so important for a larger project >>>> replying on multiple libraries. Not just to prevent naming collisions, >>>> but to identify what variable came from where when modifying or >>>> debugging. Namespaces provide intelligibility in other words. >>>> >>>> BTW this is my favourite line from The Zen of Python: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those! >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Does anyone think we'll ever see PHP 6 in widespread use, or just >>>> further development within the 0.5 series? Similar to the way that >>>> Linux is probably never going to see a 3.n.n version. >>>> >>>> And finally, how many people are still working more than half the time >>>> with PHP4? I have been 95% PHP5 since the start but I know that PHP4 is >>>> still very widespread in the wild. >>>> >>>> >>>> James McGlinn wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> This is the big one folks. From php.net: >>>>> >>>>> The PHP development team is proud to announce the immediate release of >>>>> PHP 5.3.0. This release is a major improvement in the 5.X series, >>>>> which includes a large number of new features and bug fixes. >>>>> >>>>> Some of the key new features include: namespaces, late static binding, >>>>> closures, optional garbage collection for cyclic references, new >>>>> extensions (like ext/phar, ext/intl and ext/fileinfo), over 140 bug >>>>> fixes and much more. >>>>> >>>>> For users upgrading from PHP 5.2 there is a migration guide available >>>>> [1], detailing the changes between those releases and PHP 5.3.0. >>>>> >>>>> Further details about the PHP 5.3.0 release can be found in the >>>>> release announcement [2], and the full list of changes are available >>>>> in the ChangeLog [3]. >>>>> >>>>> [1] http://nz2.php.net/migration53 >>>>> >>>>> [2] http://php.net/releases/5_3_0.php >>>>> >>>>> [3] http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Kind regards, >>>>> James McGlinn >>>>> __________________________________ >>>>> CTO >>>>> Eventfinder Limited >>>>> Suite 106, Heards Building >>>>> 2 Ruskin Street, Parnell, Auckland 1052 >>>>> Phone: +649 365 2342 >>>>> Mobile: +6421 633 234 >>>>> >>>>> [email protected] | www.eventfinder.co.nz >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
