An overview of the latest news and interesting developments across PHP from March 2018: new language features, RFCs, community news, upcoming conferences, and the latest versions of popular frameworks and platforms.
3. CMSes: Drupal
Drupal 8.5 Released
● Improved Media API
● Settings Tray and Content Moderation
○ Moved from “experimental” to “stable”
● Experimental layout builder
● (mostly) stable Migrations
○ Multilingual site upgrades not ready yet
● Big Pipe by default
● PHP 7.2 supported
● drupal.org/blog/drupal-8-5-0
Drupal 7 or 8? UPDATE!
7.58 & 8.5.1 Fixes:
● SA-CORE-2018-002
● See: drupal.org/sa-core-2018-002
4. CMSes: WordPress
WordPress News
● No patches in March
● Security update in April: 4.9.5
○ wordpress.org/news/2018/04/wordpress-4-9-5-security-and-maintenance-release
● Powers 30% of the Internet
○ w3techs.com/technologies/details/cm-wordpress/all/all
● WordPress Jargon Glossary
○ make.wordpress.org/marketing/2018/02/28/wordpress-jargon-glossary
● New Privacy Roadmap
○ make.wordpress.org/core/2018/03/28/roadmap-tools-for-gdpr-compliance
7. Frameworks - Symfony
Symfony Maintenance Releases
● 2.7.(42, 43)
○ symfony.com/blog/symfony-2-7-42-release
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○ symfony.com/blog/symfony-2-7-43-release
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● 2.8.(35, 36)
○ symfony.com/blog/symfony-2-8-35-release
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○ symfony.com/blog/symfony-2-8-36-release
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Symfony Maintenance Releases
● 3.4.(5, 6)
○ symfony.com/blog/symfony-3-4-5-released
○ symfony.com/blog/symfony-3-4-6-released
● 4.0.(5, 6)
○ symfony.com/blog/symfony-4-0-5-released
○ symfony.com/blog/symfony-4-0-6-released
Symfony 4.1 Feature Freeze
● S4.1 is coming in May!
8. Frameworks - Zend
ZF 2
● LTS ended 2018 March 31
● Raise a glass!
● Marks the end of ZF as a “monolithic
framework”
ZF 3
● Expressive 3 released
○ Requires PHP 7.1+
○ Provides full support for PSR-15
middleware
○ framework.zend.com/blog/2018-03-16-expr
essive-3.html
9. PHP: The Right Way
● Nothing new in March ● Note: Every open-source project can use
your help with documentation. What are
you waiting for?
10. PHP Conferences
WordCampKC 2018
Kansas City, MO - 4/13-14
2018.kansascity.wordcamp.org
Longhorn PHP
Austin, TX - 4/19-21
longhornphp.com
PHP[TEK] 2018
Atlanta, GA - 5/31-6/1
tek.phparch.com
CakeFest 2018
Nashville, TN - 6/14-17
cakefest.org
KCDC
Kansas City, MO - 7/11-13
kcdc.info
KCDC - Kids Conf
Kansas City, MO - 7/14
kcdc.info
11. PHP Conferences
Mid-Atlantic Dev Con
Baltimore, MD - 7/13-14
middevcon.com
PHPDetroit Conf 2018
Detroit, MI - 7/26-28
phpdetroit.io
Southeast PHP Conference
Nashville, TN - 8/16-17
CFP until 4/15
southeastphp.com
CoderCruise 2018
Ft. Lauderdale, FL - 8/30 - 9/3
codercruise.com
Northeast PHP 2018
Boston, MA - 9/19-21
CFP until 4/11
2018.northeastphp.org
WavePHP 2018
San Diego, CA - 9/19-21
wavephp.com
12. Nomad PHP (Online) - April 19
Nomad PHP EU - 01:00 PM CDT
Mining your code for efficient documentation
● Damien Seguy (@exakat)
● nomadphp.com/mining-code-efficient-docu
mentation
Nomad PHP US - 08:00 PM CDT
How to use generators to beat memory bloat
● David Hayes (@korvinszanto)
● nomadphp.com/use-generators-beat-mem
ory-bloat