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Confidential – For reviewers under NDA Revised March 10, 2008 What’s New in Delphi for PHP 2.0 Delphi for PHP 2.0 contains many new features that increase the capabilities and productivity of PHP developers. This release focuses on several key areas: 1. An expanded and improved visual development experience that goes beyond just PHP with a new visual HTML editor and templated forms designer to enable the developer to work with both HTML and PHP to build complete web pages rather than switching between PHP and HTML design tools. 2. Increased focus on making it easier to develop data-driven applications with simplified database connectivity to additonal databases, easier drag-and-drop development of database apps, and new Oracle database components. 3. Enhancements to the VCL for PHP to increase the capabilities and productivity of doing RAD design in PHP. Delphi for PHP 2.0’s main strength lies in the tremendous productivity gains PHP developers can get from doing visual web form design using rapid application development techniques. The VCL for PHP is a powerful, feature rich, and extensible framework that enables visual design and development of PHP applications. Delphi for PHP 2.0 has a many enhancements that further empower PHP developers/ 4. Enhancements to the code editor to speed the development of code and to enable PHP developers to rapidly write their own PHP code in an efficient and productive manner. PHP developers are first and foremost writers of code, and as such, they require a powerful, full-featured editor. Delphi for PHP 2.0 has placed a heavy emphasis on improving the PHP developer’s coding efficiency. Developing with Delphi for PHP 2.0 Developing PHP applications with Delphi for PHP 2.0 is different than the traditional means of using PHP. Traditionally, PHP development has been editor and text intensive – developers have written PHP websites and applications in powerful editors, with little help from visual design tools. Delphi for PHP 2.0 changes all that. By providing a rapid application, drag-and-drop means of developing applications, Delphi for PHP 2.0 developers now have the ability to drastically increase their productivity while at the same time continuing to produce pure PHP/HTML-based solutions. Traditional Windows development tools like Delphi have long provided developers with RAD development, and now Delphi for PHP 2.0 brings this powerful advantage to PHP…

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