PHP 5.3 has been released! http://www.ph…

PHP 5.3 has been released! http://www.php.net/archive/2009.php#id2009-06-30-1

This release is a major improvement in the 5.X series, which includes a large number of new features and bug fixes.

Some of the key new features include: namespaces, late static binding, closures, optional garbage collection for cyclic references, new extensions (like ext/phar, ext/intl and ext/fileinfo), over 140 bug fixes and much more.