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== PHP 5 - Object Orientation, Error Handling and XML ==
The main, though far from only, feature of PHP 5 is the improved support for Object Oriented Programming (OOP). In addition, PHP 5 introduced some features common in other langauges languages such as Java like try/catch error and exception handling.
PHP 5 also introduced new extensions aimed at easing the storage and manipulation of data. Significant new features include SimpleXML for handling XML documents, and SQLite, an embedded basic and easy to use database interface.
== How Popular is PHP? ==
A quick review of some statistics gives a very clear indication of the phenomenal phenomenally widespread use of PHP. A company called Netcraft specializes in recording data about the types of web servers and web server modules that are used on the internet. As of April 2007 Netcraft reports reported that PHP is was used on over 20,000,000 distinct web domains.
A web survey by SecuritySpace also lists PHP as the most widely deployed Apache module. It is safe to say that PHP has taken the internet by storm.
As if that wasn't enough one of the worlds world's most popular web sites, Wikipedia, is build primarily using PHP.