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The Latest in PHP

June 2017 Edition

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Presented by

Chris Gmyr

@cmgmyr

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PHP Releases

7.1.6, 7.0.20, 7.2.0-alpha1

• Bug Fixes
• http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.1.6
• http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.0.20

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PHP RFCs

Accepted: Object typehint (https://wiki.php.net/rfc/object-typehint)

function acceptsObject(object $obj) {
    //
}

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PHP RFCs

Implemented (7.2): Allow abstract function override (https://wiki.php.net/rfc/allow-abstract-function-override)

abstract class A           { abstract function bar(stdClass $x);  }
abstract class B extends A { abstract function bar($x): stdClass; }
class C extends B          { function bar($x): stdClass{} }
// Fatal error: Can't inherit abstract function A::bar()
// (previously declared abstract in B)

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PHP RFCs

Under Discussion: UUID (https://wiki.php.net/rfc/uuid)

“Provide a UUID implementation as part of the PHP standard module…”

(implement https://github.com/ramsey/uuid into core)

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PHPUnit

6.2.0

• Bug fixes
• Better support for counting non-Iterator Traversable objects
• Add support for disabling the conversion of E_DEPRECATED to exceptions
• Add --no-logging option to disable logging

https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/wiki/Release-Announcement-for-PHPUnit-6.2.0

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Framework: Laravel

5.4.[23-27]

• Added ability to eager load counts via $withCount property
• Added Router::apiResource() method (no create or edit routes)
• Added TestResponse::assertViewIs() method
• Added Model::refresh() shorthand
• Added Request::routeIs() & Route Route::isName()
• Added Macroable trait to FactoryBuilder

https://github.com/laravel/framework/releases

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[fit] Laravel 5.5 in July 🙏

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Framework: Symfony

• 2.7.[28-29]
• 2.8.[21-22]
• 3.2.9
• 3.3.[0-2]

https://symfony.com/blog/category/releases https://symfony.com/blog/symfony-3-3-0-curated-new-features

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CMS: Drupal

• 8.3.3
• 7.55

https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases

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CMS: Wordpress

4.8 “Evans”

• Widget Updates: Image, Video, Audio, Rich Text
• Multi-site updates
• JS API updates: Text Editor, Media Widgets

https://wordpress.org/news/2017/06/evans/

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CMS: Magento

2.0.14

• Support for MasterCard BIN number expansion
• Resolution of multiple high priority and critical security issues

2.1.7

• Resolution of multiple high priority and critical security issues
• Reversion of the changes to image resizing that we introduced in 2.1.6

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IDE: PHPStorm

2017.2 EAP

• New Composer actions
• traits improvements
• New UML actions
• remove Composer dependency action
• PHP extensions detection
• improved UI for PHP settings page

https://blog.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/

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IDE: VSCode

1.13

• Set multiple cursors with Ctrl/Cmd + Click
• Improved Git merge
• Emmet abbreviations display
• Enhanced snippets
• Docker and MERN debugging recipes

https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_13

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PHP Conferences - June

Dutch PHP Conference June 29–July 1, Amsterdam, The Netherlands https://www.phpconference.nl

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PHP Conferences - July

Laracon July 25-26, NYC http://laracon.us/

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Nomad PHP - June 22

US Pieces of Auth By Chris Cornutt

Europe Transforming PHP By Christopher Pitt

https://nomadphp.com/

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Upcoming regional events

Oct 7-8 - NCDevCon - http://ncdevcon.com

Oct 23-24 - All Things Open - http://allthingsopen.org

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Notable News & Articles

• How to Go From Development to Deployment with Docker
• Controllers and Domain Exceptions
• What is PSR-7 and How to Use It
• Web Developer Security Checklist
• PHP Versions Stats - 2017.1 Edition
• Generate a JSON Feed with Laravel
• Laravel 5.5 Gets Improvements with the Default Error Views
• What Is WP-CLI? A Beginner’s Guide
• 15 years of Xdebug

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Next Month @ TrianglePHP

TBD Presented By - You?!?

Thursday, July 20 6pm Atlantic BT

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Tonight @ TrianglePHP

Microlithic Applications in PHP

Presented By - Michael Kelly

Thank you to Atlantic BT for hosting and refreshments!