# History of PHP release dates

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/60440
- Original archive: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/60440
- Started by Michael Kliewe on 2012-05-03T22:22:41+00:00
- Messages: 2
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## #60440 — Michael Kliewe — 2012-05-03T22:22:41+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/60440#60440

Hello there,

I was searching for a structured list of PHP releases and I found this site:
http://php.net/releases/index.php

It is possible to get a serialized array with ?serialize=1, but I only 
get 3 releases (latest 5.X, latest 4.X and latest 3.X), not all. The 
parameter &max=Y does not provide the correct amount of releases.

Maybe it's easy to fix?
Maybe it's easy to add JSON output? (I'm not a fan of unserializing 
unknown input)

Visualisation of PHP release dates: http://phpreleasedates.phpgangsta.de/
I used dates from the tar.gz files I found in the museum, are there 
better sources with release dates for version 1.x, 2.x and 3.x?

Regards
Michael

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## #60441 — Ferenc Kovacs — 2012-05-03T22:35:28+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/60440#60441 · In reply to: #60440

> Hello there,
>
> I was searching for a structured list of PHP releases and I found this
> site:
> http://php.net/releases/index.**php <http://php.net/releases/index.php>
>
> It is possible to get a serialized array with ?serialize=1, but I only get
> 3 releases (latest 5.X, latest 4.X and latest 3.X), not all. The parameter
> &max=Y does not provide the correct amount of releases.
>
> Maybe it's easy to fix?
> Maybe it's easy to add JSON output? (I'm not a fan of unserializing
> unknown input)
>
> Visualisation of PHP release dates: http://phpreleasedates.**
> phpgangsta.de/ <http://phpreleasedates.phpgangsta.de/>
> I used dates from the tar.gz files I found in the museum, are there better
> sources with release dates for version 1.x, 2.x and 3.x?
>
>
Hi,

I don't know that it is a bug or not, but max=Y is working if you only
request the releases for a specific major version:
http://www.php.net/releases/index.php?serialize=1&version=5&max=-1
http://www.php.net/releases/index.php?serialize=1&version=4&max=-1  //
http://www.php.net/releases/index.php?serialize=1&version=3&max=-1  // it
seems that we don't have a complete list for php 3 releases

-- 
Ferenc Kovács
@Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu
