PHP Community @phpc@phpc.social

Hello my fellow Twitter refugees.

A flicker of life in the PHP mastodon community :)

A big welcome to all those who just signed up here. Good to have you here!

so, did the #magento / #shopware crowd already find a place here?

🔎 We're looking for people interested in becoming release manager for PHP 8.2!

🗓️ You need to be able to commit to a 3½ year term, and have good knowledge of PHP and GIT, and preferably C.

🔗 Reply to the message in: https://externals.io/message/117595

And as a Mastodon-only deal, I will sell you a signed paper copy of my latest book for US$40 including shipping anywhere in the world.

BIG HUGS to all my PHP phriends!

🎉 Last week, we released PHP 7.4.28, 8.0.16, and 8.1.3.

🔒 This is a security release to address CVE-2021-21708. Please upgrade!

ℹ️ This post has a good explanation of the bug: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2022/02/18/irony-alert-php-fixes-security-flaw-in-input-validation-code/

🎉 We just released PHP 8.1.1, 8.0.11, and 7.4.27!

🐞 This is a normal bug fix release.

💥 This is the last normal PHP 7.4 release. Future releases will only be made to address security issues.

⏭ The next releases will be on January 20th.

📸 by @heiglandreas

🥳 PHP 8.1 is released!

🔗 Read all about it at: https://www.php.net/archive/2021.php#2021-11-25-1

♻️ Migration Guide: https://php.net/migration81

🐘 Many thanks to the contributors for everything they implemented, and the RMs to get this amazing new version released!

❓ What's your favourite new feature?

PHP's website has a nice overview of the new features too: https://www.php.net/releases/8.1/

🎉 Announcing: The PHP Foundation

🔗 opencollective.com/phpfoundation

ℹ️ More information at: https://blog.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/2021/11/the-php-foundation/

To date, there have been at least 835 PHP RFCs created on the PHP wiki. Not all of these have been brought to the mailing list for discussion or voting. https://github.com/ramsey/php-rfcs

Hot tip 🔥

If you're passing an associative array around, consider converting it to an object. It'll better describe the domain, provide type checks (via constructor or properties assuming you're on PHP 7.4+), and potentially documentation if you add docblocks 😃

#php #phpc

that moment you realize arrow functions are available in #php 7.4, not just 8+

The last beta release of #PHP 8.1.0 (Beta 3) is now available for testing. Check it out, and please help us test it. Submit bugs here: https://bugs.php.net/search.php?limit=30&order_by=id&direction=DESC&cmd=display&status=Open&bug_type=All&phpver=8.1&project=PHP

The first release candidate is scheduled in two weeks for 2 Sep 2021.

https://php.net/archive/2021.php#2021-08-19-1

Have you taken your seat at the PHP Roundtable?

IT'S BACK! After a nearly 3 year hiatus, PHP Roundtable returns!

Episode 82: https://youtu.be/EeRIM8Kz2rw

Dramatic Elephpant: https://youtu.be/N-YY6IeciHI

If I ran a kickstarter (or similar) campaign to create a .php top-level domain registrar (Filing fee is $185,000 and there's $25,000+ per year in additional costs, not to mention running the infra), would you contribute?