Last Month in PHPJanuary 2016

Kansas City PHP User Group

PHP Patch Releases

PHP 7.0.2

6 Security & 31 Bug fixes

PHP 5.6.17

Security fixes

PHP 5.5.31

Security fixes

CMSes

Drupal 8.0.2

Many bug fixes

WordPress 4.4.1

1 major XSS security fix. Upgrade!

52 bug fixes

μFrameworks - Zend Expressive 1.0

Zend Expressive 1.0

PSR-7 Middleware

Example: http://www.sitepoint.com/build-nasa-photo-gallery-zend-expressive/

See: https://zendframework.github.io/zend-expressive/

μFrameworks - Lumen 5.2

Lumen 5.2.4

5.2 introduces stateless APIs

No Sessions

This changes authentication

See: https://lumen.laravel.com/docs/5.2/releases

μFrameworks - Silex 1.3.x

Silex 1.3.5

Fixed typo

See: https://github.com/silexphp/Silex/blob/1.3/doc/changelog.rst

μFrameworks - Slim 3.1

Slim 3.1.0

Adds `getParsedBodyParam()` and `getQueryParam()` to Slim\Http\Request

Adds `App::process()` to allow Slim to run when a Request object and Response object already exist

HTTP status code 451

See: http://www.slimframework.com/2016/01/08/slim-3.1.0.html

Frameworks

Laravel 5.2.12

Symfony [2.8.2, 2.7.9, 2.6.13, 2.3.37]

Zend Framework 2.5.3

PHP ConferencesSunshine PHP

Feb 4-6 - Miami, FL

See: http://2016.sunshinephp.com/

Midwest PHP

Mar 4-5 - Minneapolis, MN

See: http://2016.midwestphp.org/

Lone Star PHP

April 7-9 - Dallas, TX

See: http://lonestarphp.com/

php[tek]

May 23-27 - St. Louis, MO

See: https://tek.phparch.com/

Kansas City Developer Conference

June 22-24 - Kansas City, MO

Call for papers deadline: Feb 12

See: http://www.kcdc.info/

Nomad PHP (Online) - Feb 18

Nomad PHP EU - 01:00 PM CST

The Life of an If Statement

Anthony Ferrara (@ircmaxell)

See: https://nomadphp.com/2015/11/20/2016-02-eu/

Nomad PHP US - 08:00 PM CST

From Idea to Prototype in 50 Minutes with Laravel

Matt Stauffer (@stauffermatt)

See: https://nomadphp.com/2015/11/20/2016-02-us/

Next Month KCPUG

John Kary will present a talk on Rethinking Loops* (functional programming in PHP)

*This is the talk he will give at Midwest PHP & Lone Star PHP