In the v5.22.1 release post, we said that a second post would explain the method. This is that post. It shows how we measured the extension, how we found the hot spots, how we decided what to keep, and what did not work.

We are happy to announce the immediate release of Zephir 0.13.0. Along with several enhancements, interface checks and bug fixes, Zephir 0.13.0 offers support for PHP 7.4 and PHP 8.0, which is a big milestone!

All repositories related to Zephir, which were inside phalcon Github organization were transferred to zephir-lang organization. This transfer should have been done in past, but due Github's limitations at that time, it was decided to keep them inside phalcon.

A quick status update on v5, PHP 8 and our Forum.!

Cross posted from the Zephir Blog

Phalcon is a framework that differs from the rest. Developers cannot update the framework using tools like composer with one command. Instead the extension needs to be recompiled with each new update. Some people find this a problem and a nuisance. Others, like us, find it entertaining! We have just launched a new vers…

Phalcon has always had a small development community and not that many pull requests, offering bug fixes and enhancements, compared to other PHP frameworks. This was primarily due to the fact that most developers do not really know C. To help developers contribute, we have created a new language called Zephir, which ha…

We have been working hard to ensure that bugs are fixed and v4 is getting close to a release state. As always we would like to thank all of our contributors who have been helping in this effort, as well as everyone on our community sites (forum, discord etc.) for engaging in conversations, sharing criticism and ideas!…

Just a status update for all of our followers and contributors! As usual, a big thank you to everyone that helps us making Phalcon better!

We had some requests in the past to localize our documentation for Zephir. Today we are happy to announce that we now have full localization for our Zephir documentation.

The wait is over! Phalcon 2.0 is here!

Phalcon 2 is the a major upgrade to the framework and will be released April 17th, 2015. This new version is a rewriting of about 85% total code from C to a high-level language we have created called Zephir.

Today we're pleased to announce the first release-candidate for Phalcon 2.0. This release has been quite a while in the making, and includes new features, improvements and a clean and friendly code base.

Today we're very excited to announce the release of the third beta (and possibly last one) of Phalcon 2!

It's been a while since we last communicated with our community. Rest assured our resolve and determination towards the project remains the same :)

Eight months ago we announced the creation of a new high-level compiled language called Zephir which we used to completely rewrite Phalcon 2.0.

Yesterday (2014-04-05) we had our first Phalcon community hangout. The main purpose of the hangout was to meet the community, discuss about what Phalcon is and what our future steps are, and hear news, concerns, success stories from the community itself.

As with any project, statistics are always good to have around. Whether this is personal curiosity or showing off, statistics help us make decisions.

We're very excited to announce the release of Phalcon 2.0 Alpha 1!

It's time to talk about Phalcon 2 and the future of this project.