PHP 5.3 implements a feature called “late static bindings” that has been in the works since the PHP Developers Meeting that took place in November 2005 in Paris. This feature resolves an issue of inheritance, used to reference the called class in a context of static inheritance. Prior to version 5.3 a problem existed if [...]

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Tags: Late Static Bindings, LSB, PHP 5.3
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With PHP 5.3 slated for release near the end of April (Q1 2009), it’s time to start looking at the new improvements being implemented. Version 5.3 was originally known as “PHP 6 without Unicode support”, but there are many new features being implemented in this release that have been on the development table for a [...]

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Tags: PHP 5.3, Q1 2009, Release
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