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With the release of PHP 4.4.9, this branch of the popular programming language will no longer be officially supported. From now on, only the fifth version will be actively developed, at least until PHP 6 is released in the coming months. End-of-life announcements are normal parts of a software project's timeline, and this one was preceded by major projects like phpMyAdmin and Drupal abandoning PHP 4 support. PHP 4 will not disappear overnight, and is likely to remain a part of web hosts' offering for a long time to come. The reason for that is that sections of PHP 4 code will break if run on the new version, and a lot of old software is still running across various servers. PHP 5, however, offers a number of improvements in terms of functionality and security. The old version will receive limited support in the form of the Hardened PHP Project, which will continue to provide patches and security fixes to PHP 4.

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