Zend Unveils PHP 5 -- The Most Advanced Web Application
Scripting Language for Enterprise Development
Most Significant Release Since the Creation of PHP Powers
Object-Oriented Development, Boosts Productivity, and Meets the
Needs of Enterprise Developers
Laptop Battery CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 2004-- Zend
Technologies, Inc., the PHP company, today introduced PHP 5, the
most significant upgrade to the scripting language since the
release of the Zend Engine in 1997. To meet enterprise demand for a
comprehensive Web application development language, updates to PHP
5 include a major new release of the Zend Engine, support for
object-oriented development, XML processing advancements and the
addition of cutting-edge Web services support. PHP is used
in over 15 million Web sites today, with 10,000 new downloads per
month.
The release of PHP 5, powered by the Zend Engine II, marks a
significant leap in PHP's evolution as one of the key Web
technologies in the world today. While keeping its firm commitment
to users who prefer using the functional structured syntax of PHP,
this release also enables organizations developing large-scale
applications to leverage the productivity, maintainability and
reusability of object-oriented design.
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Thinkpad "I'm a long-time PHP proponent and am pleased to see that this
significant update further extends the language's development
productivity benefits," said Adam Bosworth, senior vice president
of engineering, BEA Systems, Inc. "The inclusion of advanced XML
processing and Web services functionalities represents a great leap
forward for PHP 5. These market-driven enhancements are proof that
PHP's creators and vibrant community are committed to evolving the
language in-step with the changing demands of the Web application
market."
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Microsoft Since its introduction, PHP has emerged as one of the most
popular Web development languages, powering millions of Web sites
and applications around the world. With each new release, Zend has
evolved PHP to enable developers to create simple, yet powerful,
Web applications. PHP 4 introduced the Zend Engine, dramatically
enhancing the performance and extensibility of PHP. Today, PHP 5 --
a next-generation scripting language -- supports the
object-oriented paradigm, delivers enterprise-class XML support and
offers the productivity, stability and extensibility that
enterprises need to develop business-critical Web applications.
Zend products are focused on PHP, which has taken the market by storm. PHP, according to NetCraft, has surpassed ASP, making it the most popular web scripting language and the Zend Engine is being utilized on over 15 million websites today. Commercially, the company's web application platform products have over 20, 000 customers in over 6, 000 companies worldwide. Zend is well managed and backed by the world' tier venture capital firms and is currently investing in the people, technology and infrastructure to dominate the enterprise market.
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Laptop Computer -- Zend Engine II Ushers In Object-Oriented PHP. PHP 5 is
powered by a new release of the core component that powers PHP --
the Zend Engine. This update includes nearly 20 new object-oriented
development features that allow organizations to create
maintainable, component-based enterprise applications. By treating
objects as handles, the Zend Engine II enables programmers to
assign object handles and pass or return them to and from functions
by continuously pointing to the same object. This means accelerated
development cycles that result in standards-based applications and
reusable software assets. The full-featured object-oriented
capabilities of the Zend Engine II will help applications run
faster, make object-oriented
programming in PHP much more
powerful and intuitive, and make PHP a feasible platform for
large-scale enterprise application development projects.
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Desktop Computer -- Extended XML Support. Revolutionary XML capabilities in PHP 5
make it the ideal platform for XML processing. To ensure that PHP
5's XML support is standards-compliant, well-behaved, and
feature-rich, the General XML extensions have been re-written in
this release to use the Gnome Project's XML and XSLT libraries for
increased performance and stability. Further enhancements allow the
various XML extensions to interoperate with each other when
required. In addition, PHP 5's new SimpleXML functionality operates
much like an "XML for Dummies," enabling developers to manipulate
XML files as if they were PHP objects. This new feature allows any
PHP developer to easily use XML without having advanced experience
or knowledge.
Notebooks -- Support for Web Services. Increasingly, enterprise
development projects are involving Web services. To ensure that
enterprise developers can incorporate Web services into their PHP
projects, PHP 5 includes a SOAP module, allowing interoperability
with Web services via an easy-to-use API. SOAP (Simple Object
Access Protocol) is a lightweight XML-based protocol for exchanging
structured information between distributed applications over native
Web protocols, such as HTTP. It is rapidly becoming the standard
protocol for accessing Web Services.
Lenovo -- Enhanced Database Support. PHP 5 includes a new module,
MySQLi, that takes advantage of all of the latest features of MySQL
4.1 to offer improved performance and an object-oriented API. PHP 5
also includes SQLite, an embedded SQL database, that is bundled and
accessible to every PHP 5 deployment so that developers can now
write applications for PHP 5 with complete certainty that an SQL
engine will always be available. Both of these database support
enhancements take advantage of the new Zend Engine II's
Object-Oriented extensibility.
Hard Drive "PHP 5 is a culmination of the input and improvements that
hundreds of developers contributed through the thriving PHP
community," said Andi Gutmans, Zend co-founder and vice president
of technology. "Created by developers for developers, enhancements
to PHP represent proven approaches and technology that will enable
organizations to productively build robust, dynamic
business-critical applications."
Travelstar About Zend Technologies, Inc.
Gateway Zend Technologies, Inc., the PHP Company, is the leading
provider of products and services for developing, deploying and
managing business-critical PHP applications. Zend and its founders
are the creators and ongoing innovators of PHP, which is used by
more than 15 million Web sites and has quickly become the most
popular language for building dynamic Web applications. Deployed at
more than 6,000 customers worldwide, the Zend
Family of Products is a
comprehensive platform for supporting the entire lifecycle of
PHP applications. Zend is a privately held, venture funded
company based in Cupertino, California. For more information,
please visit www.zend.com, or call 408-253-8800.
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