<s>
Phalcon	B-Language
is	O
a	O
PHP	B-Application
web	B-Application
framework	I-Application
based	O
on	O
the	O
model	O
–	O
view	O
–	O
controller	O
(	O
MVC	O
)	O
pattern	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
released	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
framework	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
License	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
most	O
PHP	B-Application
frameworks	O
,	O
Phalcon	B-Language
is	O
implemented	O
as	O
a	O
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
extension	B-Application
written	O
in	O
Zephir	O
and	O
C	B-Language
,	O
aiming	O
to	O
boost	O
execution	O
speed	O
,	O
reduce	O
resource	O
usage	O
,	O
and	O
handle	O
more	O
HTTP	O
requests	O
per	O
second	O
than	O
comparable	O
frameworks	O
written	O
primarily	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
drawback	O
of	O
this	O
approach	O
is	O
that	O
root/administrative	B-Application
access	O
is	O
required	O
on	O
the	O
server	O
to	O
install	O
Phalcon	B-Language
by	O
building	O
a	O
custom	O
binary	O
or	O
using	O
a	O
precompiled	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phalcon	B-Language
was	O
created	O
by	O
Andrés	O
Gutiérrez	O
and	O
collaborators	O
looking	O
for	O
a	O
new	O
approach	O
to	O
traditional	O
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
frameworks	I-Application
written	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
draft	O
of	O
the	O
framework	O
in	O
2011	O
was	O
called	O
"	O
Spark	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
name	O
was	O
later	O
changed	O
to	O
Phalcon	B-Language
,	O
representing	O
the	O
words	O
"	O
PHP	B-Application
"	O
and	O
"	O
falcon	B-Algorithm
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phalcon	B-Language
's	O
initial	O
release	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
November	O
14	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phalcon	B-Language
0.3.5	O
includes	O
an	O
ORM	B-General_Concept
written	O
in	O
C	B-Language
,	O
MVC	O
components	O
,	O
and	O
cache	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
release	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
Phalcon	B-Language
0.5.0	O
that	O
brought	O
a	O
high-level	O
dialect	O
of	O
SQL	B-Language
called	O
PHQL	O
,	O
and	O
Phalcon	B-Language
0.6.0	O
that	O
introduced	O
Volt	O
,	O
a	O
template	O
engine	O
similar	O
to	O
Jinja	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phalcon	B-Language
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
22	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
with	O
Phalcon	B-Language
1.3	O
being	O
the	O
last	O
minor	O
release	O
in	O
that	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phalcon	B-Language
2.0	O
saw	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
ported	O
from	O
C	B-Language
to	O
Zephir	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phalcon	B-Language
3.0.0	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
29	O
July	O
2016	O
,	O
this	O
major	O
release	O
includes	O
support	O
for	O
PHP	B-Application
7	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
being	O
Phalcon	B-Language
's	O
first	O
LTS	O
(	O
Long	O
Term	O
Support	O
)	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phalcon	B-Language
also	O
adopted	O
SemVer	O
for	O
their	O
next	O
releases	O
versioning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phalcon	B-Language
4.0.0	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
21	O
December	O
2019	O
,	O
this	O
major	O
release	O
includes	O
support	O
for	O
PHP	B-Application
7.2	O
,	O
7.3	O
and	O
7.4	O
has	O
stricter	O
Interfaces	O
and	O
support	O
PSR-3	O
,	O
PSR-7	O
,	O
PSR-11	O
(	O
proxy	O
)	O
,	O
PSR-13	O
,	O
PSR-16	O
,	O
PSR-17	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nikolaos	O
Dimopoulos	O
took	O
over	O
the	O
full	O
maintenance	O
of	O
Phalcon	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
decided	O
to	O
change	O
direction	O
,	O
offering	O
v5	O
as	O
a	O
PHP	B-Application
extension	B-Application
with	O
support	O
for	O
PHP	B-Application
7.4	O
and	O
8.0	O
+	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
v6	O
,	O
Phalcon	B-Language
will	O
be	O
offered	O
as	O
a	O
pure	O
PHP	B-Application
implementation	O
and	O
will	O
support	O
PHP	B-Application
versions	O
8.0	O
+	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
there	O
will	O
also	O
be	O
an	O
extension	B-Application
available	O
,	O
for	O
those	O
that	O
need	O
extra	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
extension	B-Application
will	O
work	O
in	O
parallel	O
with	O
v6	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
the	O
Packagecloud	O
repositories	O
have	O
been	O
discontinued	O
,	O
leaving	O
PECL	O
the	O
official	O
installation	O
source	O
for	O
Phalcon	B-Language
(	O
other	O
than	O
building	O
it	O
from	O
sources	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
a	O
Phalcon	B-Language
Hangout	O
on	O
6	O
September	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
announced	O
that	O
work	O
has	O
started	O
on	O
Phalcon	B-Language
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phalcon	B-Language
v5.0.0	O
was	O
released	O
during	O
a	O
live	O
Hangout	O
on	O
September	O
23	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phalcon	B-Language
Slayer	I-Language
is	O
a	O
wrapper	O
that	O
restructures	O
the	O
Phalcon	B-Language
framework	O
.	O
</s>
