PHP-GTK 2 (currently under development) is based on PHP 5 and Gtk+ 2.
PHP 5 has a brand new object model that solves all the lingering technical
issues and allows for much more powerful control of the Gtk+ 2 interface.
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objects are no longer glorified arrays - they are always passed by reference
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since objects have destructors, memory is properly cleaned up
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no problems with method invocation (even something like $button->get_child()->set_text() is possible)
PHP 5 also adds a number of features to aid OO programming: abstract classes,
interface, private and protected methods and variables, exceptions, and much
more.
