The Latest in PHP: June 2017 Edition

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1. The Latest in PHP
   June 2017 Edition
   

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2. Presented by
   Chris Gmyr
   @cmgmyr
   

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3. PHP Releases
   7.1.6, 7.0.20, 7.2.0-alpha1
   4 Bug Fixes
   4 http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.1.6
   4 http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.0.20
   

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4. PHP RFCs
   Accepted: Object typehint (https://wiki.php.net/rfc/
   object-typehint)
   function acceptsObject(object $obj) {
   //
   }
   

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5. PHP RFCs
   Implemented (7.2): Allow abstract function override
   (https://wiki.php.net/rfc/allow-abstract-function-
   override)
   abstract class A { abstract function bar(stdClass $x); }
   abstract class B extends A { abstract function bar($x): stdClass; }
   class C extends B { function bar($x): stdClass{} }
   // Fatal error: Can't inherit abstract function A::bar()
   // (previously declared abstract in B)
   

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6. PHP RFCs
   Under Discussion: UUID (https://wiki.php.net/rfc/uuid)
   “Provide a UUID implementation as part of the PHP
   standard module…”
   (implement https://github.com/ramsey/uuid into core)
   

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7. PHPUnit
   6.2.0
   4 Bug fixes
   4 Better support for counting non-Iterator Traversable objects
   4 Add support for disabling the conversion of E_DEPRECATED to
   exceptions
   4 Add --no-logging option to disable logging
   https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/wiki/Release-
   Announcement-for-PHPUnit-6.2.0
   

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8. Framework: Laravel
   5.4.[23-27]
   4 Added ability to eager load counts via $withCount property
   4 Added Router::apiResource() method (no create or edit routes)
   4 Added TestResponse::assertViewIs() method
   4 Added Model::refresh() shorthand
   4 Added Request::routeIs() & Route Route::isName()
   4 Added Macroable trait to FactoryBuilder
   https://github.com/laravel/framework/releases
   

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9. Laravel 5.5 in July !
   

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10. Framework: Symfony
    4 2.7.[28-29]
    4 2.8.[21-22]
    4 3.2.9
    4 3.3.[0-2]
    https://symfony.com/blog/category/releases
    https://symfony.com/blog/symfony-3-3-0-curated-
    new-features
    

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11. CMS: Drupal
    4 8.3.3
    4 7.55
    https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases
    

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12. CMS: Wordpress
    4.8 “Evans”
    4 Widget Updates: Image, Video, Audio, Rich Text
    4 Multi-site updates
    4 JS API updates: Text Editor, Media Widgets
    https://wordpress.org/news/2017/06/evans/
    

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13. CMS: Magento
    2.0.14
    4 Support for MasterCard BIN number expansion
    4 Resolution of multiple high priority and critical security issues
    2.1.7
    4 Resolution of multiple high priority and critical security issues
    4 Reversion of the changes to image resizing that we introduced in 2.1.6
    

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14. IDE: PHPStorm
    2017.2 EAP
    4 New Composer actions
    4 traits improvements
    4 New UML actions
    4 remove Composer dependency action
    4 PHP extensions detection
    4 improved UI for PHP settings page
    https://blog.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/
    

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15. IDE: VSCode
    1.13
    4 Set multiple cursors with Ctrl/Cmd + Click
    4 Improved Git merge
    4 Emmet abbreviations display
    4 Enhanced snippets
    4 Docker and MERN debugging recipes
    https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_13
    

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16. PHP Conferences - June
    Dutch PHP Conference
    June 29–July 1, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    https://www.phpconference.nl
    

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17. PHP Conferences - July
    Laracon
    July 25-26, NYC
    http://laracon.us/
    

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18. Nomad PHP - June 22
    US
    Pieces of Auth
    By Chris Cornutt
    Europe
    Transforming PHP
    By Christopher Pitt
    https://nomadphp.com/
    

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19. Upcoming regional events
    Oct 7-8 - NCDevCon - http://ncdevcon.com
    Oct 23-24 - All Things Open - http://allthingsopen.org
    

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20. Notable News & Articles
    4 How to Go From Development to Deployment with Docker
    4 Controllers and Domain Exceptions
    4 What is PSR-7 and How to Use It
    4 Web Developer Security Checklist
    4 PHP Versions Stats - 2017.1 Edition
    4 Generate a JSON Feed with Laravel
    4 Laravel 5.5 Gets Improvements with the Default Error Views
    4 What Is WP-CLI? A Beginner’s Guide
    4 15 years of Xdebug
    

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21. Next Month @ TrianglePHP
    TBD
    Presented By - You?!?
    Thursday, July 20
    6pm
    Atlantic BT
    

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

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23. Tonight @ TrianglePHP
    Microlithic Applications in PHP
    Presented By - Michael Kelly
    Thank you to Atlantic BT for hosting
    and refreshments!
    

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