Thanks to everyone who kindly responded with their views regarding whether or not PHP v.4.2.3. is a "beta" version or not a "beta" version.
Because the opinions offered were so adamant and so contradictory, I contacted Zend. I just received the reply (below)... Hi Jill, Nice talking with you the other day and thanks for your follow-up email. PHP v. 4.2.3 is definitely not a beta version. I checked with Zev Suraski who is one of the developers of the Zend engine, the scripting language that powers PHP. ____________________________________________ At 09:16 PM 11/7/02 -0700, you wrote: >At 02:38 PM 11/7/02 -0600, Jill S wrote: >>so again I'll ask - Are the 4.2.3 downloads at the top of the >>page at: http://www.php.net/downloads/ "beta versions" or >>non-"beta" versions? > >4.2.3 is currently the latest stable released version of PHP. Yes, that >means NOT BETA. > >Anything that makes it to the downloads page is stable code. > > >4.3.0 should be out soon, but is not yet considered stable. It has also >passed the BETA state and is in its second pre-release final testing. > > >If you want to get it you have to look at snaps.php.net or the CVS >server. Code from these sources is under active development and at any >given time may not even compile. (Not that it happens often.) I can >understand why a hosting provider might not want to run them. On the other >hand I switched to PHP4 at Beta 2 and never looked back. > >Rick -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
