PHP news of February 2016 as well as upcoming conferences and Nomad PHP talks.

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

2. PHP Patch Releases
PHP 7.0.3
Security fixes
Interesting: Added support for new HTTP 451 code
PHP 5.6.18
Security fixes
HTTP 451, too!
PHP 5.5.32
Security fixes

3. CMSes: Drupal
Drupal 8.0.4
Security Release - Upgrade!
Drupal 7.43
Security Release - Upgrade!
Drupal 6.38
Security Release - Upgrade!
Last Update to Drupal 6 - Officially EOL on Feb 24
See: https://www.drupal.org/drupal-6-eol

4. CMSes: WordPress
WordPress 4.4.2
2 security fixes. Upgrade!
17 bug fixes
See: https://wordpress.org/news/2016/02/wordpress-4-4-2-security-and-
maintenance-release/

5. μFrameworks - Slim 3.2
Slim 3.2.0
Adds:
Support the hostOnly cookie flag
Write to the PHP error log if displayErrorDetails is false to make it easier to find out what’s
gone wrong!
Support PHP 7+ errors in the same way that Exceptions are handled.
See: http://www.slimframework.com/2016/02/25/slim-3.2.0.html

6. Frameworks
Laravel 5.2.13
fixes a bug that can cause Mail::queue to send stale view data when using
daemon queue workers.
Symfony [3.0.3, 2.8.3, 2.7.10, 2.3.38]
Zend Framework
No Updates for 2.5.x
Lots of work towards ZF 3 in Q3!
See: http://framework.zend.com/blog/announcing-the-zend-framework-3-roadmap.html

7. Laravel Homestead
Homestead 5.2
No version change
Added support for MariaDB
See: https://laravel.com/docs/5.2/homestead#installing-mariadb

8. PHP: The Right Way
Added a Windows setup resource (OpenServer) as well as Chris Tankersley’s
blog post about which tools he uses in Windows
Added an example of a boolean cast in an if-statement
Added a good idea to keep in mind when committing configuration files.
A few grammar and word-choice updates.
Note: Every open-source project can use your help with documentation. What are you waiting
for?

9. PHP Conferences
Midwest PHP
Mar 4-5 - Minneapolis, MN
KCPHP speaker!
See: 2016.midwestphp.org
Lone Star PHP
April 7-9 - Dallas, TX
KCPHP speakers!
See: lonestarphp.com
Day Camp 4 Developers: Modern PHP
April 22 - Online
See: daycamp4developers.com
DrupalCon
May 9 - 13 - New Orleans, LA
See: events.drupal.org/neworleans2016

10. PHP Conferences - Continued
php[tek]
May 23-27 - St. Louis, MO
KCPHP speaker!
KCPHP Roadtrip?
10% Discount Code for our UG: REDACTED
See: tek.phparch.com
200 OK
June 3 - Tulsa, OK
CFP due: April 3
Kansas City Developer Conference
June 22-24 - Kansas City, MO
KCPHP speakers!
4 PHP-related sessions!
See: www.kcdc.info
Laracon US
July 27-29 - Louisville, KY
CFP due: April 1
See: laracon.us

11. Nomad PHP (Online) - March 24
Nomad PHP EU - 01:00 PM CST
Asynchronous Awesome – Task
Management in PHP
Eric Mann (@ericmann)
See:
https://nomadphp.com/2015/12/18/asynchr
onous-awesome-task-management-in-
php/
Nomad PHP US - 08:00 PM CST
Amazon SimpleDB
Eli White (@EliW)
See:
https://nomadphp.com/2015/12/18/amazo
n-simpledb/

12. Next Month in KCPHPUG
We’re looking for speakers!