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[fit] The Latest in PHP

[fit] March 2017 Edition

[fit] Presented by

[fit] Chris Gmyr

[fit] @cmgmyr

PHP Releases

7.1.2, 7.0.[16-17], 5.6.30

Bug Fixes
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.1.2
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.0.17
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.0.16
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.6.30

PHP RFCs

Pending Implementation
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/list_reference_assignment
In Voting
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/extended-string-types-for-pdo
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecate-bareword-strings

PHPUnit

5.7 support will end 2/2/18
6.0 became stable on 2/3/17
Namespaced classes! PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase is now PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase

https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/wiki/Release-Announcement-for-PHPUnit-6.0.0

Note: PHPUnit 7.0 (2/2/18) will not support PHP 7.0

Laravel

5.4.[14-15]
Collections: whereNotIn() and tap()
Query builder: orderByDesc($column)
Blade: @includeWhen(Auth::user(), 'nav.user')
Forge API
File Testing…

Laravel File Testing

Storage::fake('avatars');

$response = $this->json('POST', '/avatar', [
    'avatar' => UploadedFile::fake()->image('avatar.jpg')
]);

// Assert the file was stored...
Storage::disk('avatars')->assertExists('avatar.jpg');

https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/http-tests#testing-file-uploads

Symfony

3.2.[5-6], 2.8.18, 2.7.25

https://symfony.com/blog/symfony-3-2-6-released
https://symfony.com/blog/symfony-3-2-5-released
https://symfony.com/blog/symfony-2-8-18-released
https://symfony.com/blog/symfony-2-7-25-released

Drupal

8.3.0-rc[1, 2], 8.2.7

https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/8.3.0-rc2
https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/8.3.0-rc1
https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/8.2.7

Because of security vulnerabilities, you should update to 8.2.7 immediately.

Wordpress

4.7.3 Security Release

Cross-site scripting (XSS) via media file metadata.
Control characters can trick redirect URL validation.
Unintended files can be deleted by administrators using the plugin deletion functionality.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) via video URL in YouTube embeds.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) via taxonomy term names.
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Press This leading to excessive use of server resources.

https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/

PHPStorm

2017.1 RC Available

Codeception Support
PHPUnit 6 Support
Better Laravel Blade Support (includeWhen, component, slot)
Improved PHP Formatting
Vue.js Support
and much more…

https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/nextversion/

PHP Conferences - March

Midwest PHP 2017 March 17–18, Bloomington, Minnesota, https://2017.midwestphp.org

WordCamp London March 17–19, London, U.K. https://2017.london.wordcamp.org

PHP Experience 2017 March 27–28, Sao Paulo, Brazil https://phpexperience2017en.imasters.com.br

SymfonyLive Paris 2017 March 31–31, Paris, France http://paris2017.live.symfony.com

PHP Conferences - April

PHP Yorkshire April 8, York, U.K. https://www.phpyorkshire.co.uk

Lone Star PHP 2017 April 20–22, Addison, TX http://lonestarphp.com

DrupalCon Baltimore April 24–28, Baltimore, MD https://events.drupal.org/baltimore2017

Nomad PHP

US Yielding Higher-Performance PHP Applications By Ian Littman

Europe Zend Framework Done Right By Gary Hockin

https://nomadphp.com/

Notable News & Articles

https://dev.to/paragonie/php-72-the-first-programming-language-to-add-modern-cryptography-to-its-standard-library
https://laravel-news.com/laravel-5-5-lts
http://www.codediesel.com/php/new-features-in-php-7-1/
http://www.codediesel.com/php/handling-multiple-exceptions-in-php-7-1/
https://php-and-symfony.matthiasnoback.nl/2017/02/convenient-ducktyping-in-php/
https://www.entropywins.wtf/blog/2016/11/24/implementing-the-clean-architecture/
http://www.giorgiosironi.com/2017/02/book-review-fifty-quick-ideas-to.html
https://qafoo.com/blog/096_refactoring_extract_data_objects.html
https://kinsta.com/blog/php-versions/

Next Month @ TrianglePHP

Application Security for the Modern Web Presented By Phillip Maddux of Signal Sciences

Thursday, April 13 6pm Atlantic BT

https://www.meetup.com/trianglephp/events/237968292/