VS.Php 2.8 adds support for PHP 5.3
January 25th, 2010 - We pleased to announce the release of VS.Php 2.8 for Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2005. This release introduces support for PHP 5.3 and the new language features including namespaces.
PHP 5.3
With VS.Php 2.8 developers can write PHP applications using the new features in PHP 5.3 including namespaces, lamda functions, phar archives and much more. VS.Php 2.8 includes the latest version of XDebug designed to debug PHP 5.3 applications. We have also made improvements to XDebug to improve its stability.
Class viewer improvements
In the class viewer you can see namespaces and classes defined in namespaces organized for easy navigation. You can drag and drop classes into the code editor as well.
Namespace intellisense
VS.Php 2.8 extends the intellisense support to include namespaces and allows rich intellisense for classes defined within a namespace.
Apache 2.2
The built-in engine has been upgraded from Apache 2 to Apache 2.2. Apache 2.2 provides more configuration options and increase flexibility.
Support for magic methods (@method)
Magic methods are methods defined in comments. VS.Php understands them and makes them available in intellisense.
Other features in this release
- Bundling Zend Framework 1.9.7
- Improve support for IE8 on Visual Studio 2005
- A lot of bug fixes
VS.Php for Visual Studio 2010
Also available with this release is a beta version of VS.Php for Visual Studio 2010.
Summary
VS.Php 2.8 for Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2005 is a very exciting release with unique new features and many improvements to existing features. It continues to add value to our customers who receive one year of free updates.
