PHP 5.2.0 Released
[02-Nov-2006] The PHP development team is proud to announce the immediate release of PHP 5.2.0. This release is a major improvement in the 5.X series, which includes a large number of new features, bug fixes and security enhancements. Further details about this release can be found in the release announcement 5.2.0, the full list of changes is available in the ChangeLog PHP 5.
All users of PHP, especially those using earlier PHP 5 releases are advised to upgrade to this release as soon as possible. This release also obsoletes the 5.1 branch of PHP.
For users upgrading from PHP 5.0 and PHP 5.1 there is an upgrading guide available here, detailing the changes between those releases and PHP 5.2.0.
PHP Québec 2007 - Call for Papers
[03-Nov-2006] PHP Québec is pleased to announce the 2007 PHP Québec conference. The conference will take place in Montreal, Canada on March 14-15-16th 2007. We are looking for the best speakers willing to share their experience and skills with professional PHP developers from eastern Canada and the United States.
This year, the conference will feature 3 distinct tracks:
- Advanced Techniques: Providing in-depth details of PHP techniques
- Data Availability: Databases, XML, Web Services, VOIP, TOIP, WAP, etc
- PHP Beyond theory: Real solutions for real problems related to software development and project management
php|tek 2007 Chicago - Call for Papers
[24-Oct-2006] php|architect magazine is proud to announce php|tek 2007, an exclusive three-day conference (plus one day of exclusive in-depth seminars) dedicated to the world of PHP-driven software development. This year's conference will take place from May 16-18 2007, in Chicago, Illinois (USA), with May 15th set aside for a set of in-depth seminars.
Do you have unique insight into PHP? Have you written extensions, or contributed to the core? Have you deployed PHP in a tough environment, or scaled it to handle millions of hits per minute? Have you solved a unique problem, and want to share your discovery? Perhaps you've become an expert in a specific field? If so, php|architect wants you to speak at php|tek.
For more information, please visit the Call for Papers page, and submit your ideas. The deadline is November 20th, 2006.
Vancouver PHP Conference Call For Speakers
[13-Oct-2006] The Vancouver PHP User Group is pleased to announce their second PHP Conference in Vancouver, B.C., Canada on February 12-13, 2007. If you are interested in participating as a speaker or sponsor, please email Shane Caraveo at shanec AT ActiveState DOT com.
Forum PHP in Paris, France, November 9 & 10th, 2006
[04-Oct-2006] The French AFUP association is proud to announce the fifth annual PHP meeting in Paris, on November 9th and 10th, 2006. Developers and managers will gather to meet Rasmus Lerdorf, Andrei Zmievski and other prominent community experts for two days of sessions, packed with enterprise solutions and advanced techniques (in French).
Zend / PHP Conference & Expo 2006
[13-Sep-2006] The Zend / PHP Conference & Expo 2006 has an Early Bird registration special available before September 15. Use the 'earlybird' code, available on the site, and receive a $795 registration price.
The conference has announced a great line-up of speakers, including Chris Anderson, author of The Long Tail and editor-in-chief at Wired Magazine, r0ml, open source strategist, and Matthew Rechs, CTO of interactive agency, Schematic. There's a great line-up of speakers available.
International PHP Conference 2006
[10-Sep-2006] Software & Support media is pleased to announce the International PHP Conference 2006. It will happen from Nov. 05 to Nov. 08, 2006 at Frankfurt/Main. This year's sessions include topics on Security, PHP Internals, PHP & Business and Webservice topics. The Call for Papers has been closed and the programme is now online.
On Nov. 05 and Nov. 06 there will be 6-hour PowerWorkshops that deliver hands-on PHP knowledge. A Management Day, dedicated to Managers who want to get informed about the usage of PHP, contains several sessions about the usage of PHP in large companies. The "PHP Code Camp @ Nite" with PHP Core Devs Marcus Börger and Sara Golemon. They go through from PHP basics to PHP OOP and implementing your own PHP extension. Delicious pizza and beer will do the rest. Registration is now open.
2006 DC PHP Conference - Speakers and schedule
[06-Sep-2006] The 2006 DC PHP Conference group is pleased to announce our speaker and schedule lineup. The conference is taking place in downtown Washington, DC, USA at the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, October 19-20, 2006. There will be presentations and networking opportunities in the heart of the public sector.
PHP 5.1.6 Released
[24-Aug-2006] The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate availability of PHP 5.1.6. This release contains a fix for memory_limit restriction on 64 bit systems that was not included in PHP 5.1.5.
Mastering Regular Expressions - now with PHP coverage
[24-Aug-2006] The third edition of Mastering Regular Expressions is finally out and includes a full 48-page chapter on PHP. This is an excellent resource from Jeffrey Friedl who has been writing about regexps for years.
PHP 4.4.4 and PHP 5.1.5 Released
[17-Aug-2006] The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate availability of PHP 5.1.5 and 4.4.4. These two releases address a series of security problems that were discovered since the release of PHP 5.1.4 and 4.4.3. The new releases include the following changes:
- Added missing safe_mode/open_basedir checks inside the error_log(), file_exists(), imap_open() and imap_reopen() functions.
- Fixed overflows inside str_repeat() and wordwrap() functions on 64bit systems.
- Fixed possible open_basedir/safe_mode bypass in cURL extension and on PHP 5.1.5 with realpath cache.
- Fixed overflow in GD extension on invalid GIF images.
- Fixed a buffer overflow inside sscanf() function.
- Fixed an out of bounds read inside stripos() function.
- Fixed memory_limit restriction on 64 bit system.
Further details about this release can be found in the release announcements (5.1.5 and 4.4.4), and the full list of changes is available in the ChangeLogs (PHP 4, PHP 5).