PHP 5.2.5 Released

PHP 5.2.5 has now been released and is ready for download. According to the php.net site,

{{This release focuses on improving the stability of the PHP 5.2.x branch with over 60 bug fixes, several of which are security related. All users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to this release.}}

Highlights of the release include:

• Upgraded PCRE to version 7.3
• Updated timezone database to version 2007.9
• Added ability to control memory consumption between request using ZEND_MM_COMPACT environment variable.
• Improved speed of array_intersect_key(), array_intersect_assoc(), array_uintersect_assoc(), array_diff_key(), array_diff_assoc() and array_udiff_assoc() functions
• Fixed bug #43139 (PDO ignores ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE in some cases with fetchAll())
• Fixed bug #42785 (json_encode() formats doubles according to locale rather then following standard syntax)
• Fixed bug #42549 (ext/mysql failed to compile with libmysql 3.23)
• Over 60 bug fixes.

You can read the release announcement, see the changelog, or download this version.