Last Month in PHP - November 2017

Covers the latest news, releases and events in the PHP community over the previous month (October 2017).
November 1, 2017
Kansas City PHP User Group

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1. Last Month in PHP
   November 1, 2017

   Kansas City PHP User Group
   John Kary
   @johnkary
   

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2. Releases
   

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3. 7.0.25
   7.1.11
   7.2 RC5
   ^ Nov 30
   

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4. RFCs
   JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR (Accepted for 7.3)
   https://wiki.php.net/rfc/json_throw_on_error
   Trailing Comma Function Calls (Targets PHP 7.3)
   https://wiki.php.net/rfc/trailing-comma-function-calls
   

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5. Wordpress
   4.8.3
   esc_sql() fixed for plugin devs
   https://blog.ircmaxell.com/2017/10/disclosure-wordpress-wpdb-sql-injection-technical.html
   4.9 RC
   • PHP 7.2 compatibility
   • Customizer can save draft and schedule changes
   • Customizer can give URL of draft changes
   • Media widget can build Wordpress Gallery
   • Code editing user experience
   

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6. Drupal
   8.4.0
   https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/8.4.0
   Dropped support for IE 9 / 10
   Upgraded components: Symfony 3.2; jQuery 3
   Migrate module (beta)
   

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7. Laravel
   5.5.14
   Vessel: Docker package for Laravel
   https://vessel.shippingdocker.com/
   Official Unit Testing Utility Library for Vue.js
   https://laravel-news.com/vue-js-unit-testing-utils
   

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8. Symfony
   2.7.35
   2.8.28
   3.3.10
   3.4.0 BETA2
   4.0 BETA2
   Flex ???
   

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9. Conferences / Events
   

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10. National
    https://world.phparch.com
    $345 Workshops
    $425 Conference
    

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11. Regional
    https://2018.midwestphp.org
    $180 Blind Bird (til Jan 5)
    $225 Early Bird (til Feb 15)
    $275 Final (til Mar 5)
    

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12. Online
    laracon.net
    $12 / $25 (Jan 3)
    February 7, 2018
    

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13. Regional
    http://2018.sunshinephp.com/
    $240 Early Bird
    $340 Early Bird + Tutorial
    Miami, Florida
    

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14. Regional
    https://www.longhornphp.com
    $225 Early Bird
    $335 Early Bird + Tutorial
    $0 with a talk accepted
    CFP open til Dec 31 -- https://cfp.longhornphp.com
    Regional
    

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15. fin
    http://johnkary.net/talks
    @johnkary
    

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