[@chinedufn](https://github.com/chinedufn), and [@bshaffer](https://github.com/bshaffer)!
#### 4.0.0 / 2016-07-17
- Add support for late static binding. See [#88](https://github.com/firebase/php-jwt/pull/88) for details. Thanks to [@chappy84](https://github.com/chappy84)!
- Use static `$timestamp` instead of `time()` to improve unit testing. See [#93](https://github.com/firebase/php-jwt/pull/93) for details. Thanks to [@josephmcdermott](https://github.com/josephmcdermott)!
- Fixes to exceptions classes. See [#81](https://github.com/firebase/php-jwt/pull/81) for details. Thanks to [@Maks3w](https://github.com/Maks3w)!
- Fixes to PHPDoc. See [#76](https://github.com/firebase/php-jwt/pull/76) for details. Thanks to [@akeeman](https://github.com/akeeman)!
#### 3.0.0 / 2015-07-22
- Minimum PHP version updated from `5.2.0` to `5.3.0`.
- Add `\Firebase\JWT` namespace. See
[#59](https://github.com/firebase/php-jwt/pull/59) for details. Thanks to
[@Dashron](https://github.com/Dashron)!
- Require a non-empty key to decode and verify a JWT. See
[#60](https://github.com/firebase/php-jwt/pull/60) for details. Thanks to
[@sjones608](https://github.com/sjones608)!
- Cleaner documentation blocks in the code. See
[#62](https://github.com/firebase/php-jwt/pull/62) for details. Thanks to