The Latest in PHP: March 2017 Edition

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1. The Latest in PHP
   March 2017 Edition
   

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2. Presented by
   Chris Gmyr
   @cmgmyr
   

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3. PHP Releases
   7.1.2, 7.0.[16-17], 5.6.30
   • Bug Fixes
   • http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.1.2
   • http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.0.17
   • http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.0.16
   • http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.6.30
   

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4. PHP RFCs
   • Pending Implementation
   • https://wiki.php.net/rfc/
   list_reference_assignment
   • In Voting
   • https://wiki.php.net/rfc/extended-string-types-for-pdo
   • https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecate-bareword-strings
   

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5. PHPUnit
   • 5.7 support will end 2/2/18
   • 6.0 became stable on 2/3/17
   • Namespaced classes! PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase is now
   PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
   https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/wiki/Release-
   Announcement-for-PHPUnit-6.0.0
   Note: PHPUnit 7.0 (2/2/18) will not support PHP 7.0
   

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6. Laravel
   • 5.4.[14-15]
   • Collections: whereNotIn() and tap()
   • Query builder: orderByDesc($column)
   • Blade: @includeWhen(Auth::user(), 'nav.user')
   • Forge API
   • File Testing…
   

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7. Laravel File Testing
   Storage::fake('avatars');
   $response = $this->json('POST', '/avatar', [
   'avatar' => UploadedFile::fake()->image('avatar.jpg')
   ]);
   // Assert the file was stored...
   Storage::disk('avatars')->assertExists('avatar.jpg');
   https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/http-tests#testing-file-uploads
   

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8. Symfony
   3.2.[5-6], 2.8.18, 2.7.25
   • https://symfony.com/blog/symfony-3-2-6-released
   • https://symfony.com/blog/symfony-3-2-5-released
   • https://symfony.com/blog/symfony-2-8-18-released
   • https://symfony.com/blog/symfony-2-7-25-released
   

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9. Drupal
   8.3.0-rc[1, 2], 8.2.7
   • https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/8.3.0-rc2
   • https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/8.3.0-rc1
   • https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/8.2.7
   Because of security vulnerabilities, you should update to 8.2.7
   immediately.
   

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10. Wordpress
    4.7.3 Security Release
    • Cross-site scripting (XSS) via media file metadata.
    • Control characters can trick redirect URL validation.
    • Unintended files can be deleted by administrators using the plugin deletion functionality.
    • Cross-site scripting (XSS) via video URL in YouTube embeds.
    • Cross-site scripting (XSS) via taxonomy term names.
    • Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Press This leading to excessive use of
    server resources.
    https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/
    

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11. PHPStorm
    2017.1 RC Available
    • Codeception Support
    • PHPUnit 6 Support
    • Better Laravel Blade Support (includeWhen, component, slot)
    • Improved PHP Formatting
    • Vue.js Support
    • and much more…
    https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/nextversion/
    

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12. PHP Conferences - March
    Midwest PHP 2017
    March 17–18, Bloomington, Minnesota,
    https://2017.midwestphp.org
    WordCamp London
    March 17–19, London, U.K.
    https://2017.london.wordcamp.org
    PHP Experience 2017
    March 27–28, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    https://phpexperience2017en.imasters.com.br
    SymfonyLive Paris 2017
    March 31–31, Paris, France
    http://paris2017.live.symfony.com
    

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13. PHP Conferences - April
    PHP Yorkshire
    April 8, York, U.K.
    https://www.phpyorkshire.co.uk
    Lone Star PHP 2017
    April 20–22, Addison, TX
    http://lonestarphp.com
    DrupalCon Baltimore
    April 24–28, Baltimore, MD
    https://events.drupal.org/baltimore2017
    

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14. Nomad PHP
    US
    Yielding Higher-Performance PHP Applications
    By Ian Littman
    Europe
    Zend Framework Done Right
    By Gary Hockin
    https://nomadphp.com/
    

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15. Notable News & Articles
    • https://dev.to/paragonie/php-72-the-first-programming-language-to-add-modern-
    cryptography-to-its-standard-library
    • https://laravel-news.com/laravel-5-5-lts
    • http://www.codediesel.com/php/new-features-in-php-7-1/
    • http://www.codediesel.com/php/handling-multiple-exceptions-in-php-7-1/
    • https://php-and-symfony.matthiasnoback.nl/2017/02/convenient-ducktyping-in-php/
    • https://www.entropywins.wtf/blog/2016/11/24/implementing-the-clean-architecture/
    • http://www.giorgiosironi.com/2017/02/book-review-fifty-quick-ideas-to.html
    • https://qafoo.com/blog/096_refactoring_extract_data_objects.html
    • https://kinsta.com/blog/php-versions/
    

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16. Next Month @ TrianglePHP
    Application Security for the Modern Web
    Presented By Phillip Maddux of Signal Sciences
    Thursday, April 13
    6pm
    Atlantic BT
    https://www.meetup.com/trianglephp/events/237968292/
    

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