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PHP5 Preview

27th February 2003

A great preview describing the features we have to look forward to in PHP 5. Proper object reference handling is going to be sweet.

Posted 27th February 2003 at 11:33 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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