The Latest in PHP: January 2019 Edition

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1. The Latest in PHP
   January 2019 Edition
   

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2. Presented by
   Chris Gmyr
   @cmgmyr
   

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3. PHP Supported Versions
   4 5.6 & 7.0 are EOL!
   4 7.1 Security Only until Dec 1, 2019
   4 7.2 & 7.3 Active Development
   4 7.4 is underway (~Dec 2019)
   http://php.net/supported-versions.php
   

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4. PHP Releases
   4 5.6.40 & 7.0.33 Final Security Release
   4 7.1.26
   4 7.2.14
   4 7.3.1 (opcache)
   Links:
   4 http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
   4 http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
   

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5. RFCs - Deprecations for PHP 7.3
   4 Undocumented mbstring function aliases
   4 String search functions with integer needle (type juggling
   issue)
   4 fgetss() function and string.strip_tags filter (duplicate of
   strip_tags() + stream)
   4 FILTER_FLAG_SCHEME_REQUIRED and FILTER_FLAG_HOST_REQUIRED
   (covered by other consts, or unused)
   https://wiki
   .php.net/rfc/deprecationsphp7_3
   

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6. What's new in 7.3?
   JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR
   // 7.2
   json_decode("{");
   json_last_error() === JSON_ERROR_NONE // the result is false
   json_last_error_msg() // The result is "Syntax error"
   

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7. What's new in 7.3?
   JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR
   // 7.3
   use JsonException;
   try {
   $json = json_encode("{", JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
   return base64_encode($json);
   } catch (JsonException $e) {
   throw new EncryptException('Could not encrypt the data.', 0, $e);
   }
   

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8. What's new in 7.3?
   is_countable()
   // 7.2
   if (is_array($people) || $people instanceof Countable) {
   // $people is countable
   }
   

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9. What's new in 7.3?
   is_countable()
   // 7.3
   if (is_countable($people)) {
   // $people is countable
   }
   

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10. What's new in 7.3?
    4 http://php.net/manual/en/migration73.new-
    features.php
    4 https://hackernoon.com/new-features-of-php-7-3-
    complete-guide-49d254e43ee1
    

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11. Lookahead to 7.4
    4 Preloading (files in-memory)
    4 Typed properties (public string $name;)
    4 ext-hash always enabled
    4 Password Hashing Registry
    4 Null Coalescing Assignment Operator
    // current
    $data['date'] = $data['date'] ?? new DateTime();
    // new
    $data['date'] ??= new DateTime();
    https://stitcher.io/blog/new-in-php-74
    

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12. Latest Versions
    4 Laravel: 5.7.21
    4 Symfony: 4.2.2
    4 Drupal: 8.6.7
    4 PHPStorm: 2018.3.3
    4 VSCode: 1.30.2
    

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13. PHP Conferences - January
    Day Camp 4 Developers: Beyond Performance
    January 18, Online
    https://phpa.me/daycamp-4-devs
    

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14. PHP Conferences - February
    SunshinePHP 2019
    February 7–9, Miami, FL
    http://sunshinephp.com
    PHP UK Conference 2019
    February 20–22, London, England
    https://www.phpconference.co.uk
    

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15. Nomad PHP
    US: Testing Like You've Never Tested Before (Because You
    Haven't)
    presented by Steve Grunwell
    January 17, 2019 at 09:00pm EST
    UK: Advanced WordPress: Plugin Creation
    presented by Peter MacIntyre
    January 17, 2019 at 02:00pm EST
    https://nomadphp.com/
    

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16. Open Call for Papers
    Dutch PHP
    CFP Deadline: January 28, 2019
    June 6 - 8, Amsterdam
    https://www.phpconference.nl/
    PHPKonf 2019
    CFP Deadline: January 31, 2019
    May 4, 2019, Istanbul, Turkey
    https://cfp.phpkonf.org
    

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17. Upcoming regional events
    Oct 13-15 - All Things Open - http://allthingsopen.org
    

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18. Notable News & Articles
    4 Laracon Online 2019 ($12 March 6th)
    4 104: Jonathan Reinink - Pushing More Work to the Database
    4 Faster Code Coverage
    4 Writing better Drupal code with static analysis using
    PHPStan
    4 Tips to Speed up Your Phpunit Tests
    4 Q&A on the Book Refactoring - Second Edition
    

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19. Next Month @ TrianglePHP
    TDB
    Presented By YOU?!?!
    Thursday, February 21, 6pm @ Atlantic BT
    Need an Idea?
    4 Testing
    4 Security
    4 Performance
    4 Git
    

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20. Have a Job/Need a Job
    Who's hiring?
    Who's looking?
    What are you looking for?
    Book Swap
    

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21. Tonight @ TrianglePHP
    Apps Without Ops - Web Development
    in Google Cloud Platform
    Presented By - Chris Deaton
    Thank you to Atlantic BT for hosting and refreshments!
    

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