The latest version of PHP can be downloaded from Softpedia

Jan 25, 2014 14:45 GMT  ·  By

PHP, an HTML-embedded scripting language with syntax borrowed from C, Java, and Perl, with a couple of unique PHP-specific features thrown in, has been updated to version 5.6.0 Alpha 1.

PHP 5.x includes a new OOP model based on the Zend Engine 2.0, a new extension for improved MySQL support, built-in native support for SQLite, and much more.

According to the changelog, constant scalar expressions have been implemented, variadic functions have been added, and argument unpacking have been added.

Also, support for large(>2GiB) file uploads has been added, SSL/TLS improvements have been implemented, and a new command line debugger called phpdbg is now available.

You can check out the official changelog in the readme file incorporated in the source package for more details about this release. Download PHP 5.6.0 Alpha 1 right now from Softpedia.