The PHPClasses.org site has released the latest episode of their "Lately in PHP" podcast series with episode #42, "New PHP 5.6 Developments".

s the release of PHP 5.6 gets closer to happen in first semester of 2014, more new features are already being implemented including a new PHP debugger. The latest PHP 5.6 developments is one of the main topics discussed by Manuel Lemos and César Rodas in the episode 42 of the Lately in PHP podcast.

They go through some of the things that have been discussed to be included in PHP 5.6 including

• the Expectations proposal
• ** as Power Operator
• Assigning Variables Automatically in the Class Constructor
• PHPDbg, a New PHP Debugger

You can listen to this latest episode a few different ways - either through the in-page player, by grabbing the mp3 or you can watch the video of the live recording.