PHP 5.5 is the successor to PHP 5.4. It was released on June 20, 2013. Use this tag for version-specific issues relating to specifically to PHP 5.5.
The key features of PHP 5.5.0 include:
- Added generators and coroutines.
- Added the finally keyword.
- Added a simplified password hashing API.
- Added support for constant array/string dereferencing.
- Added scalar class name resolution via ::class.
- Added support for using empty() on the result of function calls and other expressions.
- Added support for non-scalar Iterator keys in foreach.
- Added support for list() constructs in foreach statements.
- Added the Zend OPcache extension for opcode caching.
- The GD library has been upgraded to version 2.1 adding new functions and improving existing functionality.
- A lot more improvements and fixes.
See Migrating from PHP 5.4.x to PHP 5.5.x for more information.
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