The Latest in PHP: April 2019 Edition
04/19/2019
The April 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.
Presented by
Chris Gmyr
@cmgmyr
PHP Supported Versions
- 7.1 Security Only until Dec 1, 2019
- 7.2 & 7.3 Active Development
- 7.4 is underway (~Dec 2019, last
7branch) - 8.0 in 2020
More Info:
PHP Releases
- 7.1.[27-28]
- 7.2.[16-17]
- 7.3.[3-4]
More Info:
PHP RFC: Arrow Functions 2.0
(in voting - likely, 7.4)
// before
function array_values_from_keys($arr, $keys) {
return array_map(function ($x) use ($arr) { return $arr[$x]; }, $keys);
}
// after
function array_values_from_keys($arr, $keys) {
return array_map(fn($x) => $arr[$x], $keys);
}https://wiki.php.net/rfc/arrow_functions_v2
PHP RFC: Deprecate PHP Short open tags
(in voting - likely, 7.4)
Deprecate and disable short_open_tag in PHP 7.4 and remove PHP's short open tags in PHP 8.0.
<? // nope!
<?php // yup!
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecate_php_short_tags
PHP RFC: JIT
(accepted, 8.0)
...we can't further improve the performance of PHP unless we use JIT
...using JIT may open the door for PHP being more frequently used in other, non-Web, CPU-intensive scenarios
...JIT can provide us with the ability to develop built-in functions in PHP, instead of C...can open the door to faster innovation
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/jit https://stitcher.io/blog/php-jit
Array Destructuring
$options = ['enabled' => true, 'compression' => 'gzip'];
$enabled = $options['enabled'];
$compression = $options['compression'];Array Destructuring
$options = ['enabled' => true, 'compression' => 'gzip'];
['enabled' => $enabled, 'compression' => $compression] = $options;
https://blog.frankdejonge.nl/array-destructuring-in-php/
Latest Versions
- Laravel: 5.8.12
- Symfony: 4.4.4
- Drupal: 8.6.15
- PHPStorm: 2019.1.1
- VSCode: 1.33
PHP Conferences - May
Longhorn PHP Conference 2019 May 2–4, Austin, TX https://www.longhornphp.com/
php[tek] May 21–23, Atlanta, Georgia https://tek.phparch.com
PHP Conferences - June
Dutch PHP Conference 2019 June 6–8, Amsterdam, The Netherlands https://www.phpconference.nl
Nomad PHP
US: Write less complex, more readable code presented by Jason McCreary May 16, 2019 at 6:00pm PDT
UK: Git Legit presented by Pauline Vos May 16, 2019 at 11:00am PDT
Open Call for Papers
ScotlandPHP 2019 CfP Deadline: April 22, 2019 November 9–10, Edinburgh, Scotland https://scophp.co/2019
PHP.Barcelona Conferenence 2019 CfP Deadline: September 30th, 2019 November 12–13, Barcelona, Spain https://php.barcelona
Upcoming regional events
All Things Open Oct 13-15, 2019 http://allthingsopen.org
Notable News & Articles
- Locating Dead Code
- How to get lines of code in PHP with PHPLoc via CLI or using Docker
- Laravel Up and Running Second Edition
- Using PHPStan to detect errors (problems) in your Magento project
- The right way to call assertion in PHPUnit
Next Month @ TrianglePHP
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Thursday, May 16, 6pm @ Atlantic BT
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