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suresh_2220
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PHP6 Release

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Hi,

Can you know when PHP 6 is getting released?

I am looking to create a universal website with Multi language(Unicode) Support. Any one know?
nowaydown1
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Re: PHP6 Release

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I haven't heard anything about an official date, but you can certainly grab the latest unstable build at http://snaps.php.net/ if you're interested in trying out changes.
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They haven't released a target launch date yet I believe.
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I'm no unicode expert (in fact I know almost nothing about it) but can you use these? http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ref.mbstring.php
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Unless you're actually manipulating the text in the site you should be fine just writing it in PHP 5 (or even PHP 4..). I've done quite a few internationalised sites now and it's not been a problem yet. That said, all the things I've done have been UTF-8.. if that doesn't work for you it gets tricky.
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onion2k wrote:Unless you're actually manipulating the text in the site you should be fine just writing it in PHP 5 (or even PHP 4..)
Actually the thing gets more complex when you are using a DB backend, for example using an old version with no collation support or by forgetting checking if mysql_query("SET NAMES 'utf8'", $db_link) is assigned properly, or when dealing with some japanese characters. Anyway onion2k is wright, you may write multilang structures with even PHP4.
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