new features

• PHP 5.4 function call array dereference (experimental)
• PHP 5.4 Binary number format
• PHP 5.5 boolval() implemented
• added more extensions
• SplFileObject stub
• ArrayObject stub
• "Etc/GMT-0", "Etc/UTC" timezones added
• API for session_name($newname)
• catch() passes ScriptDiedException thru (exception thrown by die; or exit; cannot be catch by PHP code now)
• ReflectionClass::implementsInterface()
• PDO::MYSQL_ constants
• readdir, closedir, rewinddir with parameterless overloads
• ReflectionClass::getConstants() available

fixes

• using of reserved PHP keywords as qualified names (abstract, resource, array)
• PHPDocBlock allows @var to have variable name and variable type in different orders
• SimpleXmlElement - conversion of single attribute to bool and array fix
• SimpleXMLElement Create from attribute fix
• SimpleXMLElement.ToString returns content of the element
• unserialize() with an empty string returns FALSE without warning
• sessionregenerateid(true) does not clear $_SESSION variable
• "files" session handler fix for data > 8kB
• session id of empty session is not lost
• Zip: reading file content fix
• glob() returns paths with \ slashes on Windows
• PDOStatement prepare parameters - fix when duplicit parameters specified
• Type compilation fix; class implementing interface and extending another class that implements the same interface but not implements its methods fix
• fast&proper is_numeric(); not causing PHP exceptions; not reporting bool/null/.. as numbers; not causing conversion of an object to a number
• PDO overloads fix, converting DB values to PHP types
• PDO closes pending reader before commit properly
• PDO closes pending reader when starting new transaction
• handling NULL in some library functions properly
• PDO fixes; overloads fixes; FETCH_COLUMN support
• Finilizing objects fix
• fopen "a" mode causes a missing file to be created
• PDOStatement::execute() overload fix
• SQLitePDODriver.Quote() properly encloses value in single quotes
• PDO::construct overload fix
• PDOException constructor implemented to work with Phalanger
• ExtManager compilable; readded missing method to Core

optimization

• SimpleXmlElement.ToBoolean(), avoids Create(), avoids creating dummy enumerator
• <Mediator> helper methods removed
• methods on $this called directly if possible (method mus be: final, private, final class or no parameters)
• Class constants compiled as CLR constant (Literal) if possible (not static readonly field)
• singleton EmptyEnumerator when PhpHashtable is empty
• PDO DB connection management uses PhpResource internally