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 PHP 4                                                                      NEWS
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 ?? ??? 2002, Version 4.3.0
+- Changed the short_open_tag default to 'Off' in php.ini-dist and 
+  php.ini-recommended. (Jani)
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 - Major update of domxml. New functions and better DOM compliance. (Uwe)
 - Added large OID value (2^31 to 2^32) support for pg_lo_import(),
   pg_lo_unlink(), pg_lo_open() and pg_lo_export(). (Yasuo)