Download PHP 4.4.0 RC1

The PHP development team has released the first release candidate for version 4.4.0 of this popular scripting language. A number of problems have been solved and the internal API has been adapted as a result. The full announcement looks like this:

We just released the first release candidate for PHP 4.4.0. This is a bug-fix only release, the increased middle digit is needed because this release changes PHP’s Internal API that causes existing third-party binary extensions to be incompatible with the new version.

This release addresses a major problem within PHP concerning references. If references where used in a wrong way, PHP would often create memory corruptions which would not always surface and be visible. In other cases it can cause variables and objects to change type or class. If you encountered strange behavior like this, this release might fix it.

Besides addressing this reference related bug, 46 other bugs are fixed. Please test this release and report any bugs or problems in our bugsystem (after searching first).