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<h1>News Archive - 2004</h1>

<p>
 Here are the most important news items we have published in 2004 on PHP.net.
 For the latest news, <a href="/index.php">check the homepage</a>.
 See more archives for <?php print_news_links(); ?>.
</p>

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<h1>PHP 4.3.8 released!</h1>
<p>
 <span class="newsdate">[13-Jul-2004]</span>
 PHP Development Team would like to announce the immediate availability of <a href="/downloads.php">PHP 4.3.8</a>.
 This release is made in response to several security issues that have been discovered since the
 4.3.7 release. All users of PHP are strongly encouraged to upgrade to PHP 4.3.8 as soon as possible.
</p>

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<h1>International PHP Conference 2004</h1>
<p>
 <span class="newsdate">[18-Jun-2004]</span>
 The traditional International PHP Conference 2004 will be taking
 place from 7th November to 10th November in Frankfurt (FFM). The
 Call for Papers has been issued, so if you have an interesting
 talk, the organizers would love to hear about it! You can expect
 a gathering of PHP experts and core developers.
</p>
<p>
 You can find the CfP <a href="http://www.phpconference.de/2004/cfp_en.php">on
 the website</a>. The deadline is 16th July, 2004.
</p>
<p>
 The conference is also featuring an <strong>OpenSource Exhibition</strong>
 where PHP related OpenSource projects can present themselves for free.
</p>

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<h1>php|works - early-bird discount now in effect</h1>
<p>
 <span class="newsdate">[16-Jun-2004]</span>
 <a href="http://www.phparch.com">php|architect</a> magazine is proud to
 introduce <a href="http://www.phparch.com/phpworks">php|works 2004</a>, a
 three-day conference on PHP and the business of open-source software that
 will be held in Toronto, Canada, September 22-24 2004.
</p>
<p>
 The conference includes a total of over 30 hours of technical and
 business-oriented presentations that range from Rasmus Lerdorf's "Best
 Practices for PHP Developers" to "Getting your OSS Business Funded",
 presented by venture capital specialist Christian Mayaud. Other sessions
 include practical talks on PHP 5, regular expressions, multilingual
 development, PDO, XML and OOP. The business track includes sessions on the
 use of PHP in the legal, financial and healthcare industry, growing your
 business with OSS, the status of the PHP market and much, much more!
</p>
<p>
 As an added bonus, attendees who sign up before July 20th are
 eligible for up to $100 in early-bird savings.
</p>
<p>
 For more information, visit the <a
 href="http://www.phparch.com/phpworks">php|works website</a>.
</p>

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<h1>LAMP area at LinuxTag 2004 in Karlsruhe, Germany</h1>
<p>
 <span class="newsdate">[14-Jun-2004]</span>
 The LAMP area will highlight the use of Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP as
 technologies for enterprise applications at <a
 href="http://linuxtag.de">LinuxTag 2004</a> in Karlsruhe, Germany from June 23
 to 26. The companies that are presenting in the speakers area of the 150
 square meters booth are: <a href="http://100days.de">100days</a>, <a
 href="http://ez.no">eZ systems</a>, <a
 href="http://thinkphp.de">Mayflower</a>, <a href="http://mysql.com">MySQL</a>
 and <a href="http://zend.com">Zend</a>.
</p>

<p>
 Besides presentations from the above companies the LAMP area also presents
 over 40 sessions by Apache-, MySQL- and PHP-developers, such as Rasmus Lerdorf,
 Ken Coar and Brian Aker. Entrance to LinuxTag is free if you
 <a href="https://www.linuxtag.org/2004/registrationform.html">pre-register</a>.
 For more information see <a href="http://lamparea.org/en">the LAMP Area</a>
 website.
</p>

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<h1>PHP 5 Release Candidate 3 Released!</h1>
<p>
 <span class="newsdate">[8-Jun-2004]</span>
 The <a href="/downloads.php#v5">third (and hopefully final) Release Candidate
 of PHP 5</a> is now available!  This mostly bug fix release improves PHP 5's
 stability and irons out some of the remaining issues before PHP 5 can be
 deemed release quality.  Everyone is now encouraged to start playing with it!
</p>

<p>There are few changes changes since Release Candidate 2, which can be found
<a href="/ChangeLog-5.php#5.0.0RC3">here</a>.</p>
</p>

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<h1>Zend's PHP 5 Coding Contest</h1>

<p>
 <span class="newsdate">[06-Jun-2004]</span>
 <a href="http://www.zend.com/php5/contest/">Zend's
 PHP 5 Coding Contest</a> is underway and accepting submissions. 
 This is every developer's chance to flaunt their PHP 5 skills
 and let their application shine!
</p>

<p>
 Applications will be rated both by your peers and by a panel of
 judges assembled from among the most known and well-respected
 names in the PHP community. 
</p>

<p>
 Lots of <a href="http://www.zend.com/php5/contest/prizes.php">prizes</a>
 are available!
</p>

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<h1>PHP 5 Release Candidate 2 Released!</h1>
<p>
 <span class="newsdate">[25-Apr-2004]</span>
 The <a href="/downloads.php#v5">second Release Candidate of PHP 5</a> is now
 available! This mostly bug fix release improves PHP 5's stability and irons out
 some of the remaining issues before PHP 5 can be deemed release quality. Note
 that it is still <i>not</i> recommended for mission-critical use but people are
 encouraged to start playing with it and report any problems.
</p>

<p>Key changes since Release Candidate 1 include:</p>

<ul>
 <li>
  The Zend Engine I compatibility mode (zend.ze1_compatibility_mode) has been
  re-implemented to more accurately support PHP 4's object auto-clone behavior.
 </li>
 <li>
  All object-oriented extensions except for MySQLi have moved to studlyCaps.
  This includes SQLite, SOAP, Reflection API, Ming and others.
 </li>
 <li>
  Implementing an interfaces and/or abstract method with the wrong prototype is
  now a fatal error. For backwards compatibility, re-implementing regular methods
  with the wrong prototype will only result in an E_STRICT warning.
 </li>
 <li>
  Features as described in the Release Candidate 1
  <a href="/index.php#5.0.0RC1">release announcement</a>
 </li>
 <li>And lots more...</li>
</ul>

<p>
 For changes since Release Candidate 1, please consult the
 <a href="/ChangeLog-5.php#5.0.0RC2">ChangeLog</a>.
</p>

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<h1>Second PHP Marathon announced</h1>
<p>
 <span class="newsdate">[06-Apr-2004]</span>
 DotGeek.org is proud to announce the <a href="http://marathon.dotgeek.org/">second
 PHP Programming Marathon</a> to be held on the 24 April 2004. Instead of receiving the
 problems and composing your solutions offline, it all takes place online and within
 a specific timeframe. The Marathon is kindly sponsored by Zend Technologies and will
 now feature a problem on PHP 5. Participation is free of charge.
</p>

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<h1>PHP 5 Release Candidate 1 Released!</h1>
<p>
 <span class="newsdate">[18-Mar-2004]</span>
 The <a href="/downloads.php#v5">first Release Candidate of PHP 5</a> is finally
 here!  The move from Beta stage to RC stage means that PHP 5 is now feature
 complete, and is quite stable - stable enough for everyone to start playing
 with.  Note that it is still <i>not</i> recommended for mission-critical
 use.
</p>

<p>Some of the key features of PHP 5 include:</p>

<ul>
 <li>
  The <a href="http://www.zend.com/php5/zend-engine2.php">Zend Engine II</a>
  with a new object model and dozens of new features.
 </li>
 <li>
  XML support has been completely redone in PHP 5, all extensions are now
  focused around the excellent libxml2 library
  (<a href="http://www.xmlsoft.org/">http://www.xmlsoft.org/</a>).
 </li>
 <li>
  A new MySQL extension named MySQLi for developers using MySQL 4.1 and later.
  This new extension includes an object-oriented interface in addition to
  a traditional interface; as well as support for many of MySQL's new features,
  such as prepared statements.
 </li>
 <li>
  SQLite has been bundled with PHP. For more information on SQLite,
  please visit <a href="http://www.sqlite.org/">their website</a>.
 </li>
 <li>
  A brand new built-in SOAP extension for interoperability with Web Services.
 </li>
 <li>
  A new SimpleXML extension for easily accessing and manipulating XML as
  PHP objects. It can also interface with the DOM extension and vice-versa.
 </li>
 <li>
  Streams have been greatly improved, including the ability to access
  low-level socket operations on streams.
 </li>
 <li>And lots more...</li>
</ul>

<p>
 For changes since Beta 4, please consult the
 <a href="/ChangeLog-5.php#5.0.0RC1">ChangeLog</a>.
</p>

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<h1>Spanish PHP Mailing List Now at PHP.net</h1>
<p>
 <span class="newsdate">[29-Feb-2004]</span>
 The Spanish PHP mailing list was relocated to our list server.
 If you would like to subscribe to the list, you can do it via our
 <a href="mailing-lists.php">mailing lists page</a>. To read
 the archives, please see <a href="http://news.php.net/">our
 news server</a>.
</p>

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<h1>International PHP Conference 2004 Amsterdam: Timetable and Open Source PHP projects</h1>
<p>
 <span class="newsdate">[27-Feb-2004]</span>
 Having the CfP over now, the organizers of the
 <a href="http://www.phpconference.com/">International PHP Conference
 2004 Spring Edition Amsterdam</a> have published the
 <a href="http://www.phpconference.com/proxy/proxy.php?CatID=0&amp;NewsID=374">session
 and workshop timetable</a>. The Conference features 32 sessions and two
 power workshops. It will happen again at <a
 href="http://www.phpconference.com/content/content2.php?CatID=0&amp;NewsID=356">the
 RAI Conference Centre, Amsterdam</a>.
</p>
<p>
 <strong>Open Source PHP projects</strong> can present themselves, like in
 the last years, for free on the Conference at the exhibition area between
 the commercial exhibitors. Take your chance and contact
 <a href="mailto:fstepan@entwickler.com">Frank Stepan</a> from
 Software &amp; Support.
</p>

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<h1>Conf&eacute;rence PHP Qu&eacute;bec 2004 - (Montr&eacute;al, March 25&amp;26rst, 2004)</h1>
<p>
 <span class="newsdate">[11-Feb-2004]</span>
 The PHP Qu&eacute;bec Association announces the <a
 href="http://conf.phpquebec.com/">Conference PHP Qu&eacute;bec 2004</a>.
 The conference features 20 sessions over 2 days, in English and French.
 3 tracks : PHP advanced technics, PHP professionnal and Open Source technologies.
 It will take place downtown Montr&eacute;al, Qu&eacute;bec, Canada.
</p>
<p>
 We are currently offering <a 
 href="http://conf.phpquebec.org/main.php/en/conf2004/tarif">early bird prices</a>.
 Students and Small Businesses are eligible for reduced prices.
 Buy your tickets early to get rebates and discount with the DVD!
</p>
<p>
 Learn more about those exciting days at 
 <a href="http://conf.phpquebec.org/">conf.phpquebec.com</a>.
</p>

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<h1>PaWS Tickets Now On Sale!</h1>
<p>
 <span class="newsdate">[05-Feb-2004]</span>
 The <a href="http://www.pawscon.com/">PaWS Group</a> is proud to announce that
 tickets are now available for the first 
 <a href="http://www.pawscon.com/">PHP and Web Standards Conference</a>. We are
 offering Weekend tickets (Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd only) as well as Conference
 tickets (Friday 20th - Tuesday 24th) for the entire length of the event. 
 Additionally, we also have Daily tickets available for each day of the conference.
 Tickets will also be available on the door for those that simply want to drop in.
</p>
<p>
 For ticket and accommodation Prices, look over our 
 <a href="http://www.pawscon.com/pricing">pricing guide</a> for more information.
 <a href="http://www.pawscon.com/register">Purchase your tickets</a> today for this
 one of a kind conference!
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