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PHP 5.3 introduced namespaces and anonymous functions to the PHP world, which are surely great innovations for this programming language. For PHP 5.3 to be widely used, however, it needs to be supported by the various operating systems installed on development boxes and servers.

Linux distributions

The Linux environment commonly offers open source software in the form of binary packages available via repositories, being them in the form of .deb or .rpm files. The major distributions compile and bundle every new release of their bundled softwares, and upload the resulting binaries to a public repository which makes upgrading all installed software as simple as typing sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade. (continue reading…)

FROM: Marco Tabini

For some value of the word “turned,” PHP just turned fifteen. Wow.

I still vaguely remember when I turned fifteen—“rebellious,” “obnoxious” and “bad haircut” are all words that come to mind. But those were also very exciting years, full of hopes, possibilities and the knowledge that, in merely a few years’ time, I would have been able to make the roads a little less safe (in Italy, you have to be eighteen to drive, thankfully).

Milestones are not as important in our industry as they are in our lives—the way I see it, if you work in the computer field and turn to look at back at what has been, someone will have passed you by—but there are some very important lessons that can be learned from the story of PHP. (continue reading…)