This document summarizes notable PHP updates from April 2016, including security patches released for PHP 5.5, 5.6, and 7.0. It also discusses updates to frameworks like Laravel, Symfony, and Zend, as well as the Composer dependency manager. Upcoming PHP conferences through summer 2016 are listed, and upcoming topics for the Kansas City PHP User Group are noted.

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?