PHP 5.5.0 Alpha5 released

PHP 5.5.0 Alpha5 released:

The PHP development team announces the release of PHP 5.5.0alpha5.
This release fixe some bugs from alpha4 and add some new features.
All users of PHP are encouraged to test this version carefully,
and report any bugs in the bug tracking system.


THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT PREVIEW - DO NOT USE IT IN PRODUCTION!

PHP 5.5.0 Alpha 5 is shipped with new features and improvements. Here is an incomplete list :

• Added the ability to change the tmp dir PHP will use during runtime, using a new php.ini
  entry ,
  


• Added mysqli_begin_transaction()/mysqli::begin_transaction(). Implemented all
  options, per MySQL 5.6, which can be used with START TRANSACTION, COMMIT
  and ROLLBACK through options to mysqli_commit()/mysqli_rollback() and their
  respective OO counterparts.
  These changes are reflected in the mysqlnd API as well ,
  


• 
  Added recvmsg() and sendmsg() wrappers for ext/sockets
  

You can read the full list of changes in the
NEWS file contained
in the release archive.


For source downloads of PHP 5.5.0 Alpha 5 please visit
the download page, Windows binaries
can be found on windows.php.net/qa/.


Alpha5 is the last alpha for PHP5.5. There has been a delay in alpha releases due to late coming new features.
We are now beginning the betas, and the first beta
is expected for March 7th. Betas won't add any new features, except the first one, but consolidate the source
code and fix found bugs.


Thank you for supporting PHP.

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