An overview of the latest news and interesting developments across PHP from March 2018: new language features, RFCs, community news, upcoming conferences, and the latest versions of popular frameworks and platforms.

1. Last Month in PHP
April 2018
Kansas City PHP User Group

2. PHP Patch Releases
PHP 5.6.(34, 35) - Upgrade!
● Security support until 2018 December 31
● Bug fix & Security update
● php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.6.34
● php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.6.35
PHP 7.0.28 - Upgrade!
● Security support until 2018 December 03
● Security update
● php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.0.28
PHP 7.1.(15, 16) - Upgrade
● Bug fixes & Security update
● php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.1.15
● php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.1.16
PHP 7.2.(3, 4) - Upgrade!
● Bug fixes & Security update
● php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.2.3
● php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.2.4

3. CMSes: Drupal
Drupal 8.5 Released
● Improved Media API
● Settings Tray and Content Moderation
○ Moved from “experimental” to “stable”
● Experimental layout builder
● (mostly) stable Migrations
○ Multilingual site upgrades not ready yet
● Big Pipe by default
● PHP 7.2 supported
● drupal.org/blog/drupal-8-5-0
Drupal 7 or 8? UPDATE!
7.58 & 8.5.1 Fixes:
● SA-CORE-2018-002
● See: drupal.org/sa-core-2018-002

4. CMSes: WordPress
WordPress News
● No patches in March
● Security update in April: 4.9.5
○ wordpress.org/news/2018/04/wordpress-4-9-5-security-and-maintenance-release
● Powers 30% of the Internet
○ w3techs.com/technologies/details/cm-wordpress/all/all
● WordPress Jargon Glossary
○ make.wordpress.org/marketing/2018/02/28/wordpress-jargon-glossary
● New Privacy Roadmap
○ make.wordpress.org/core/2018/03/28/roadmap-tools-for-gdpr-compliance

5. Frameworks - CakePHP
CakePHP 2.10.9, 3.5.[13, 14]
● 2.10.9
○ Maintenance release
○ bakery.cakephp.org/2018/03/24/cakephp_2109_released.html
● 3.5.13 & 3.5.14
○ Maintenance release
○ bakery.cakephp.org/2018/03/03/cakephp_3513_released.html
○ bakery.cakephp.org/2018/03/19/cakephp_3514_released.html
● 3.6.0 - Coming soon!

6. Frameworks - Laravel
Laravel 5.6
● Latest: 5.6.15 & 5.5.40 - Upgrade
○ https://laravel-news.com/laravel-5-6-15
Laravel 5.6.(8 - 15)
● github.com/laravel/framework/blob/5.6/CHANGELOG-5.6.md
Laravel 5.5.(36 - 40)
● github.com/laravel/framework/blob/5.5/CHANGELOG-5.5.md

7. Frameworks - Symfony
Symfony Maintenance Releases
● 2.7.(42, 43)
○ symfony.com/blog/symfony-2-7-42-release
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○ symfony.com/blog/symfony-2-7-43-release
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● 2.8.(35, 36)
○ symfony.com/blog/symfony-2-8-35-release
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○ symfony.com/blog/symfony-2-8-36-release
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Symfony Maintenance Releases
● 3.4.(5, 6)
○ symfony.com/blog/symfony-3-4-5-released
○ symfony.com/blog/symfony-3-4-6-released
● 4.0.(5, 6)
○ symfony.com/blog/symfony-4-0-5-released
○ symfony.com/blog/symfony-4-0-6-released
Symfony 4.1 Feature Freeze
● S4.1 is coming in May!

8. Frameworks - Zend
ZF 2
● LTS ended 2018 March 31
● Raise a glass!
● Marks the end of ZF as a “monolithic
framework”
ZF 3
● Expressive 3 released
○ Requires PHP 7.1+
○ Provides full support for PSR-15
middleware
○ framework.zend.com/blog/2018-03-16-expr
essive-3.html

9. PHP: The Right Way
● Nothing new in March ● Note: Every open-source project can use
your help with documentation. What are
you waiting for?

10. PHP Conferences
WordCampKC 2018
Kansas City, MO - 4/13-14
2018.kansascity.wordcamp.org
Longhorn PHP
Austin, TX - 4/19-21
longhornphp.com
PHP[TEK] 2018
Atlanta, GA - 5/31-6/1
tek.phparch.com
CakeFest 2018
Nashville, TN - 6/14-17
cakefest.org
KCDC
Kansas City, MO - 7/11-13
kcdc.info
KCDC - Kids Conf
Kansas City, MO - 7/14
kcdc.info

11. PHP Conferences
Mid-Atlantic Dev Con
Baltimore, MD - 7/13-14
middevcon.com
PHPDetroit Conf 2018
Detroit, MI - 7/26-28
phpdetroit.io
Southeast PHP Conference
Nashville, TN - 8/16-17
CFP until 4/15
southeastphp.com
CoderCruise 2018
Ft. Lauderdale, FL - 8/30 - 9/3
codercruise.com
Northeast PHP 2018
Boston, MA - 9/19-21
CFP until 4/11
2018.northeastphp.org
WavePHP 2018
San Diego, CA - 9/19-21
wavephp.com

12. Nomad PHP (Online) - April 19
Nomad PHP EU - 01:00 PM CDT
Mining your code for efficient documentation
● Damien Seguy (@exakat)
● nomadphp.com/mining-code-efficient-docu
mentation
Nomad PHP US - 08:00 PM CDT
How to use generators to beat memory bloat
● David Hayes (@korvinszanto)
● nomadphp.com/use-generators-beat-mem
ory-bloat

13. Next Month in KCPHPUG
May 2018
● TBD
● Hack night?