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The 2nd release candidate of PHP 5.2.2 was just released and can be downloaded here:

Source Code:
http://downloads.php.net/ilia/php-5.2.2RC2.tar.bz2 (md5sum: 4752195cc5418686914ee1db08774763)

Win32 Binaries:
http://downloads.php.net/edink/php-5.2.2RC2-Win32.zip (md5sum: afa59d4219d83b7281f0101c9dae947e)

Since there were no major regressions in RC1 and RC2 only resolved pre-existing issues the goal is to proceed with the final release next Thursday. To make sure that the release is solid and does not break any existing code I would like ask everyone to test it against their code to see if everything still works as expected. If you identify any new issues since 5.2.1, please let me know.

The final release candidate of FUDforum 2.7.7RC2 is now available for download. This releases' focus has been primarily bug fixing with a fair number of small issues being resolved. I anticipate this RC will go smoothly and will be followed by a final within 2-3 weeks.

The install script can be found here and the upgrade script here.

The release announcement detailing all of the major changes can be found here.

The first release candidate of PHP 5.2.2 is now available for download here:

http://downloads.php.net/ilia/php-5.2.2RC1.tar.bz2 (262e36555c083d103259fea165faabaf)
http://downloads.php.net/ilia/php-5.2.2RC1.tar.gz (04e979787670d3d5e1c3e289104b65fa)

The focus of this release is twofold, number one we are continuing to stabilize the language, with over 60 bug fixes. The second goal was to improve the security of the language through an internal audit as well as by addressing previously unknown bugs identified by MOPB. As you can imagine both these goals result in a rather extensive set of changes, so testing to make sure no new bugs or regressions were introduced is critical. Therefor I would like to ask everyone, over the next few weeks to give this RC a shot with your code base to ensure there are no problems. I want to make 5.2.2 go out as soon as possible given the security improvements that it brings, with the next RC slated at just over 2 weeks from today (April 26th) and the final in early May.

If you come across any problems feel free to identify them by replying to this blog entry or by creating a bug report on http://bugs.php.net.