Features in PHP 5
 

Try/Catch blocks, Private, Public, Protected variables/functions, and more. Import functions through namespaces....finally! This language is reminding me more of C++.

Read more about it here:
http://www.phpvolcano.com/articles/php5/index.php

Re: Features in PHP 5
 

...all available in ASP.NET for over 1 1/2 years!

Re: Features in PHP 5
 

Yes. Available but the source code is not open like PHP. Only thing that comes close is the Mono project, from what I know anyways. I just wish someone in the Linux community made an IDE for PHP/Perl/Python as awesome as Visual Studio. In this area(IDEs), in my opinion, is where Microsoft always wins hands down.

Re: Features in PHP 5
 

The Zend IDE is pretty nice, the best I have been able to find yet.

Re: Features in PHP 5
 

I've tried the Zend Studio many times over the past couple of years I have been into PHP...

I've never fallen in love with it... and have always turned back to a standard text editor that I've used for a while now. :(

With the time and effort I've had to set up the Zend stuff on a windows system, and get MySQL running, etc., it has ended up being faster for me still to just edit, upload, refresh, edit, upload, refresh... :-|

I haven't tried it lately. (Zend) maybe I'll give it another shot... but the price... I haven't ever liked it nearly enough to drop $250 on it! I know feature-wise that it wins hands down, I've just never went crazy with a ton of features I never use. (IMHO ;))

PHP seems to still be gaining users, programmers, and worldwide recognition at an amazing pace, so maybe in the next year or so, we will see something new hit the market.... Hopefully Open Source!!! :D

Re: Features in PHP 5
 

Lol you are REALLY a microsoft advocate aren't you?

Re: Features in PHP 5
 

That would make sense after most of the posts I'm reading over. ;) <jk>

I'm sure not a huge microSlouch fan myself, but, chances are Bill Gates will someday run for President, win, and plug us all into some advanced MS terminal that resembles the pods on the Matrix. :eek::eek::eek:

LONG LIVE OPEN SOURCE!!!!

Re: Features in PHP 5
 

:D I was referring to Tekmaven, i forgot to click "Quote Message in Reply"

Re: Features in PHP 5
 

I knew you were refering to Tekmaven... :) I was agreeing with you... ;)

Re: Features in PHP 5
 

PHP 5.0.0 Beta 2 released ;)

And yes, the new/improved features of PHP 5 is definitely mouthwatering :D