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=== PHP 5 ===

On [[July 13]] [[2004]], PHP 5 was released, powered by the new Zend Engine II. PHP 5 included new features such as:<ref>http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2004/07/15/UpgradePHP5.html</ref>

* Robust support for [[Object-Oriented Programming]] (or OOP) through [[PHP Data Objects]]

* The [[PHP Data Objects]] extension, which defines a lightweight and consistent interfaces for accessing databases

* Performance enhancements taking advantage of the new engine

* Better support for [[MySQL]] through a completely rewritten extension

* Embedded support for [[SQLite]]

* Better [[XML]] support through a suite of interoperable tools

* Embedded support for SQLite

* Integrated [[SOAP]] support

* Data iterators

* Error handling through exceptions[[Exceptions]]

The latest version as of November 2006 is PHP 5.2.0.