A release announcement concerning the latest version of the Zend Core has been posted over on the Zend Developer Zone today:

Zend Technologies, the PHP company, today announced a new version of Zend Core. Zend Core 2.0 is based on PHP 5.2.1 and complements PHP with enhancements to improve development, deepen database support, enhance Windows integration and provide enterprise-class support. Zend Core is available for free and can be downloaded at www.zend.com/core.

Updates in this latest version including better Windows performance/reliability, Zend Enabler, the inclusion of the Zend Framework, MySQL 5.0 and bundled drivers for databases from IBM, Oracle, and MySQL. There's even Mac OS X support built right in.

It's free and simpel to set up, so head on over and give it a try...