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PHP V5.3 has numerous new features such as namespaces, closures, object handling, object-oriented programming, and Phar. There are also some backward-compatibility issues you should be aware of with PHP v5.2. This article provides clear guidance for migrating your Web application to work with PHP V5.3. and for building more powerful and secure PHP apps.

This article takes a close look at the new PHP5.3 feature called Phar, which is an archive format that can be used within PHP. Phar can be used to not only archive files but also to deliver and run an entire PHP application from a single file. Unlike JAR archives, Phar archives can be processed by PHP itself and don't require an external tool to create or use them.

PHP5 offers an improved variety of XML parsing techniques. James Clark's Expat SAX parser, now based on libxml2, is no longer the only fully functional game in town. Parsing with the DOM, fully compliant with the W3C standard, is a familiar option. Both SimpleXML, and XMLReader, which is easier and faster than SAX, offer additional parsing approaches. This article will cover PHP5's improved XML parsing techniques, focusing on parsing large or complex XML documents.

PHP 5 introduced XMLReader, a new class for reading Extensible Markup Language (XML). Unlike SimpleXML or the Document Object Model (DOM), XMLReader operates in streaming mode, which enables PHP pages to process XML documents in an efficient streaming mode. That is, it reads the document from start to finish. This makes it very fast, and very efficient.

This article will show you how to speed up PHP application development using the Simple Ajax Toolkit (Sajax).

This article explains, with easy to understand examples, just how to get coding quickly.