Last Month in PHP - March 2017

Last Month in PHP
March 2017
Kansas City PHP User Group

PHP Patch Releases
PHP 7.0.17
● Bug fixes
● php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.0.17
PHP 7.1.3
● Bug fixes
● php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.1.3

Upcoming Features in PHP RFC
Deprecate and Remove Bareword
(Unquoted) Strings
● Target: 7.2
● tl;dr: Change E_NOTICE to E_WARNING
when using unquoted strings; throw Error
in PHP 8.0.
● Fixes this HUGE caveat in the docs: “Why
is $foo[bar] wrong?” (added May 2001)
○ us3.php.net/manual/en/language.types.arr
ay.php#language.types.array.foo-bar
● wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecate-bareword-string
s
This Currently Works (smh)
$foo = flase; // typo!
// ...
if ( $foo ) {
var_dump($foo); // string(5) "flase"
}
$found = false;
foreach ( $list as $item ) {
if ( is_null($item) ) {
contniue ; // this statement issues a
notice and does nothing
}
// lines assuming $item is not null
}

Upcoming Features in PHP RFC
Extended String Types For PDO
● Target: 7.2
● tl;dr: Allows for “national character” type
of SQL-92; used since MySQL 5.7 &
MSSQL 2008
● Bitwise-OR flags to PDO::PARAM_STR:
○ PDO::PARAM_STR_NATL - the value
should be quoted with the N-prefix
○ PDO::PARAM_STR_CHAR - the value
should NOT be quoted with the N-prefix
● PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_STR_PARAM
○ Says, “what follows is really a Bitwise-OR
to PDO::PARAM_STR
● wiki.php.net/rfc/extended-string-types-for-p
do
$db->quote('über', PDO::PARAM_STR |
PDO::PARAM_STR_NATL); // N'über'
$db->quote('A'); // 'A'
$db->setAttribute(
PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_STR_PARAM,
PDO::PARAM_STR_NATL);
$db->quote('über'); // N'über'
$db->quote('A', PDO::PARAM_STR |
PDO::PARAM_STR_CHAR); // 'A'

CMSes: Drupal
Drupal 8.2.7
● Drupal 8.2.7 - Upgrade!
○ Security Patch
■ Fixes Cross-Site Forgery Requests in Admin
■ Fixes remote-code execution
○ Known Regression (fixed in 8.3, to be released this month)
■ Useful class removed from Search Block: “search-block-form”
○ drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/8.2.7

CMSes: WordPress
WordPress 4.7.3 - Upgrade!
● Security update - Upgrade!
○ Fixes 6 security issues:
■ 3 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
■ 1 Cross-site request forgery (CSRF)
○ Contains 39 maintenance fixes
● wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-rele
ase/

Frameworks - CakePHP
CakePHP 2.9.[6, 7], 3.4.[3, 4]
● 2.9.6
○ Bug fixes: bakery.cakephp.org/2017/02/28/cakephp_296_released.html
● 2.9.7
○ Bug fixes: bakery.cakephp.org/2017/04/01/cakephp_297_released.html
● 3.4.3
○ Bug fixes & new features: bakery.cakephp.org/2017/03/09/cakephp_343_released.html
● 3.4.4
○ Bug fixes & new features: bakery.cakephp.org/2017/03/28/cakephp_344_released.html

Frameworks - Laravel
Laravel 5.4.[14, 15, 16]
● Laravel 5.4
○ Maintenance releases
○ github.com/laravel/framework/blob/5.4/CHANGELOG-5.4.md

Frameworks - Symfony
Symfony 3.2.[5, 6], 2.8.18, 2.7.25
● Maintenance Releases
○ symfony.com/blog/symfony-2-7-25-released

Frameworks - Zend
ZF 3.0
● No updates

PHP: The Right Way
● No updates in March
phptherightway.com
● Note: Every open-source project can use
your help with documentation. What are
you waiting for?

PHP Conferences
Lonestar PHP 2017
● Apr 20-22 - Dallas, TX
● lonestarphp.com
DrupalCon Baltimore
● April 24-28 - Baltimore, MD
● events.drupal.org/baltimore2017
PHP Unicorn Online
● May 4 - Online
● phpunicorn.com
PHP[TEK] 2017
● May 24-26 - Atlanta, GA
● tek.phparch.com

PHP Conferences - Continued
Day Camp for Developers
● June 2 - Online
● daycamp4developers.com
CoderCruise 2017
● July 16-23 - New Orleans, LA
● codercruise.com

Nomad PHP (Online) - April 20
Nomad PHP EU - 01:00 PM CDT
Modern SQL
● Elizabeth Smith (@auroraeosrose)
● nomadphp.com/modern-sql
Nomad PHP US - 08:00 PM CDT
Does Your Code Measure Up?
● Adam Culp (@AdamCulp)
● nomadphp.com/does-your-code-measure-
up

Next Month in KCPHPUG
● Call for papers!

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