259. PHP 5.7 Release not approved - Lately in PHP podcast episode 55
Updated on: 2015-01-19
Posted on: 2015-01-19
The proposal to have an eventual PHP 5.7 release before PHP 7 is not going to happen because PHP core developers voted against it. That was one of the main topics discussed by Manuel Lemos and Arturs Sosins in the episode 55 of the Lately in PHP podcast.
They also talked about what PHP developers have been looking for in 2014 by analyzing the latest PHP Zeitgeist edition, the possibility to get a DOS attack against PHP applications that use json_decode function, as well several of the latest proposals for PHP 7 features.
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They also talked about what PHP developers have been looking for in 2014 by analyzing the latest PHP Zeitgeist edition, the possibility to get a DOS attack against PHP applications that use json_decode function, as well several of the latest proposals for PHP 7 features.
Now listen to the podcast, or watch the hangout video, or read the transcript to learn about the details of these interesting PHP topics.
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257. PHP Zeitgeist 2014: Top PHP Trending Topics of 2014
Updated on: 2015-01-12
Posted on: 2015-01-12
The 2014 edition of the PHP Zeitgeist 2014 was just published with the analysis of new topics that PHP developers have been interested in 2014.
Read this article to learn what were the trends in terms of new topics that PHP developers have been looking into in 2014.
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Read this article to learn what were the trends in terms of new topics that PHP developers have been looking into in 2014.
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254. How your PHP Programming Style Can Hurt Your Code Performance - Lately in PHP podcast episode 54
Updated on: 2015-04-04
Posted on: 2014-12-15
The recent article of Anthony Ferrara explaining how disabling garbage collection improved the performance of Composer exposed how certain programming styles can hurt PHP code performance. That was one of the main topics discussed by Manuel Lemos and Cesar Rodas in the episode 54 of the Lately in PHP podcast.
They also discussed proposed features for PHP 7 like built-in annotation support, Unicode character escaping, the removal of PHP 4 constructor style, among other related topics.
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They also discussed proposed features for PHP 7 like built-in annotation support, Unicode character escaping, the removal of PHP 4 constructor style, among other related topics.
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251. PHP 7 Release Date Settled - Lately in PHP podcast episode 53
Updated on: 2015-01-18
Posted on: 2014-11-18
Now that the main features of PHP 7 are practically decided, the PHP 7.0 release date is also being settled for late 2015. This was one of the main topics discussed by Manuel Lemos and Arturs Sosins on the episode 53 of the Lately in PHP podcast episode.
They also discussed the proposals to provide better Unicode support in PHP 7, as well the plans to remove deprecated features and the proposal to remove the function keywords from class declarations.
They also commented on a new article about accessing OAuth based APIs without user interaction.
Finally they talked about a new PHP and JavaScript best package recommendation system.
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They also discussed the proposals to provide better Unicode support in PHP 7, as well the plans to remove deprecated features and the proposal to remove the function keywords from class declarations.
They also commented on a new article about accessing OAuth based APIs without user interaction.
Finally they talked about a new PHP and JavaScript best package recommendation system.
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246. PHP 5.7 New Features - Lately in PHP podcast episode 51
Updated on: 2015-01-18
Posted on: 2014-09-22
Now that PHP 5.6 was finally released, PHP 5.7 is already being planned as a release to happen before PHP 7.
The new features planned for PHP 5.7 was one of the main topics covered by Manuel Lemos and Arturs Sosins in the episode 51 of the Lately in PHP podcast. They also did an extensive review the new features of PHP 5.6.
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The new features planned for PHP 5.7 was one of the main topics covered by Manuel Lemos and Arturs Sosins in the episode 51 of the Lately in PHP podcast. They also did an extensive review the new features of PHP 5.6.
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244. The False Decline of PHP - Lately in PHP podcast episode 50
Updated on: 2014-08-30
Posted on: 2014-08-25
It seems the popularity of PHP continues to upset people that do not sympathize with the language for some reason. The release of yet another article claiming the PHP decline was one of the main topics discussed by Manuel Lemos and Arturs Sosins in the episode 50 of the Lately in PHP podcast.
They also discussed the latest decisions about the features being planned for PHP 7, the last release of PHP 5.3 and PHP 5.4 going into security releases mode, and the (Facebook) PHP language specification effort.
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They also discussed the latest decisions about the features being planned for PHP 7, the last release of PHP 5.3 and PHP 5.4 going into security releases mode, and the (Facebook) PHP language specification effort.
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243. The Future of PHP 7 Is Bright - Lately in PHP podcast episode 49
Updated on: 2015-01-18
Posted on: 2014-08-07
With the plans to bring the PHPNG performance improvements, the future PHP 7 is bright. That was one of the main topics discussed by Manuel Lemos and César Rodas in the episode 49 of the Lately in PHP podcast.
They also talked about the discussions of Node.js developers moving on to the Go language and the parallel of PHP developers moving to the Facebook Hack language, the proposals to drop PEAR for Pickle as PHP extension installer and several other PHP proposals, and the latest and future improvements of the PHP Classes site user interface features.
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They also talked about the discussions of Node.js developers moving on to the Go language and the parallel of PHP developers moving to the Facebook Hack language, the proposals to drop PEAR for Pickle as PHP extension installer and several other PHP proposals, and the latest and future improvements of the PHP Classes site user interface features.
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242. PHP 7 Features and Release Date
Updated on: 2014-08-07
Posted on: 2014-08-04
So it is settled, after a lot of discussion, the voting process to choose the name for the next major PHP version just ended. The winning proposal is to call PHP 7 the next major version after PHP 5.x.
Read this article to understand the proposals and what to expect for the future of PHP 7 in terms of features and possible release date.
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Read this article to understand the proposals and what to expect for the future of PHP 7 in terms of features and possible release date.
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241. PHP Core Developers versus Facebook: Round 3 - The PHP Specification
Updated on: 2014-07-25
Posted on: 2014-07-25
Recently Facebook developers played on another episode of a saga that seems to antagonize Facebook and PHP Core developers.
This time they announced an initiative to create a formal specification document for the PHP language.
Read this article to learn more about this and previous episodes of this saga, and what this may mean for the PHP future.
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This time they announced an initiative to create a formal specification document for the PHP language.
Read this article to learn more about this and previous episodes of this saga, and what this may mean for the PHP future.
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239. To TDD or Not TDD? - Lately in PHP podcast episode 48
Updated on: 2015-01-18
Posted on: 2014-06-27
Lately the debate about whether you should use TDD or not in all software projects all the time has been very intense. That was one of the main topics discussed by Manuel Lemos and Arturs Sosins in the episode 48 of the Lately in PHP podcast.
They also talked about the upcoming end of life release of PHP 5.3, getting information of parameter type hinting with reflection, using object methods on native data types, security problems of OAuth implementations, and the built-in support of Composer to access password protected repositories.
Listen to the podcast now, or watch the hangout video, or read the transcript text to know more about these interesting PHP discussions.
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They also talked about the upcoming end of life release of PHP 5.3, getting information of parameter type hinting with reflection, using object methods on native data types, security problems of OAuth implementations, and the built-in support of Composer to access password protected repositories.
Listen to the podcast now, or watch the hangout video, or read the transcript text to know more about these interesting PHP discussions.
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