Last Month in PHP - December 2015
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The document summarizes recent developments in PHP and related frameworks from December 2015. Key updates include the release of PHP 7.0.1 with new features like scalar type hinting and return type declarations. PSR-6 was introduced as a caching interface standard. WordPress 4.4, Drupal 8.0.1, Slim 3.0, Laravel 5.2, and Symfony were all released with new features and requirements. Upcoming conferences in 2016 for PHP were also listed.
![Upcoming Conferences
Sunshine PHP
● Feb 4-6 - Miami, FL
● See: http://2016.sunshinephp.com/
Midwest PHP
● Mar 4-5 - Minneapolis, MN
● See: http://2016.midwestphp.org/
Lonestar PHP
● April 7-9 - Dallas, TX
● See: http://lonestarphp.com/
php[tek]
● May 23-27 - St. Louis, MO
● See: https://tek.phparch.com/](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/2016-01-lastmonthinphp-160107040354/85/Last-Month-in-PHP-December-2015-10-320.jpg)
Last Month in PHP - December 2015
- 1. Last Month in PHP December 2015 Kansas City PHP User Group
- 2. PHP 7 Latest: PHP 7.0.1 New Features include: ● Scalar type hinting ● Return type declarations ● New operators: ○ Null coalescing: ?? ○ Spaceship: <=> ● Constant Arrays ● Anonymous Classes ● Speed! See: http://php.net/manual/en/migration70.php
- 3. PSR-6: Caching Interface Allows free-standing libraries to support caching of intermediary data without effort Provides a common interface for basic and intermediate-level caching needs No major frameworks or libraries utilize PSR-6 yet See: http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-6/
- 4. WordPress 4.4: “Clifford” New Features include: ● Theme: Twenty-Sixteen ● Responsive images ● Ability to embed posts from: ○ Other WP sites ○ Other oEmbed providers (reddit, speakerdeck, etc) ● WordPress REST API in Core ● Other stuff under-the-hood Requires: ● PHP 5.2.4+ See: https://wordpress. org/news/2015/12/clifford/
- 5. Drupal 8.0.1 New Features include: ● HTML 5 ● Out-of-the-box WYSIWYG editing ● Built with modern PHP practices & Libraries: ○ Composer, Symfony2, Guzzle, Twig, etc. ● REST web services Requires: ● PHP 5.5.9+ See: https://www.drupal.org/8
- 6. Slim 3.0 New Features include: ● Dependency Injection Container ● PSR-7 Middleware support ● Route callback binding ● Simpler API New Requires: ● PHP 5.5+ See: http://www.slimframework.com/
- 7. Symfony Symfony 2.8.1 & 3.0.1 Symfony 2.7.8 Symfony 2.3.36 Requires: PHP 5.5.9+ Requires: PHP 5.3.9+ Requires: PHP 5.3.3+ See: http://symfony.com/blog/a-week-of- symfony-469-21-27-december-2015
- 8. Laravel 5.2 New Features include: ● Authentication Scaffolding ● Implicit model binding ● Rate limiting ● Array validation Requires: ● PHP 5.5.9+ See: https://laravel.com/docs/5. 2/releases#laravel-5.2
- 9. Laravel Homestead 5.2 New Features include: ● Now with PHP7! ● Composer ● Git Requires: ● PHP 5.5.9+ See: https://laravel.com/docs/5.2/homestead
- 10. Upcoming Conferences Sunshine PHP ● Feb 4-6 - Miami, FL ● See: http://2016.sunshinephp.com/ Midwest PHP ● Mar 4-5 - Minneapolis, MN ● See: http://2016.midwestphp.org/ Lonestar PHP ● April 7-9 - Dallas, TX ● See: http://lonestarphp.com/ php[tek] ● May 23-27 - St. Louis, MO ● See: https://tek.phparch.com/
- 11. Nomad PHP (Online) - Jan 21 Nomad PHP EU - 01:00 PM CST Puli: PHP’s Next Package Revolution ● Bernhard Schussek (@webmozart) ● See: https://nomadphp. com/2015/10/16/puli-phps-next-package- revolution/ Nomad PHP US - 08:00 PM CST Building Better APIs ● Mike Stowe (@mikegstowe) ● See: https://nomadphp. com/2015/10/16/building-better-apis/