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[fit] The Latest in PHP

[fit] April 2018 Edition

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Presented by

Chris Gmyr

@cmgmyr

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PHP Releases

VERSIONS

• 5.6.35, 7.0.29, 7.1.16, 7.2.4
• All bug fixes

http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php

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PHP RFCs

• Accepted
• Arrays starting with a negative index (8.0)
• Implemented
• is_countable (7.3)

https://wiki.php.net/rfc

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Negative indexed arrays (current)

$a = array_fill(-2, 3, true);

array(3) {
  [-2]=>
  bool(true)
  [0]=>
  bool(true)
  [1]=>
  bool(true)
}

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Negative indexed arrays (new)

$a = array_fill(-2, 3, true);

array(3) {
  [-2]=>
  bool(true)
  [-1]=>
  bool(true)
  [0]=>
  bool(true)
}

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Is Countable

// before 
if (is_array($foo) || $foo instanceof Countable) {
    return count($foo);
}

// after
if (is_countable($foo)) {
    return count($foo);
}

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PHPUnit

Latest: 7.1.2, 6.5.8

PHPUnit 5 has reached its End of Life on February 2, 2018 and no longer receives bug fixes

`https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/wiki`

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Framework: Laravel

5.6.[13-16]

• Better support for signed routes
• Added callback support to optional() helper
• Added @elseauth and @elseguest Blade directives
• Added view:cache command
• Replaced Blade's or operator with null-coalescing operator
• Added SessionGuard::logoutOtherDevices() method
• Security: Check iv length in Encrypter::validPayload() (5.5.40 also)

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

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Framework: Symfony

2.7.x, 2.8.x, 3.4.x, 4.0.x

• Bug Fixes

https://symfony.com/blog/category/releases

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CMS: Drupal

7.58, 8.3.9, 8.4.6, 8.5.1

highly critical security vulnerabilities

A remote code execution vulnerability exists within multiple subsystems of Drupal 7.x and 8.x. This potentially allows attackers to exploit multiple attack vectors on a Drupal site, which could result in the site being completely compromised.

https://www.drupal.org/psa-2018-001 https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases

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CMS: Wordpress

4.9.5

• Don't treat localhost as same host by default.
• Use safe redirects when redirecting the login page if SSL is forced.
• Make sure the version string is correctly escaped for use in generator tags.
• Improved compatibility with PHP 7.2.

https://wordpress.org/news/2018/04/wordpress-4-9-5-security-and-maintenance-release/

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IDE: PHPStorm

2018.1[.1]

• Refactor your code to functional style
• Creating class from test
• Codeception: code coverage
• Updated HTTP Client

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

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IDE: VSCode

1.22

• Syntax aware code folding
• Convert to ES6 refactoring
• Better large file support
• Organize JS/TS imports
• Emmet performance and smart matching improvements

https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_22

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PHP Conferences - April

DrupalCon Nashville April 9–13, Nashville, TN https://events.drupal.org/nashville2018

Longhorn PHP Conference April 19–21, Austin, TX https://www.longhornphp.com

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PHP Conferences - May

PHP Serbia Conference May 25–27, Belgrade, Serbia https://conf2018.phpsrbija.rs/

php[tek] May 29–June 1, Atlanta, GA https://tek.phparch.com/

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Nomad PHP

April 19

US How to Use Generators to Beat Memory Bloat By Korvin Szanto

Europe Mining Your Code for Efficient Documentation By Damien Seguy

https://nomadphp.com/

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Open Call for Papers

All Things Open Oct 23-24, Raleigh, NC CFP Ends: April 24 https://allthingsopen.org/call-for-papers/

Texas Camp May 31–June 2, Austin, TX CFP Ends: April 19 https://2018.texascamp.org/submit-session

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Upcoming regional events

April 28-29 - WordCamp Raleigh https://2018.raleigh.wordcamp.org

Aug 16-17 - Southeast PHP (Nashville, TN) https://southeastphp.com

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

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

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Notable News & Articles

• A Concrete Guide to Dependency Injection
• PHPStorm tips for power users
• Getting Started with Signed Routes in Laravel
• Try PSR-12 on Your Code Today
• Testing web API clients using Guzzle Mock Handler
• Going Deeper with Factories Through Factory States

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Next Month @ TrianglePHP

TDB Presented By YOU?!?!

Thursday, May 17 6pm Atlantic BT

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

Consider "Chipping In" https://secure.meetup.com/trianglephp/contribute/

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Have a Job/Need a Job

Who's hiring? Who's looking? What are you looking for?

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Tonight @ TrianglePHP

A look at Gutenberg in Wordpress 5.0

Presented By - Miles Elliot

Thank you to Atlantic BT for hosting and refreshments!