PHP news of April 2016 as well as upcoming conferences and talks.

1. Last Month in PHP
April 2016
Kansas City PHP User Group

2. PHP Patch Releases
PHP 7.0.6 - Upgrade!
Security fixes, including:
CVE-2016-3074 (GD functionality)
CVE-2016-3078 (Zip handling?)
PHP 5.6.21 - Upgrade!
Security fixes
PHP 5.5.35 - Upgrade!
Security fixes
See:
http://php.net/ChangeLog-
7.php#7.0.6
http://php.net/ChangeLog-
5.php#5.6.21
http://php.net/ChangeLog-
5.php#5.5.35

3. Composer
Composer v1.0.0 - Gold Edition
New things since v1.0.0-betas:
support for bitbucket-oauth configuration
warning when running composer as super user
Hide the warning: COMPOSER_ALLOW_SUPERUSER=1
See:
https://github.com/composer/composer/releas
es/tag/1.0.0
For fun: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Composer-
V1-0-0-Anniversary-Gold-Edition-
/162029115091?

4. CMSes: Drupal
Drupal 8.1.0
Minor Release
UI Changes:
Language markup & auto-spell check
BigPipe out of the box! https://www.drupal.org/documentation/modules/big_pipe
See:
https://www.drupal.org/blog/drupal-8-1-0
http://cgit.drupalcode.org/drupal/plain/core/CHANGELOG.txt

5. CMSes: WordPress
WordPress 4.5 & 4.5.1 - “Coleman”
Editing improvements
Inline linking
MarkDown-like formatting
Live responsive previews
Under the Hood
Improved image resizing
Faster refresh on previews
Updated JS libraries
See:
https://wordpress.org/news/2016/04/coleman/
https://wordpress.org/news/2016/04/wordpress-4-5-
1-maintenance-release/

6. μFrameworks - Lumen 5.2
Lumen 5.2.6
Minor changes

7. Frameworks - Laravel
Laravel 5.2.[28, 29, 30, 31]
A bunch of bugfix and maintenance updates
There's now a ChangeLog!
https://github.com/laravel/framework/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

8. Frameworks - Symfony
Symfony [2.7.12, 2.3.40]
Mostly bugfixes
Symfony 3.1
Entered feature-freeze
See: symfony.com/blog/symfony-3-1-enters-feature-freeze

9. Frameworks - Zend
Zend Framework
ZF 1.12.18
Security fixes
Documentation updates
See: http://framework.zend.com/blog/zend-framework-1-12-18-released.html
No Updates for 2.5.x
Announced github repo name-change from “zf2” to “zendframework”
Lots of work for upcoming ZF3!
See: http://framework.zend.com/blog/2016-04-21-zf3-update.html

10. PHP: The Right Way
Updated the link for Stephen Corona’s Scaling PHP Apps
http://www.scalingphpbook.com/
Note: Every open-source project can use your help with documentation. What
are you waiting for?

11. PHP Conferences
RailsConf 2016
May 4-6 - Kansas City, MO
See: railsconf.com
DrupalCon
May 9 - 13 - New Orleans, LA
KCPHP speaker!
See: events.drupal.org/neworleans2016
php[tek]
May 23-27 - St. Louis, MO
KCPHP speaker!
10% Discount Code for our UG: REDACTED
See: tek.phparch.com
200 OK
June 3 - Tulsa, OK
See: 200ok.us

12. PHP Conferences - Continued
Kansas City Developer Conference
June 22-24 - Kansas City, MO
KCPHP speakers!
4 PHP-related sessions!
See: www.kcdc.info
php[cruise]
July 17-24 - Bahamas
10% Discount Code for our UG: REDACTED
See: cruise.phparch.com
Laracon US
July 27-29 - Louisville, KY
See: laracon.us
Midwest.io
August 20-23 - Kansas City, MO
See: midwest.io

13. Nomad PHP (Online) - May 19
Nomad PHP EU - 01:00 PM CDT
The Rise of the Machines
Josh Holmes (@JoshHolmes)
See: https://nomadphp.com/2016/02/22/the-
rise-of-the-machines/
Nomad PHP US - 08:00 PM CDT
Powerful & Flexible SQL Generation —
Without the Hassle
Matthew Setter (@settermjd)
See:
https://nomadphp.com/2016/02/19/powerf
ul-flexible-sql-generation-without-the-
hassle/

14. Next Month in KCPHPUG
Looking for Speakers!
Nomad PHP edition?
Hack Night?