Date of Presentation:: (Rando)
Date of Presentation:: (Rando)
Contact Person
- Leslie Rose Rando
Members
- Ann Jane Quian
- Jamaica Recuenco
- Aron Carl Balines
- Nathaniel Samson
3. PHP 3: 1997
○ Zeev Suraski and Andi Gutmans rewrote the PHP parser in 1997 and introduced
PHP 3.
○ PHP 3 marked a significant improvement and established PHP as a full-fledged
programming language.
○ The acronym "PHP" was redefined to mean "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor."
4. PHP 4: 2000
○ In 2000, PHP 4 was released, powered by the new Zend Engine, which
significantly improved performance.
○ This version included features like better session handling and support for more
web servers.
5. PHP 5: 2004
○ PHP 5 came out in 2004, introducing the Zend Engine II, offering improved
object-oriented programming features, PDO (PHP Data Objects) for database
access, and better XML support.
6. PHP 7: 2015
○ After PHP 6 was abandoned due to various issues, PHP 7 was released in 2015,
bringing major performance improvements (thanks to the new Zend Engine) and
many new language features.
○ This version was up to twice as fast as PHP 5.6 in many cases and introduced
scalar type declarations and return type declarations.
7. PHP 8: 2020
○ PHP 8 was released in November 2020, introducing the JIT (Just-In-Time)
compiler, which significantly boosted performance.
○ This version also brought numerous new features, improvements, and syntactical
enhancements.