Well, it's been a long time coming, but finally PHP 4.1.0 has been released. There are several major changes, one of which being that the new $_GET and $_POST are now auto-global arrays. The PHP.net page hasn't updated with the information yet, so it's still "unofficial" - but it still should be there for download. (and for you Windows users - click here). Note: this release is NOT official and has not passed through QA yet..

Thanks to SpiderMan for the link to a nice little SitePoint Article that covers using PostgreSQL with PHP. It's an excerpt from a book about using PostgreSQL, but highlights using it with PHP. This is a good resource for beginners - and ones that just need to get a quick overview of what PostgreSQL is all about in PHP.

Also, good news for those out there using the BadBlue webserver for Windows - they now have a new "module" that allows you to encode your PHP scripts. It essentially makes them into small executable files that the server runs. I dunno about any benchmarks on this kind of thing, so I'm not sure how well it would perform versus normal scripts, but it's worth a shot. It comes bundled with their Enterprise Edition, though. And that's not in the free download they offer...