PHP Version

Versions of PHP

PHP 1.0

Implementation using C and Perl software by Rasmus Lerdorf. It is not a server side scripting language. Used it to find out total number of hits.

PHP 2.0

Released as a partially server side scripting language. Support different types of databases.

PHP 3.0

Zeav Surksi and Andy Gutmans have rewritten the parses of PHP from scratch and released 3.0 as fully server side scripting language. The name was renamed as Hypertext Preprocessor. Zend organization is established with this version. Support different platforms.

PHP 4.0

Zend engine 1.0 is introduced with PHP 4.0. Zend engine is run time engine of PHP. This version supports different web servers. Smarty tempting system is introduced with this version which provides more template to develop application very fast.

PHP 5.0

The major upgrade of this version is object oriented programming support. Zend engine 2.0 is introduced with this version. XML and web services support is increased.

PHP 6.0

The main focus of 6.0 is Unicode support means programmers can able to name their classes and methods with their native language. It supports some advanced object oriented programming concept like name space and late static binding.

PHP 7.0

Consistent 64-bit support. Many fatal errors converted to Exceptions. Removed old and unsupported SAPIs and extensions.