Query builder for JSON, Zend API wrapper for go/golang, modern dockerized LAMP and MEAN stack alternative to XAMPP, simple chat with ReactPHP sockets, searchable field-level encryption for PHP projects, and more. Keep on reading!

News & Releases

• PHP 7.2.5
• PHP 7.1.17
• PHP 7.0.30
• PHP 5.6.36

PHP Internals

• PHP 7.3 Release Managers announced – Christoph M. Becker  and Stanislav Malyshev
• RFC: Deprecate uniqid() — It is suggested to mark the out-of-date uniqid() function, which, despite the name, does not guarantee the uniqueness of the return value. In PHP 7.3, it is suggested to throw Warning, and in PHP 8.0 to delete the function.

Tools

• cytopia/devilbox — A modern dockerized LAMP and MEAN stack alternative to XAMPP.
• kitech/php-go — Write PHP extension using go/golang. Zend API wrapper for go/golang.
• nahid/jsonq — Query builder for JSON.
• paragonie/ciphersweet — Fast, searchable field-level encryption for PHP projects.
• php-enqueue/enqueue-dev — Message queue packages for PHP, Symfony, Laravel, Magento.

Learning Materials

Symfony

• Symfony 4.1.0-BETA1
• A week of symfony #593 (7-13 May 2018)
• A week of symfony #592 (30 April – 6 May 2018)

Yii

• Yii development notes #22

Laravel

• hhxsv5/laravel-s — We launch Laravel based on the asynchronous Swoole extension.
• koselig/koselig — Integrating WordPress and Laravel.
• Automatic Testing Laravel Project use Codeception
• Running the Laravel Scheduler and Queue with Docker
• How to deploy Laravel to Kubernetes

Zend

• Zend Framework Community News for the week of 2018-05-03
• Zend Framework Community News for the week of 2018-05-10

 Async PHP

• Write simple chat using ReactPHP sockets: server and client.

CMS

• Magento Tech Digest #14: April 30 — May 7, 2018
• Magento Tech Digest #13: April 23 — 30, 2018
• The Month in WordPress: April 2018

• Cost and value of DocBlocks
• Array destructuring in PHP
• Unit Testing approach
• Exploit/bypass PHP escapeshellarg/escapeshellcmd functions
• What you need to know about environment variables with PHP
• 5 PHP Coding Standards You Will Love and How to Use them