Topic: PHP 5.5.0RC1 available (x86 & x64)

[Jan-E]

PHP 5.5.0RC1 was announced.
http://www.php.net/

If you want to test PHP 5.5.0, but are missing extensions, you may find them in my 5.5 builds:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8954372/php-5.5.0RC1-nts-Win32-VC11-x86.zip
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8954372/php-5.5.0RC1-Win32-VC11-x86.zip

Or you may want to try the x64 builds, which I am uploading right now:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8954372/php-5.5.0RC1-nts-Win32-VC11-x64.zip
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8954372/php-5.5.0RC1-Win32-VC11-x64.zip

In line with the official builds I have used VC11 as well. The x64 builds contain a working php_opcache.dll.

Beware: in PHP 5.5's php.ini you do not have to add a path in the zend_extension statements:

zend_extension=php_opcache.dll
zend_extension=php_xdebug.dll # load this one after opcache

[wm003]

Thanks Jan,

unfortunately it does not even spawn the php process. Apache hangs/error loops with

[Mon May 13 14:58:21 2013] [error] (OS 193)%1 ist keine zulässige Win32-Anwendung. : mod_fcgid: can't run C:/webserver/php5fcgi/php-cgi.exe

I just tried to open a simple page with phpinfo()

i used the nts version as always under XP and the latest VC11 redist and your x86 build php-5.5.0RC1-nts-Win32-VC11-x86.zip
Replacing the the 5.5 with the latest 5.4 does work again.


In the evening, i can try the same under Win7. Maybe this is the only problem

[Jan-E]

PHP 5.5 does not support XP anymore. If it runs, you're just lucky.

[gijs]

Is it backwards compatible with scripts that work fine with PHP 5.4?

[Jan-E]

It should be. The PHP developers have put a lot of effort in backwards compatibility. If you run into a BC break, please report it.

[James Blond]

You can view the News file[1] to see which functions are have been removed.


Without any garantee as far as I know

List of removed stuff

• removed curl stream wrappers
  
• removed php_logo_guid(), php_egg_logo_guid(), php_real_logo_guid(),
  zend_logo_guid()
  
• Drop Windows XP and 2003 support
  
• PCRE Deprecated the /e modifier
  

[1] https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-5.5.0RC1/NEWS