Last Month in PHP: 2016 March

From a KCPUG lightning talk being given on 06 Apr 2016.

BASH COMING TO WINDOWS!

Yes, Microsoft is adding the linux Bash shell to Windows.

• Uses Ubuntu user mode binaries
• So, (maybe?) in the Windows Command Line: apt-get install nginx php7-fpm mysql-server php7-mysql

PHP development on Windows is about to get much better!

See: MSDN: BASH Running in Ubuntu on Windows

PHP Updates

Security and bugfix updates to PHP were released TWICE in March. Upgrade!

• 7.0.5 - Upgrade!
  • Security fixes
  • Bug fixes
• 5.6.20 - Upgrade!
  • Security fixes
  • Bug fixes
• 5.5.34 - Upgrade!
  • Security fixes
  • Bug fixes

Composer

Composer v1.0.0-beta1 & v1.0.0-beta2 were released

• Many new things!
• Including:
  • Disables non-secure protocols
  • prohibits / why-not command to show what blocks an upgrade to a given package:version pair
  • Added --interactive / -i to the update command, which lets you pick packages to update interactively

CMSes

Drupal 8

Drupal 8.0.5

• Maintenance release
  • No changes worthy of updating the CHANGELOG.txt

μFrameworks

Slim 3

Slim 3.2.1 & 3.2.2

• Bugfix: Do not use DefferedCallable in route callable.
  • See: Slim Framework 3.2.1 release notes
• Bugfix: Make $file public in UploadedFile
  • See: Slim Framework 3.2.2 release notes

Slim 3.3.0

• More closely aligns with PSR-7
  • See: Slim Framework 3.3.0 release notes

Frameworks

Laravel

• Laravel 5.2.27
• Laravel 5.2.24
• Laravel 5.2.23
  • Adds in_array validation
  • Callback in Arr::first() & Arr::last() is now optional
  • Can now specify more than 1 middleware
  • Adds some interesting changes to Blades
  • See: Mohamed Said: What's new in laravel 5.2.23

Symfony

• Symfony [3.0.4, 2.8.4, 2.7.11, 2.3.39]
  • Mostly bugfixes
• Virtual Symfony Hackday was held on 17 March
• Announced in March: Symfony Polyfill

Zend

• No updates for ZF 2.5
• Lots of work for upcoming ZF3!
  • See: the Zend Framework 3 Update for 2016-03-24

PHP: The Right Way

• Added a Brazilian Portuguese translation
• Note: Every open-source project can use your help with documentation. What are you waiting for?

Upcoming Conferences

Lone Star PHP
Apr 7-9: Dallas, TX

• KCPHP Speakers!

Day Camp for Developers - Modern PHP
Apr 22: Online

DrupalCon
May 9-13: New Orleans, LA

• KCPHP Speaker!

php[tek]
May 23-27: St Louis, MO

• KCPHP Speaker!

200 OK
June 3: Tulsa, OK

Kansas City Developer Conference
June 22-24 - Kansas City, MO

• 4 PHP talks
• KCPHP speakers!

php[cruise]
July 17-24 - Bahamas

Laracon US
July 27-29 - Louisville, KY

NomadPHP

NomadPHP is an online supplement to your in-real-life user group.

April 21: 01:00 PM CDT

• Docker for PHP Developers
• Chris Tankersley - @dragonmantank

April 21: 08:00 PM CDT

• Expressive Microservice Framework Blastoff
• Adam Culp - @AdamCulp

Next Month's KCPUG

Joseph Maxwell will be presenting an update of his excellent February talk: "Writing Better Code with the New PHP 7"!

• To be presented at php[tek] in May!