The digest of interesting news and materials from the world of PHP No. 30 (November 10—24, 2013)

We bring to your attention another collection with links to news and materials.

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News and Releases

• PHP 5.5.6 and 5.4.22 updates - Corrective releases of current branches. In addition to the fixes in 5.5.6, the performance of the functions array_merge () and func_get_args () were optimized, in which unnecessary copying of data was eliminated, and in OPCache the limit on the number of files in the cache (opcache.max_accelerated_files) was raised to a million.
• Codeception 1.8 - A fresh version of a great testing tool. This time added support for Phalcon, DataProviders, the ability to specify dependencies of tests using the @depends and more.
• PHP Console 3.0 - the most important update for 3 years - Updated useful extension for Chrome, which simplifies debugging PHP applications.

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• RFC: phpdbg - The lightweight debugger - phpdbg is proposed to be included in the kernel.

Instruments

• styleCow - CSS parser for PHP.
• Payum - An excellent library that greatly simplifies integration with various payment services: Paypal, payex, authorize.net, be2bill, omnipay and others.
• clue / graph - Math library for working with graphs / networks in PHP. Includes implementation of most common algorithms.
• Plates - Native template maker for PHP.
• pho - A new BDD framework for PHP, inspired by Jasmine .
• PHP Super Closure - A library that allows you to serialize closures in PHP.
• Minime \ Annotations - Simple work with annotations in PHP.
• Finite - The state machine for PHP.
• FontAwesomePHP - A wrapper library for conveniently using the legendary FontAwesome font.
• php-ar-drone - A library that allows you to manage a flying drone in PHP. Implemented using ReactPHP. Video demo is available - PHP can fly!

Study materials

• Fluid interface is evil - About when the use of fluid interfaces is justified, and why it is bad in other cases.
• Outside of object-oriented programming - Another great post from Anthony Ferrara in the continuation of the series "beyond . " Recommended for reading.
• Bullshit: NodeJS vs. PHP - The post was written in response to a crazy performance comparison of PHP and NodeJS (fixed later). The correct test conducted by the author naturally dot the i.
• Tracking changes in a PHP project - The guys from QaFoo have created a changetrack tool that allows you to analyze the change history of a PHP project. This makes it possible, for example, to identify areas that change most often due to corrections of errors.
• Juggle chainsaws, not types - About typing and comparing types in PHP.
• We work with PHPUnit and Selenium Webdriver - Basics of acceptance testing using PHPUnit, Selenium and web drivers from Facebook.
• Selenium WebDriver tests on Codeception - In continuation of the previous post, we implement the same tests using Codeception.
• Posts in the style of social networks in PHP, MongoDB and jQuery , 2 - An example of creating a small application using MongoDB as a data store.
• A look at Aura v2 - A series of posts about the components of the upcoming second version of the promising Aura framework.
• How to become a PHP professional - Some tips on how to achieve success in web development.
• We use data streams in PHP effectively - Continuation of a series of articles on data streams in PHP. This post is about using filters.
• Data processing in PHP using STDIN and unix pipeline - Another post about using data streams in PHP, as well as about using PHP scripts in console commands.
• Programming for Arduino in PHP - An example of using PHP to develop applications that interact with external devices. The author writes about the use of ReactPHP and Ratchet . Demonstration available .
• Accelerated course on the performance of PHP applications , 2 - A couple of good articles on the general principles of creating productive applications in PHP, as well as lots of tips, recommendations and ready-made recipes.
• Migrating to ZF2: Composer and DoctrineORMModule integration - An example of updating an application from ZF1 to ZF2.
• How to start a web server from a PHP application - The author of the post implemented a small library that allows you to run the web server directly from a PHP script in two ways: using the embedded web server and using React . Post supplemented by example and tests using Apache ab .
• Install Nginx + Php FPM + APC on CentOS 6.4 - Instructions for Raising the Web Stack on CentOS.
• Ready for battle Nginx - A small guide to optimizing nginx configurations.
• PHP Beyond the Web - A new book on PHP, revealing non-traditional uses of the language: desktop applications, demons, and others.
• Access Control - An excellent post about basic principles of access control in PHP applications.
• Battle Autoloaders: PSR-0 vs. PSR-4 - Review of two standards. How and why PSR-4 complements PSR-0.
• Learning PHP development with Silex - The author writes about why he considers Silex a good framework for learning, and then describes the basic features and gives an example of creating a small application.
• Prismic.io for Laravel - An example of integrating a Laravel application with an interesting content management service is prismic.io .
• Authentication on Laravel 4 - Another Laravel 4 tutorial, the topic has already been disclosed in detail here .
• Laravel 4: Multisites - Continuation of a series of comprehensive tutorials on Laravel 4. Previously, there was about packages , authentication , Access Control List , deployment , API, and Real Time Chat .
• Laravel 4: tips and resources
• LaravelSnippets - Snarapet repository for Laravel.
• What's new is expected in Laravel 4.1 - Review of upcoming innovations.
• Symfony2: global option for console commands to create a PID file - Inspired by the read in Signaling PHP , the author extends Symfony2 by adding the ability to automatically create PID files for commands.
• New in Symfony 2.4: ExpressionLanguage Component - An overview of the new component from the upcoming release of Symfony 2. Other upcoming innovations can be found in the official blog .
• KnpMenuBundle + Sonata. Making a menu from the base - KNPMenuBundle + SonataAdminBundle: manage the menu from the admin.
• HTML Purifier. Expanding opportunities - In the post, the replacement of external links to their own, as well as adding the attribute target = _blank to all user links is considered.
• The "carpet" function - We generate a picture with a carpet pattern for PHP, a really funny result.
• Event dispatcher with filtering by pattern — The author implemented an interesting extension to the regular event dispatcher — eventable .
• PubSub in a browser using web sockets and the WAMP protocol - An example of using WAMP in PHP using Ratchet .
• Continuous Delivery hecho en Alawar - The author shares his experience in building processes on a PHP project.
• Mooha - PHP Node Interface - Great Idea! We create PHP applications visually. Without further ado, wait for the beta to touch.

Audio and video materials

• What happened during an attack on php.net? - Episode of the podcast "Lately in PHP", which discusses the topic of malicious code on php.net, as well as other news from the world of PHP.
• PhalconPHP Framework is the boss - An overview of the capabilities and uses of the Phalcon framework.
• Getting Started Using Google Cloud SQL - Google Cloud SQL Screencast, near the end of which are examples of using in PHP, as well as connecting phpMyAdmin.
• PHP Town Hall podcast video release: Episode # 15 - One of the Joomla developers is visiting. Discusses the state of the project: what is the work and in what direction is developing Joomla. PSR-4 is also discussed.

Entertaining

• PHP creator Rasmus Lerdorf - about anarchy and democracy in language development, PHP 5.6 and complaining programmers - Interesting quotes from an interview with Rasmus as well as a recording of a speech with IDCEE 2103 in Kiev.
• Infographics: The effect of PHP on the world of Enterprise
• PHP :: Doc Bug # 66144 :: php.net is too white - At the end of June, a beta version of the new design was launched on php.net, and most recently the site was completely transferred to an updated version.
  In the meantime, a ticket was opened in a bug tracker in which the user complained that the site was too white and asked to make a dark version. But the guys from the PHP team were not at a loss and said that since they have to earn something, they will soon be releasing special branded sunglasses that you need to wear when viewing php.net.
  Actually, here they are!
  

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