# PHP 5.6.0beta1 Released for Testing!

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- Started by Ferenc Kovacs on 2014-04-11T13:47:43+00:00
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## #73668 — Ferenc Kovacs — 2014-04-11T13:47:43+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/73668#73668

Hi,

The first beta for 5.6.0 was just released and can be downloaded from:

    http://downloads.php.net/tyrael

The Windows binaries are available at

    http://windows.php.net/qa/

This release includes a couple of new features, such as:

   - A new method called `fread()` to the SplFileObject class
   - A new static method called createFromMutable() to the
   DateTimeImmutable class
   - A new function called hash_compare()
   - Support for marks to the PCRE extension
   - Support for asynchronous connections and queries to the Pgsql extension

Please test it carefully, and report any bugs in the bug system.
Beta 2 will be tagged on Tuesday 22th and release on Thursday 24th.

Regards,
    Julien Pauli and Ferenc Kovacs