The Latest in PHP: January 2019 Edition

01/17/2019

The January version of the "Latest in PHP" is out! Shared at our monthly TrianglePHP meeting, here are the things you need to know. If you'd like the raw slides or use this as a starting point for your own meetup, please visit our GitHub Repository.

The Latest in PHP

January 2019 Edition

Presented by

Chris Gmyr

@cmgmyr

PHP Supported Versions

• 5.6 & 7.0 are EOL!
• 7.1 Security Only until Dec 1, 2019
• 7.2 & 7.3 Active Development
• 7.4 is underway (~Dec 2019)

http://php.net/supported-versions.php

PHP Releases

• 5.6.40 & 7.0.33 Final Security Release
• 7.1.26
• 7.2.14
• 7.3.1 (opcache)

Links:

• http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
• http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php

RFCs - Deprecations for PHP 7.3

• Undocumented mbstring function aliases
• String search functions with integer needle (type juggling issue)
• fgetss() function and string.strip_tags filter (duplicate of strip_tags() + stream)
• FILTER_FLAG_SCHEME_REQUIRED and FILTER_FLAG_HOST_REQUIRED (covered by other consts, or unused)

https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecations_php_7_3

What's new in 7.3?

JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR

// 7.2
json_decode("{");
json_last_error() === JSON_ERROR_NONE // the result is false
json_last_error_msg() // The result is "Syntax error"

What's new in 7.3?

JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR

// 7.3
use JsonException;

try {
    $json = json_encode("{", JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
    return base64_encode($json);
} catch (JsonException $e) {
    throw new EncryptException('Could not encrypt the data.', 0, $e);
}

What's new in 7.3?

is_countable()

// 7.2
if (is_array($people) || $people instanceof Countable) {
    // $people is countable
}

What's new in 7.3?

is_countable()

// 7.3
if (is_countable($people)) {
    // $people is countable
}

What's new in 7.3?

• http://php.net/manual/en/migration73.new-features.php
• https://hackernoon.com/new-features-of-php-7-3-complete-guide-49d254e43ee1

Lookahead to 7.4

• Preloading (files in-memory)
• Typed properties (public string $name;)
• ext-hash always enabled
• Password Hashing Registry
• Null Coalescing Assignment Operator

// current
$data['date'] = $data['date'] ?? new DateTime();
// new
$data['date'] ??= new DateTime();

https://stitcher.io/blog/new-in-php-74

Latest Versions

• Laravel: 5.7.21
• Symfony: 4.2.2
• Drupal: 8.6.7
• PHPStorm: 2018.3.3
• VSCode: 1.30.2

PHP Conferences - January

Day Camp 4 Developers: Beyond Performance January 18, Online https://phpa.me/daycamp-4-devs

PHP Conferences - February

SunshinePHP 2019 February 7–9, Miami, FL http://sunshinephp.com

PHP UK Conference 2019 February 20–22, London, England https://www.phpconference.co.uk

Nomad PHP

US: Testing Like You've Never Tested Before (Because You Haven't) presented by Steve Grunwell January 17, 2019 at 09:00pm EST

UK: Advanced WordPress: Plugin Creation presented by Peter MacIntyre January 17, 2019 at 02:00pm EST

https://nomadphp.com/

Open Call for Papers

Dutch PHP CFP Deadline: January 28, 2019 June 6 - 8, Amsterdam https://www.phpconference.nl/

PHPKonf 2019 CFP Deadline: January 31, 2019 May 4, 2019, Istanbul, Turkey https://cfp.phpkonf.org

Upcoming regional events

Oct 13-15 - All Things Open - http://allthingsopen.org

Notable News & Articles

• Laracon Online 2019 ($12 March 6th)
• 104: Jonathan Reinink - Pushing More Work to the Database
• Faster Code Coverage
• Writing better Drupal code with static analysis using PHPStan
• Tips to Speed up Your Phpunit Tests
• Q&A on the Book Refactoring - Second Edition

Next Month @ TrianglePHP

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Thursday, February 21, 6pm @ Atlantic BT

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• Testing
• Security
• Performance
• Git

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Tonight @ TrianglePHP

Apps Without Ops - Web Development in Google Cloud Platform

Presented By - Chris Deaton

Thank you to Atlantic BT for hosting and refreshments!