Have you people lost it??? One of the MAJOR features is working with Apache2. But bug 16475 is still open and unresolved. Its been reported by several different people, all having the same effect.
Why would you release this version until after this bug is closed and gone through at least one RC cycle. You will have lost a lot of credability from potential users if it core dumps the minute Apache 2 is started. PHP has usually always been very careful about major bugs in releases; until now. Brian On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 22:55:14 +0200 (CEST), Derick Rethans wrote: > >The PHP Group is happy to announce the immediate >availability of PHP 4.2.0, the latest version of the widely-used, >general-purpose scripting language that is especially well-suited for Web >development. > >This latest release contains over one hundred changes, bug fixes and >improvements over the previous release, PHP 4.1.2. Among the highlights >are experimental support for Apache 2, cleanups in variable handling and >overhauls of various PHP components, including the domxml, posix, sockets >and iconv extensions. For more information, see below: > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >External variables > >The biggest change in PHP 4.2.0 concerns variable handling. External >variables (from the environment, the HTTP request, cookies or the web >server) are no longer registered in the global scope by default. The >preferred method of accessing these external variables is by using the new >Superglobal arrays, introduced in PHP 4.1.0. More information about this >change: > > * PHP Manual: Predefined variables > http://www.php.net/manual/en/html/language.variables.predefined.html > > * The PHP 4.1.0 release announcement > http://www.php.net/release_4_1_0.php > > * Thomas Oertli's article on secure programming in PHP > http://www.zend.com/zend/art/art-oertli.php > >Compatibility > >The Apache Software Foundation recently released their first General >Availability version of Apache 2. PHP 4.2.0 will have EXPERIMENTAL support >for this version. You can build a DSO module for Apache 2 with >--with-apxs2. We do not recommend that you use this in a production >environment. > >PHP 4.2.0 still lacks certain key features on Mac OS X and Darwin, and >isn't officially supported by the PHP Group on these platforms. >Specifically, building PHP as a dynamically loaded Apache module isn't >supported at this time. PHP 4.3.0, due to be released in August, 2002, >will be the first PHP release to officially support Mac OS X. It, along >with future Mac OS X and Apache releases, will enable full feature parity >with other PHP platforms. >Improvements > >PHP 4.2.0 includes several improvements: > > * External variables (from the environment, the HTTP request, cookies > or the web server) are no longer registered as global variables > * Overhaul of the sockets extension > * Highly improved performance with file uploads > * The satellite and mailparse extensions were moved to PECL and are no > longer bundled with the official PHP release > * The posix extension has been cleaned up > * iconv handling has been improved > * Output buffering support, which was introduced in PHP 4.1.0 has been > stabilized > * Improved performance and stability of the domxml extension > * New multibyte regular expression support > * LOTS of fixes and new functions > >For a full list of changes in PHP 4.2.0, see the NEWS file >(http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php). > > > > >regards, > >Derick Rethans >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > >-- >PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
