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• PHP 5.4 aspires to elegance

  PHP, one of the most widely used languages for building websites, has been updated with a number of improvements to ease development and speed performance.

• PHP 5.4 emerges from the collapse of PHP 6.0

  With the pending release of PHP version 5.4, due early next year, the creators behind the popular Web scripting language are including the best parts of the now-abandoned PHP 6.0 project.

• Cloud computing underwhelms PHP developers

  While technology vendors continue to pound home the message of cloud computing, PHP developers Tuesday viewed the concept as overhyped and were not in agreement on its benefits.

• Zend looks to optimize PHP for mobile devices and the cloud

  PHP development tools maker Zend Technologies will make mobile access to applications a critical part of its product strategy on Tuesday, along with emphasizing cloud computing.

• Zend tool beta backs PHP language upgrade

  Zend Technologies, makers of tools for PHP application development, is offering a beta version of its Zend Studio 7.0 development environment, featuring support for PHP 5.3, the company said this week.

• Zend PHP framework accesses Amazon cloud

  Zend Technologies, maker of tools for building PHP applications, is extending its Web development framework to the Amazon Web Services computing cloud.

• Zend Technologies readies a new PHP application server

  Zend Technologies is putting the finishing touches to Zend Server, a new Web applications server aimed at mission-critical PHP applications.

• Zend adds Flash links to PHP

  Concentrating on rich Internet applications, Zend Technologies is backing Adobe's Action Message Format (AMF) in Zend Framework 1.7.

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  PHP upgrade improves Windows backing

  PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) 5.3, a significant upgrade to the server-side scripting language for Web applications, is expected to be available in a beta release in October, a representative of the PHP community said on Wednesday.

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  Zend: PHP set for enterprise growth

  PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) is moving beyond hobbyist and academic realms and into the enterprise, the CEO of Zend Technologies stressed Tuesday during a keynote presentation at the 2008 Zend/PHP Conference (ZendCon) in the US.