PHP 5.6.0., considered a very important cornerstone by many, has been released today.
The main features of PHP 5.6.0 include:
– Constant scalar expressions.
– Variadic functions and argument unpacking using the … operator.
– Exponentiation using the ** operator.
– Function and constant importing with the use keyword.
– phpdbg as an interactive integrated debugger SAPI.
– php://input is now reusable, and $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA is deprecated.
– GMP objects now support operator overloading.
-File uploads larger than 2 gigabytes in size are now accepted.
For a full list of new features, you may read the new features chapter of the migration guide.
PHP 5.6.0 also introduces changes that affect compatibility:
– Array keys won’t be overwritten when defining an array as a property of a class via an array literal.
– json_decode() is more strict in JSON syntax parsing.
– Stream wrappers now verify peer certificates and host names by default when using SSL/TLS.
– GMP resources are now objects.
– Mcrypt functions now require valid keys and IVs.
