# PHP 5.2.8 Released

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/42190
- Original archive: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/42190
- Started by Ilia Alshanetsky on 2008-12-08T23:59:23+00:00
- Messages: 5
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## #42190 — Ilia Alshanetsky — 2008-12-08T23:59:23+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/42190#42190

The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate  
availability of PHP 5.2.8. This release addresses a regression  
introduced by 5.2.7 in regard to the magic_quotes functionality, that  
was broken by an incorrect fix to the filter extension. All users who  
have upgraded to 5.2.7 are encouraged to upgrade to this release,  
alternatively you can apply a work-around for the bug by changing  
"filter.default_flags=0" in php.ini.

For users upgrading from PHP 5.0 and PHP 5.1, an upgrade guide is  
available here (http://www.php.net/migration52), detailing the changes  
between those releases and PHP 5.2.8. For a full list of changes in  
PHP 5.2.8, see the ChangeLog (http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.8).

Ilia Alshanetsky
5.2 Release Master

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## #42197 — Hannes Magnusson — 2008-12-09T09:58:17+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/42190#42197 · In reply to: #42190

> The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate availability
> of PHP 5.2.8. This release addresses a regression introduced by 5.2.7 in


What is the status of the 5.2.x series now?
Security fixes only? Random bugfixes?

-Hannes

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## #42199 — Marcus Boerger — 2008-12-09T12:29:08+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/42190#42199 · In reply to: #42197

Hello Hannes,

Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 10:58:17 AM, you wrote:

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> > […]


> What is the status of the 5.2.x series now?
> Security fixes only? Random bugfixes?

We are at least a quarter away from a 5.3.0 release. And history has shown
that a .0 release does not have much production friends and there will be a
transition phase til 5.3.1 to 5.3.3. That said we can only close the branch
to security only once we have a new stable branch.


Best regards,
 Marcus

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## #42200 — Hannes Magnusson — 2008-12-09T12:32:36+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/42190#42200 · In reply to: #42199

> Hello Hannes,
>
> Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 10:58:17 AM, you wrote:
>
> > […]
>
>
> > […]
>
> We are at least a quarter away from a 5.3.0 release. And history has shown
> that a .0 release does not have much production friends and there will be a
> transition phase til 5.3.1 to 5.3.3. That said we can only close the branch
> to security only once we have a new stable branch.

In other words: 5.2 is still open for bug fixes.
Thanks

-Hannes

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## #42202 — Ilia Alshanetsky — 2008-12-09T13:51:50+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/42190#42202 · In reply to: #42197

I would prefer that 5.2 at this point was reserved for critical fixes  
only. In mind those would include crash fixes, regression fixes and of  
course any security fixes.




> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 00:59, Ilia Alshanetsky <ilia@prohost.org>  
> wrote:
> > […]
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>
> What is the status of the 5.2.x series now?
> Security fixes only? Random bugfixes?
>
> -Hannes

Ilia Alshanetsky