1<?php 2$_SERVER['BASE_PAGE'] = 'archive/2009.php'; 3include_once __DIR__ . '/../include/prepend.inc'; 4news_archive_sidebar(); 5site_header("News Archive - 2009", ["cache" => true]); 6?> 7 8<h1>News Archive - 2009</h1> 9 10<p> 11 Here are the most important news items we have published in 2009 on PHP.net. 12</p> 13 14<hr> 15<div class="newsItem hentry"> 16 <div class="newsImage"></div> 17 <h1 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2009-12-17-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2009.php#id2009-12-17-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP 5.2.12 Released!</a></h1> 18 <div class="entry-content description"> 19 <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2009-12-17T07:41:36-05:00">[17-Dec-2009]</abbr> 20 <div> 21 <p> 22 The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate 23 availability of PHP 5.2.12. This release focuses on improving the stability of 24 the PHP 5.2.x branch with over 60 bug fixes, some of which are security related. 25 All users of PHP 5.2 are encouraged to upgrade to this release. 26 </p> 27 <p> 28 <b>Security Enhancements and Fixes in PHP 5.2.12:</b> 29 </p> 30 <ul> 31 <li>Fixed a safe_mode bypass in tempnam() identified by Grzegorz Stachowiak. (CVE-2009-3557, Rasmus)</li> 32 <li>Fixed a open_basedir bypass in posix_mkfifo() identified by Grzegorz Stachowiak. (CVE-2009-3558, Rasmus)</li> 33 <li>Added "max_file_uploads" INI directive, which can be set to limit the number of file uploads per-request to 20 by default, to prevent possible DOS via temporary file exhaustion, identified by Bogdan Calin. (CVE-2009-4017, Ilia)</li> 34 <li>Added protection for $_SESSION from interrupt corruption and improved "session.save_path" check, identified by Stefan Esser. (CVE-2009-4143, Stas)</li> 35 <li>Fixed bug #49785 (insufficient input string validation of htmlspecialchars()). (CVE-2009-4142, Moriyoshi, hello at iwamot dot com)</li> 36 </ul> 37 38 <p> 39 Further details about the PHP 5.2.12 release can be found in the <a href="/releases/5_2_12.php">release announcement</a>, and the full list of changes are available in the <a href="/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.12">ChangeLog</a>. 40 </p> 41 </div> 42 43 </div> 44</div> 45 46<hr> 47<div class="newsItem hentry vevent"> 48 <div class="newsImage"><?php news_image("http://www.phpconference.co.uk/", "phpukconf2010.png", "PHP UK Conference 2010"); ?></div> 49 <h1 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2009-12-09-1" href="http://www.phpconference.co.uk/" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP UK Conference 2010</a></h1> 50 <div class="entry-content description"> 51 <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2009-12-09T14:38:07+01:00">[09-Dec-2009]</abbr> 52 <div> 53 <p> 54 PHP London are pleased to announce the date, venue and registration availability 55 of their 5th annual UK PHP conference, building on the success of previous events 56 and accommodating the continual growth of the PHP community and PHP development 57 industry. 58 </p> 59 60 <p> 61 The event takes place on <abbr title="2009-02-26" class="dtstart">Friday 26th February 2010</abbr> 62 at the <span class="location">Business Design Centre in the Islington area of London</span>. 63 Information on the venue is available on our 64 <a href="http://www.phpconference.co.uk/venue" title="Venue information">website</a>. 65 </p> 66 67 <p> 68 Registration is now available, with an <em>early bird</em> discount of £20 69 putting the price at £100 (ex. UK VAT), available for the rest of December 2009, 70 increasing to £110 during January 2010, whilst the standard £120 price is 71 available now (for those that wish to significantly contribute towards the running 72 of the conference) until either the event takes place or we run out of places - so 73 <a href="http://www.phpconference.co.uk/registration" title="PHP UK registration page">register</a> 74 as soon as you can to get the best price and secure your place. 75 </p> 76 77 <p> 78 Feel free to create an 79 <a href="http://www.phpconference.co.uk/user/register">account</a> on the PHP UK 80 Conference website at and sign-up for notifications of updates to the website. 81 </p> 82 83 <p> 84 Important announcements will also be made to the PHP London announcement mailing 85 list - sign up at 86 <a href="http://lists.phplondon.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/phplondon-announce">http://lists.phplondon.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/phplondon-announce</a> 87 - via which you may be receiving this message now, and you can also follow the 88 conference on Twitter (<a href="http://twitter.com/phpukconference">@phpukconference</a> 89 - #phpuk2010) and be a <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/PHP-UK-Conference/62956717039">fan on Facebook</a>. 90 </p> 91 92 <p> 93 We expect to announce the initial line up of talks and speakers before Christmas, 94 whilst potential sponsors/exhibitors can find information at 95 <a href="http://www.phpconference.co.uk/sponsors">http://www.phpconference.co.uk/sponsors</a> 96 and contact the conference committee using the form at 97 <a href="http://www.phpconference.co.uk/contact">http://www.phpconference.co.uk/contact</a>. 98 </p> 99 100 <p>We hope to see you at the event in 2010!</p> 101 102 </div> 103 104 </div> 105</div> 106 107<hr> 108<div class="newsItem hentry"> 109 <div class="newsImage"></div> 110 <h1 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2009-11-19-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2009.php#id2009-11-19-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP 5.3.1 Released!</a></h1> 111 <div class="entry-content description"> 112 <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2009-11-19T17:41:11+00:00">[19-Nov-2009]</abbr> 113 <div> 114 <p>The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate 115 availability of PHP 5.3.1. This release focuses on improving the 116 stability of the PHP 5.3.x branch with over 100 bug fixes, some of 117 which are security related. All users of PHP are encouraged to 118 upgrade to this release.</p> 119 <p><b>Security Enhancements and Fixes in PHP 5.3.1:</b></p> 120 <ul> 121 <li>Added "max_file_uploads" INI directive, which can be set to limit the number of file uploads per-request to 20 by default, to prevent possible DOS via temporary file exhaustion.</li> 122 <li>Added missing sanity checks around exif processing.</li> 123 <li>Fixed a safe_mode bypass in tempnam().</li> 124 <li>Fixed a open_basedir bypass in posix_mkfifo().</li> 125 <li>Fixed failing safe_mode_include_dir.</li> 126 </ul> 127 <p>Further details about the PHP 5.3.1 release can be found in the <a href="http://www.php.net/releases/5_3_1.php">release announcement</a>, and the full list of changes are available in the <a href="http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.3.1">ChangeLog</a>.</p> 128 </div> 129 130 </div> 131</div> 132 133<hr> 134<div class="newsItem hentry vevent"> 135 <div class="newsImage"><?php news_image("http://www.phpconference.com/", "ipc09.png", "International PHP Conference"); ?></div> 136 <h1 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2009-10-21-1" href="http://www.phpconference.com/" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">International PHP Conference</a></h1> 137 <div class="entry-content description"> 138 <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2009-10-21T20:15:30+02:00">[21-Oct-2009]</abbr> 139 <div> 140 <p>With its mixture of topics the <a href="http://www.phpconference.com">International PHP Conference</a> provides an ideal resource for all professionals and their successful daily routine within the whole PHP spectrum. Insights into current Web 2.0 technologies, Security, Best Practices for tools and components, Enterprise know-how, databases, architectures and more are presented at the International PHP Conference 2009.</p> 141 <p>More than 30 Experts explain current trends and demonstrate how to make the most of your code and your business. They will answer your questions not only in the 40+ sessions and panel discussions but also during personal meetings.</p> 142 <p>And for the very first time ever, on Sunday, 15th November, the PHP community will warm up with our free IPC Unconference. This is the place, where YOU decide about the sessions - just pick your favorite topics and get in touch with some of our speakers and other developers.</p> 143 <p>Make use of this opportunity and make yourself a part of the worldwide PHP community – at the International PHP Conference 2009.</p> 144 </div> 145 146 </div> 147</div> 148 149<hr> 150<div class="newsItem hentry vevent"> 151 <div class="newsImage"><?php news_image("http://www.phpworld-kongress.de", "phpworldkongress09.gif", "PHP World Kongress"); ?></div> 152 <h1 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2009-10-01-1" href="http://www.phpworld-kongress.de" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP World Kongress</a></h1> 153 <div class="entry-content description"> 154 <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2009-10-01T21:19:01+02:00">[01-Oct-2009]</abbr> 155 <div> 156 <p> 157 On 24th and 25th of November you should not miss the lectures of the top speakers of the PHP Industry on Professional Software Development with PHP at Munich Conference Center. 158 </p> 159 <p> 160 10 international speakers offer you more than 20 hours of knowledge transfer in the topics "Development", "Tools & Technologies", "PHP 5 Certification", "TYPO3 Certification", "Search Engine Optimization" and "Design Patterns with PHP" on two days. 161 </p> 162 <p> 163 On November 24th, Pierre Joye from the PHP core team under Windows opens the congress with his keynote "PHP 5.3 and PHP 6". Amongst others topics include OOP, Web Application Security 2.0, SOAP in PHP and Zend Framework. 164 </p> 165 <p> 166 The 25th November is a workshop day aimed at expanding and deepening your knowledge in PHP 5 Certification, TYPO3 Certification, Search Engine Optimization and Design Patterns with PHP. 167 </p> 168 <p> 169 More detailed information is available on our <a href="http://www.phpworld-kongress.de">website</a> 170 <a href="http://www.twitter.com/phpworld">Twitter</a> or in our group on Facebook. 171 </p> 172 </div> 173 174 </div> 175</div> 176 177<hr> 178<div class="newsItem hentry vevent"> 179 <div class="newsImage"><?php news_image("http://phpconference.es/", "phpbarcelonaconference2009small1.jpg", "PHP Barcelona"); ?></div> 180 <h1 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2009-09-28-1" href="http://phpconference.es/" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP Barcelona Conference 2009</a></h1> 181 <div class="entry-content description"> 182 <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2009-09-28T21:27:54+02:00">[28-Sep-2009]</abbr> 183 <div> 184 <p>The <a href="http://phpbarcelona.org/">PHP Barcelona User Group</a> is proud to announce that the <a href="http://phpconference.es/">PHP Barcelona Conference 2009</a> is here, and it is arriving bigger than ever! Two days, three parallel tracks of talks and workshops, and some of the biggest names and companies in the industry covering the hottest subjects to date.</p> 185 <p>Come to Barcelona (<a href="http://phpconference.es/barcelona-php-conference-2009/venue/">Citilab</a>) to see <strong>Rasmus Lerdorf</strong>, <strong>Fabien Potencier</strong>, <strong>Derick Rethans</strong>, <strong>Sebastian Bergmann</strong> and many more open the hood and expose the secrets of PHP and PHP related technologies that make the Internet what it is today, and that power what the Internet will be tomorrow. Discover the newest evolution of the most popular scripting language and its intimate bonding with security, stability and scalability, and how its integration with cutting edge technology make it one of the most powerful and state of the art building blocks for robust applications.</p> 186 <p>For more information about PHP Barcelona Conference 2009 and to register, please visit <a href="http://phpconference.es/">http://phpconference.es</a></p> 187 </div> 188 189 </div> 190</div> 191 192<hr> 193<div class="newsItem hentry"> 194 <div class="newsImage"></div> 195 <h1 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2009-09-17-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2009.php#id2009-09-17-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP 5.2.11 Released!</a></h1> 196 <div class="entry-content description"> 197 <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2009-09-17T21:45:06-04:00">[17-Sep-2009]</abbr> 198 <div> 199 <p> 200 The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate 201 availability of PHP 5.2.11. This release focuses on improving the stability of 202 the PHP 5.2.x branch with over 75 bug fixes, some of which are security related. 203 All users of PHP 5.2 are encouraged to upgrade to this release. 204 </p> 205 <p> 206 <b>Security Enhancements and Fixes in PHP 5.2.11:</b> 207 </p> 208 <ul> 209 <li>Fixed certificate validation inside php_openssl_apply_verification_policy. (Ryan Sleevi, Ilia)</li> 210 <li>Fixed sanity check for the color index in imagecolortransparent(). (Pierre)</li> 211 <li>Added missing sanity checks around exif processing. (Ilia)</li> 212 <li>Fixed bug #44683 (popen crashes when an invalid mode is passed). (Pierre)</li> 213 </ul> 214 <p> 215 Further details about the PHP 5.2.11 release can be found in the <a href="/releases/5_2_11.php">release announcement</a>, and the full list of changes are available in the <a href="/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.11">ChangeLog</a>. 216 </p> 217 </div> 218 219 </div> 220</div> 221 222<hr> 223<div class="newsItem hentry vevent"> 224 <div class="newsImage"><?php news_image("http://zendcon.com", "ZendCon09-logo.gif", "ZendCon 2009"); ?></div> 225 <h1 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2009-08-26-1" href="http://zendcon.com" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">ZendCon 2009!</a></h1> 226 <div class="entry-content description"> 227 <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2009-08-26T10:19:35+02:00">[26-Aug-2009]</abbr> 228 <div> 229 <p> 230 The Zend PHP Conference 2009 (ZendCon) is the largest event of the PHP 231 community and a unique opportunity to meet with PHP developers, web 232 experts and IT managers. This year's conference will be held 233 <abbr class="dtstart" title="2009-10-19">October 19</abbr>- 234 <abbr class="dtend" title="2009-10-23">22, 2009</abbr> in 235 <span class="location">San Jose, California</span>. It will bring together developers 236 and business managers from around the world for three days of 237 exceptional presentations and networking events. 238 </p> 239 <p> 240 At ZendCon 2009, sessions will focus on creating, deploying and managing 241 applications that take advantage of the speed, scalability and 242 simplicity of PHP. To find out more about ZendCon, see the full session 243 listing, and register, visit <a href="http://zendcon.com">http://zendcon.com/</a>. 244 </p> 245 </div> 246 247 </div> 248</div> 249 250<hr> 251<div class="newsItem hentry"> 252 <div class="newsImage"></div> 253 <h1 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2009-07-30-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2009.php#id2009-07-30-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP TestFest 2009 Winners</a></h1> 254 <div class="entry-content description"> 255 <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2009-07-30T12:41:28+02:00">[30-Jul-2009]</abbr> 256 <div> 257 <p> 258 A group of winners of PHP 259 <a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=elephpants&m=tags">elePHPhants</a> 260 or <a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=testfest+mug&m=tags">TestFest mugs</a> 261 have been picked at random from the people that contributed the 262 <a href="http://testfest.php.net/repos/testfest/">887 tests</a> 263 during the <a href="http://wiki.php.net/qa/testfest">2009 PHP TestFest</a>. 264 </p> 265 <h2>Winners of elePHPhants</h2> 266 <ul> 267 <li>Mark Schaschke TestFest London May 2009</li> 268 <li>Patrick Allaert Belgian PHP Testfest 2009</li> 269 <li>Rafael Dohms testfest PHPSP on 2009-06-20</li> 270 <li>Guilherme Blanco testfest PHPSP on 2009-06-20</li> 271 <li>Fabio Fabbrucci Italian PHP TestFest 2009 Cesena 19-20-21 june</li> 272 <li>Rodrigo Moyle testfest PHPSP on 2009-06-20</li> 273 <li>Edgar Ferreira da Silva testfest PHPSP on 2009-06-20</li> 274 <li>Marco Fabbri PHPTestFest Cesena Italia on 2009-06-20</li> 275 <li>Jason Easter Testfest 2009 2009-06-20</li> 276 <li>Simon Westcott PHPNW Testfest 2009</li> 277 </ul> 278 279 <h2>Winners of mugs</h2> 280 <ul> 281 <li>Tim Eggert Testfest Berlin 2009-05-09</li> 282 <li>Till Klampaeckel TestFest 2009</li> 283 <li>Havard Eide Norway 2009-06-09 \o/</li> 284 <li>Ŕlex Corretgé - Catalonia</li> 285 <li>Francesco Fullone TestFest Cesena Italia on 2009-06-20</li> 286 <li>Ivan Rosolen testfest PHPSP on 2009-06-20</li> 287 <li>Moritz Neuhaeuser Testfest Berlin 2009-05-10</li> 288 <li>Daniel Convissor TestFest 2009 NYPHP</li> 289 <li>Matt Raines testfest London 2009-05-09</li> 290 </ul> 291 292 <p>Winners will be contacted shortly.</p> 293 <p> 294 Once again a huge <em>thank you!</em> to everyone who helped to make 295 this year's TestFest such an outstanding success! 296 </p> 297 </div> 298 299 </div> 300</div> 301 302<hr> 303<div class="newsItem hentry vevent"> 304 <div class="newsImage"><?php news_image("http://conference.phpnw.org.uk/", "phpnw09_blk_300x110.png", "PHP NW 2009"); ?></div> 305 <h1 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2009-07-21-1" href="http://conference.phpnw.org.uk/" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP North West Conference</a></h1> 306 <div class="entry-content description"> 307 <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2009-07-21T15:37:06-07:00">[21-Jul-2009]</abbr> 308 <div> 309 <p> 310 The <a href="http://conference.phpnw.org.uk">PHP North West 311 Conference</a> has announced its return for a second year, to be held 312 on Saturday 10th October 2009 in Manchester, UK. This is a one-day 313 conference aimed at developers from the local region and further 314 afield, with a deliberately low ticket price to ensure everyone who 315 wants to attend can do so. We combine experienced speakers with some 316 new local talent to bring an event that truly has something for 317 everyone and a great buzz. 318 </p> 319 <p> 320 The official conference is on the Saturday but there are social events 321 on Friday and Saturday and an informal schedule on Sunday, so come and 322 make a weekend of it with us in Manchester! All the venues are in 323 central Manchester and walkable from mainline public transport, so do 324 join us. 325 </p> 326 <p> 327 There is a call for papers which runs until 16th August 2009 and the 328 early bird ticket prices are fixed until September 10th. For more 329 information, to submit a paper, to buy tickets, or to contact the 330 organisers please visit the <a href="http://conference.phpnw.org.uk">conference website</a>. 331 </p> 332 </div> 333 334 </div> 335</div> 336 337<hr> 338<div class="newsItem hentry"> 339 <div class="newsImage"></div> 340 <h1 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2009-07-16-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2009.php#id2009-07-16-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">Subversion Migration Complete</a></h1> 341 <div class="entry-content description"> 342 <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2009-07-16T19:00:00-09:00">[16-Jul-2009]</abbr> 343 <div> 344 <p> 345 The migration from CVS to Subversion is complete. The web interface is at 346 <a href="http://svn.php.net">svn.php.net</a>. You can read about it at 347 <a href="http://php.net/svn.php">php.net/svn.php</a>, 348 <a href="http://wiki.php.net/vcs/svnfaq">wiki.php.net/vcs/svnfaq</a>. The 349 URL to feed to your svn client is http://svn.php.net/repository. 350 </p> 351 <p> 352 There is also a <a href="http://github.com/php">github mirror</a>. Please 353 use that instead of trying to do a full git clone from the svn repository. See 354 the instructions at <a href="http://wiki.php.net/vcs/svnfaq#git">wiki.php.net/vcs/svnfaq#git</a> 355 </p> 356 <p> 357 Many thanks to Gwynne who did the bulk of the work and also all the other folks who pitched in. 358 It was a major effort to move 14 years of CVS history to another RCS. 359 </p> 360 </div> 361 362 </div> 363</div> 364 365<hr> 366<div class="newsItem hentry"> 367 <div class="newsImage"></div> 368 <h1 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2009-07-09-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2009.php#id2009-07-09-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">2009 PHP TestFest</a></h1> 369 <div class="entry-content description"> 370 <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2009-07-09T10:04:07+02:00">[09-Jul-2009]</abbr> 371 <div> 372 <p> 373 So finally we are at the end of the 374 <a href="http://wiki.php.net/qa/testfest">2009 PHP TestFest</a>. 375 It has been an outstanding success with the 376 <a href="http://gcov.php.net/PHP_5_3/lcov_html/">coverage increasing</a> 377 by about 2.5% overall and 887 new tests contributed in the TestFest SVN 378 repository of which 637 have already been added to PHP CVS. 379 </p> 380 <p> 381 <a href="http://wiki.php.net/usergroups">User groups</a> from all 382 over the world have worked hard to make this happen and we thank 383 <a href="http://results.testfest.php.net">each and every one of you</a> 384 for your contribution to PHP! 385 You really made a difference to the PHP5.3 release quality. 386 </p> 387 <p> 388 There still are few loose ends to tie up - the 389 <a href="http://testfest.php.net/repos/testfest/">TestFest SVN repository</a> 390 will be <em>closed</em> for contributions later this week and the last few 391 tests will be moved into the main PHP repository. Finally, we have 392 <a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=elephpants&m=tags">10 elePHPants</a> 393 and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=testfest+mug&m=tags">9 TestFest mugs</a> 394 to give out. The winners of mugs and elePHPants 395 will be drawn at random from a list of people who wrote tests; 396 the winner's names will be announced later this month. 397 </p> 398 <p> 399 For those that would like to continue to make a difference by 400 writing tests there are two options. You can simply continue by 401 submitting new tests to the <a href="http://php.net/mailinglists">QA mailing list</a>, 402 or, if you have written a significant number of tests you might 403 consider applying for your own 404 <a href="http://php.net/cvs-php">PHP CVS (or SVN) ID</a>. 405 In your application you should reference the tests that you have 406 written in support of your application. 407 </p> 408 <p> 409 Last but not least, we would like to thank all of the 410 companies and institutions that sponsored TestFest. 411 These include Combell, Corretgé, Faculdade Impacta de Tecnologia, IBM, 412 iBuildings, Itera, Mayflower, Microsoft, Nexen (Alter Way Group), php|architect, 413 Redpill-Linpro, Steinigke Showtechnic, Verges Council and Zend. 414 </p> 415 </div> 416 417 </div> 418</div> 419 420<hr> 421<div class="newsItem hentry"> 422 <div class="newsImage"></div> 423 <h1 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2009-06-30-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2009.php#id2009-06-30-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP 5.3.0 Released!</a></h1> 424 <div class="entry-content description"> 425 <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2009-06-30T11:47:17+02:00">[30-Jun-2009]</abbr> 426 <div> 427 <p> 428 The PHP development team is proud to announce the immediate release of PHP 429 <a href="http://php.net/downloads.php#v5.3.0">5.3.0</a>. 430 This release is a major improvement in the 5.X series, which includes a 431 large number of new features and bug fixes. 432 </p> 433 434 <p> 435 Some of the key new features include: 436 <a href="http://php.net/namespaces">namespaces</a>, 437 <a href="http://php.net/lsb">late static binding</a>, 438 <a href="http://php.net/closures">closures</a>, 439 optional <a href="http://php.net/gc_enable">garbage collection</a> for cyclic references, 440 new extensions (like <a href="http://php.net/phar">ext/phar</a>, 441 <a href="http://php.net/intl">ext/intl</a> and 442 <a href="http://php.net/fileinfo">ext/fileinfo</a>), 443 over 140 bug fixes and much more. 444 </p> 445 446 <p> 447 For users upgrading from PHP 5.2 there is a 448 <a href="http://php.net/migration53">migration guide</a> 449 available here, detailing the changes between those 450 releases and <a href="http://php.net/downloads.php#v5.3.0">PHP 5.3.0</a>. 451 </p> 452 453 <p> 454 Further details about the 455 <a href="http://php.net/downloads.php#v5.3.0">PHP 5.3.0</a> release 456 can be found in the 457 <a href="http://php.net/releases/5_3_0.php">release announcement</a>, 458 and the full list of changes are available in the 459 <a href="http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php">ChangeLog</a>. 460 </p> 461 462 </div> 463 464 </div> 465</div> 466 467<hr> 468<div class="newsItem hentry vevent"> 469 <div class="newsImage"><?php news_image("http://www.phprio.org/phpnrio09", "phpnrio09.png", "PHP Rio"); ?></div> 470 <h1 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2009-06-21-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2009.php#id2009-06-21-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP'n Rio conference</a></h1> 471 <div class="entry-content description"> 472 <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2009-06-21T10:45:52-07:00">[21-Jun-2009]</abbr> 473 <div> 474 <p> 475 The Rio de Janeiro PHP user group is pleased to announce 476 their first <em>PHP'n Rio conference</em>. It will be held July 3rd, 2009 at the 477 <a href="http://www.infnet.edu.br/">Infnet Institute</a>, in Rio de Janeiro. It is a 478 one day mini conference aimed on providing experienced developers and 479 beginners a chance to learn more about PHP frameworks, web 480 applications built in PHP, and the art of testing code. 481 </p> 482 <p> 483 The keynote speaker is Jan Schneider, who will also 484 talk about the Horde project. In addition, we will 485 have sessions about other frameworks and include a 486 <a href="http://qa.php.net/testfest.php">PHP TestFest</a>. 487 </p> 488 <p> 489 PHP'n Rio sessions go from 6-9 pm. Then the PHP TestFest follows up 490 until 10 pm. No fees or subscription required. Participation is entirely 491 free! 492 </p> 493 <p> 494 Whether you live here or are around just enjoying the marvelous city, 495 come and join us :) For more information, please visit 496 <a href="http://www.phprio.org/phpnrio09">http://www.phprio.org/phpnrio09</a> 497 (portuguese only). 498 </p> 499 </div> 500 501 </div> 502</div> 503 504<hr> 505<div class="newsItem hentry"> 506 <div class="newsImage"></div> 507 <h1 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2009-06-19-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2009.php#id2009-06-19-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP 5.3.0RC4 Release Announcements</a></h1> 508 <div class="entry-content description"> 509 <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2009-06-19T11:02:05+02:00">[19-Jun-2009]</abbr> 510 <div> 511 <p> 512 The PHP development team is proud to announce the fourth release 513 candidate of PHP 5.3.0 (PHP 5.3.0RC4). This RC focuses on bug fixes 514 and stability improvements, and we hope only minimal changes are required 515 for the next candidate or final stable releases. PHP 5.3.0 is a newly 516 developed version of PHP featuring long-awaited features like 517 <a href="http://php.net/namespaces">namespaces</a>, 518 <a href="http://php.net/lsb">late static binding</a>, 519 <a href="http://php.net/closures">closures</a> and much more. 520 </p> 521 <p> 522 Please download and test these release candidates, and report any issues 523 found. A stable release is expected next week . In case of critical 524 issues we will continue producing weekly RCs. Downloads and further 525 information is available at <a href="http://qa.php.net/">qa.php.net</a>. 526 See also the work in progress 527 <a href="http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/UPGRADING?revision=PHP_5_3">5.3 upgrade guide</a>. 528 </p> 529 </div> 530 531 </div> 532</div> 533 534<hr> 535<div class="newsItem hentry"> 536 <div class="newsImage"></div> 537 <h1 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2009-06-18-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2009.php#id2009-06-18-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP 5.2.10 Released!</a></h1> 538 <div class="entry-content description"> 539 <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2009-06-18T18:18:28-04:00">[18-Jun-2009]</abbr> 540 <div> 541 <p> 542 The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate availability of PHP 5.2.10. 543 This release focuses on improving the stability of the PHP 5.2.x branch with over 100 bug fixes, 544 one of which is security related. All users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to this release. 545 </p> 546 <p> 547 <b>Security Enhancements and Fixes in PHP 5.2.10:</b> 548 </p> 549 <ul> 550 <li>Fixed bug #48378 (exif_read_data() segfaults on certain corrupted .jpeg files). (Pierre)</li> 551 </ul> 552 <p> 553 Further details about the PHP 5.2.10 release can be found in the 554 <a href="/releases/5_2_10.php">release announcement</a>, and the full list of changes are 555 available in the <a href="/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.10">ChangeLog</a>. 556 </p> 557 </div> 558 559 </div> 560</div> 561 562<hr> 563<div class="newsItem hentry"> 564 <div class="newsImage"></div> 565 <h1 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2009-06-12-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2009.php#id2009-06-12-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP 5.2.10RC2 and PHP 5.3.0RC3 Release Announcements</a></h1> 566 <div class="entry-content description"> 567 <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2009-06-12T17:39:42+02:00">[12-Jun-2009]</abbr> 568 <div> <p> The PHP development team is proud to announce the second release candidate of PHP 5.2.10 (PHP 5.2.10RC2) and the third release candidate of PHP 5.3.0 (PHP 5.3.0RC3). These RCs focuses on bug fixes and stability improvements, and we hope only minimal changes are required for the next candidate or final stable releases. </p> <p> PHP 5.2.10 is a pure maintenance release for providing bugfixes and stability updates. PHP 5.3.0 is a newly developed version of PHP featuring long-awaited features like namespaces, late static binding, closures and much more. </p> <p> Please download and test these release candidates, and report any issues found. Downloads and further information is available at <a href="http://qa.php.net/">qa.php.net</a>. See also the work in progress <a href="http://wiki.php.net/doc/scratchpad/upgrade/53">5.3 upgrade guide</a>. </p></div> 569 570 </div> 571</div> 572 573<hr> 574<div class="newsItem hentry vevent"> 575 <div class="newsImage"><?php news_image("http://cw.mtacon.com/", "codeworks2009.png", "CodeWorks Conference"); ?></div> 576 <h1 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2009-06-03-1" href="http://cw.mtacon.com/" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">CodeWorks Conference</a></h1> 577 <div class="entry-content description"> 578 <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2009-06-03T14:01:20+02:00">[03-Jun-2009]</abbr> 579 <div> 580 <p>CodeWorks 2009 is a series of <em>two-day conferences for PHP developers</em> and IT managers organized and run by the publishers of <a href="http://phparch.com/">php|architect Magazine</a>.</p> 581 <p>CodeWorks will travel to <a href="http://cw.mtacon.com/main/s/about/locations">seven locations</a> across the United States between <abbr title="2009-09-22" class="dtstart">September 22nd</abbr> and <abbr title="2009-10-06" class="dtend">October 5th</abbr> included. Each two-day event includes a day of <em>in-depth tutorials</em> and a day of <em>conference talks</em> arranged across three different tracks, all presented by the <em>best experts</em> in the business.</p> 582 <p>These locations include: 583 <ul> 584 <li>San Francisco, CA (9/22-9/23)</li> 585 <li>Los Angeles, CA (9/24-9/25)</li> 586 <li>Dallas, TX (9/26-9/27)</li> 587 <li>Atlanta, GA (9/28-9/29)</li> 588 <li>Miami, FL (9/30-10/1)</li> 589 <li>Washington, DC/Baltimore Area (10/2-10/3)</li> 590 <li>New York, NY (10/4-10/5)</li> 591 </ul> 592 </p> 593 <p>If PHP is your work, your passion or your hobby, CodeWorks is a great way to learn and connect with the greatest community of professionals in the world—and with <a href="http://cw.mtacon.com/signup/index">prices as low as $99</a> and a generous <a href="http://cw.mtacon.com/signup/s/discounts">discount program</a>, a uniquely affordable opportunity for everyone.</p> 594 <p>Remember, each event is <em>limited to 300 attendees</em> and prices increase the closer we get to each event. <a href="http://cw.mtacon.com/signup/index">Get your tickets today</a> before we run out or the price goes up!</p> 595 <p>For more information, visit <a href="http://cw.mtacon.com/">http://cw.mtacon.com</a>.</p> 596 </div> 597 598 </div> 599</div> 600 601<hr> 602<div class="newsItem hentry vevent"> 603 <div class="newsImage"><?php news_image("http://www.afup.org/", "forumphp2009.jpg", "Forum PHP Paris"); ?></div> 604 <h1 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2009-05-29-1" href="http://www.afup.org/" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">Forum PHP Paris 2009</a></h1> 605 <div class="entry-content description"> 606 <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2009-05-29T11:47:20+02:00">[29-May-2009]</abbr> 607 <div> 608 <p> 609 The <a href="http://www.afup.org/" alt="AFUP">AFUP</a> (Association française des utilisateurs PHP) 610 organizes on <abbr title="2009-11-11" class="dtstart">November 11th</abbr> and <abbr title="2009-11-12" class="dtstart">November 12th</abbr> 611 at the <a href="http://www.cite-sciences.fr/" alt="Cité des Sciences">Cité des Sciences</a> in Paris, France, 612 the <a href="" alt="Forum PHP">Forum PHP</a> for its 9th edition. 613 </p> 614 <p> 615 The PHP Forum 2009 will welcome as a partner alongside the AFUP, 616 the association <a href="http://www.lemug.fr/" alt="LeMug">LeMug.fr</a> (MySQL User Group). 617 </p> 618 <p> 619 On this occasion, AFUP decided to extend the pre-registration at preferential rates, and 620 also postpone the deadline for the call for speakers. 621 </p> 622 <p> 623 To monitor developments and press releases, visit the following link: 624 <a href="http://afup.org/pages/forumphp2009/">http://afup.org/pages/forumphp2009/</a> 625 </p> 626 </div> 627 628 </div> 629</div> 630 631<hr> 632<div class="newsItem hentry"> 633 <div class="newsImage"></div> 634 <h1 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2009-05-09-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2009.php#id2009-05-09-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">TestFest 2009</a></h1> 635 <div class="entry-content description"> 636 <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2009-05-09T21:45:38+02:00">[09-May-2009]</abbr> 637 <div> 638 <p> 639 TestFest is upon us once again. For those who don't know, this is the 640 time of year where User Groups and individuals donate a little of their 641 time and effort to increasing the test coverage of PHP. 642 </p> 643 <p> 644 Hundreds of thousands of lines of code are working in concert to 645 assemble one of the simplest to learn and fastest running scripting 646 languages in the business. All this is achieved with the expectation 647 that very few bugs will make it into releases and the ones that do 648 will be stomped out quickly, efficiently and will never be heard from 649 again. This is a lofty goal and is only possible through a system of 650 tests designed to continuously evaluate the well-being of PHP. 651 </p> 652 <p> 653 This year the QA Team has been very busy implementing new features 654 and improvements to make the TestFest experience easier and more 655 enjoyable than ever before. Some these improvements include a 656 Subversion repository for test storage and tracking, a Virtual 657 Machine for simple test environment setup, and improved documentation 658 of testing procedures. 659 </p> 660 <p> 661 2009 is looking to be the most successful TestFest event ever. Over 662 20 User Groups spanning Belgium, Brazil, Catalonia, Canada, France, 663 Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, USA and the UK 664 have already registered. This is an incredible response and we still 665 have 2 months left to go. 666 </p> 667 <p> 668 Getting involved couldn't be simpler. Visit the 669 <a href="http://qa.php.net/testfest.php">QA TestFest page</a> to 670 find out how you can organize a TestFest event in your community. 671 We are looking forward to seeing your communities tests being 672 committed into PHP. 673 </p> 674 </div> 675 676 </div> 677</div> 678 679<hr> 680<div class="newsItem hentry"> 681 <div class="newsImage"></div> 682 <h1 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2009-05-07-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2009.php#id2009-05-07-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP 5.3.0RC2 Release Announcement</a></h1> 683 <div class="entry-content description"> 684 <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2009-05-07T20:20:39+02:00">[07-May-2009]</abbr> 685 <div> 686 <p> 687 The PHP development team is proud to announce the second release candidate of PHP 5.3.0 (PHP 5.3.0RC2). 688 This RC focuses on bug fixes and stability improvements, and we hope only minimal changes are required 689 for the next candidate (RC3). 690 </p> 691 <p> 692 Expect an RC3 in 2-3 weeks, although there will not be major changes so now is a good 693 time to start the final testing of PHP 5.3.0 before it gets released, in order to find 694 possible incompatibilities with your project. 695 </p> 696 <p> 697 Please download and test this release candidate, and report any issues found. 698 Downloads and further information is available at <a href="http://qa.php.net/">qa.php.net</a>. 699 See also the work in progress <a href="http://wiki.php.net/doc/scratchpad/upgrade/53">5.3 upgrade guide</a>. 700 </p> 701 </div> 702 703 </div> 704</div> 705 706<hr> 707<div class="newsItem hentry vevent"> 708 <div class="newsImage"><?php news_image("http://www.phpday.it/", "phpday-it-2009.png", "phpDay Italy"); ?></div> 709 <h1 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2009-04-17-1" href="http://www.phpday.it/" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">phpDay Italy</a></h1> 710 <div class="entry-content description"> 711 <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2009-04-17T11:42:32+02:00">[17-Apr-2009]</abbr> 712 <div> 713 <p> 714 The italian PHP user group (GrUSP), is organizing the 6th phpDay, 715 theitalian conference dedicated to the PHP world (<a href="http://www.phpday.it/" class="url">http://www.phpday.it/</a>). 716 </p> 717 <p> 718 This year's edition will be held in Verona on 719 <abbr class="dtstart" title="2009-05-15">May 15</abbr>-<abbr class="dtend" title="2009-05-17">16th</abbr> 720 and "softwareintegration with PHP" is going to be the main theme of the event. 721 </p> 722 <p> 723 The phpDay will have three channels: 724 <ul> 725 <li>Developers: development approach and techniques</li> 726 <li>Community: focus on open source software and frameworks</li> 727 <li>Enterprise: real case studies for business and enterprises</li> 728 </ul> 729 </p> 730 <p> 731 For the benefit of our international visitors, there will be an 732 entiretrack in english, so come and join us in the beautiful city of 733 Verona! 734 </p> 735 <p> 736 To subscribe to the event use our eventbrite page: 737 <a href="http://phpday2009.eventbrite.com/">http://phpday2009.eventbrite.com/</a> 738 </p> 739 </div> 740 741 </div> 742</div> 743 744<hr> 745<div class="newsItem hentry"> 746 <div class="newsImage"></div> 747 <h1 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2009-04-08-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2009.php#id2009-04-08-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP 5.2.9-2 (Windows) released</a></h1> 748 <div class="entry-content description"> 749 <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2009-04-08T13:49:16+02:00">[08-Apr-2009]</abbr> 750 <div> 751 <p>The PHP Development Team would like to announce the availability of a new Windows build for PHP - PHP 5.2.9-2</p> 752 <p>This release focuses on fixing security flaws in the included OpenSSL library (CVE-2009-0590, CVE-2009-0591 and CVE-2009-0789). The security advisory is available <a href="http://openssl.org/news/secadv_20090325.txt">here</a>.</p> 753 <p>The OpenSSL library has been updated to 0.9.8k, which includes fixes for these flaws.</p> 754 <p>Note: Only the Windows binaries are affected. There are no changes to the PHP sources, therefore no source releases are necessary.</p> 755 <p><strong>Updated 9th of April</strong>: Added the missing OCI8 DLL</p> 756 </div> 757 758 </div> 759</div> 760 761<hr> 762<div class="newsItem hentry vevent"> 763 <div class="newsImage"><?php news_image("http://phpconference.nl/", "dpc09_banner.jpg", "DPC09"); ?></div> 764 <h1 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2009-04-06-1" href="http://phpconference.nl/" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">DPC09</a></h1> 765 <div class="entry-content description"> 766 <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2009-04-06T21:36:59+02:00">[06-Apr-2009]</abbr> 767 <div> 768 <p> 769 Tickets are now on sale for The Dutch PHP Conference 2009 and we want to invite 770 you to attend. This year's conference will be held from 771 <abbr title="2009-06-11" class="dtstart">June 11</abbr>-<abbr title="2009-06-14" class="dtend">June13, 2009</abbr>. 772 DPC09, like it's predecessors, will be held in Amsterdam at the RAI Center. This 773 year we have expanded the conference to two days plus the tutorial day so that we 774 can deliver even more sessions, events and value for your conference budget. 775 </p> 776 <p> 777 Our speaker line up this year includes Andrei Zmievski, Marco Tabini, Derick 778 Rethans, Ben Ramsey, Michelangelo van Dam, and Paul Reinheimer, just to name a few. 779 This year's special keynote speakers are Andrei Zmievski and Owen Byrne as well as 780 a special closing keynote session by Marco Tabini, Ivo Jansch and Cal Evans. You 781 can see the full line up of speakers and sessions at 782 <a href="http://phpconference.nl/schedule/">http://phpconference.nl/schedule/</a>.</p> 783 <p> 784 Early Bird pricing is in effect till April 30th, 2009. Save €55-€100 on ticket 785 prices if you purchase before the deadline. 786 </p> 787 <p> 788 For full details on DPC09 and information on how to order your tickets, visit the 789 conference web site at <a href="http://phpconference.nl">http://phpconference.nl</a>. 790 </p> 791 </div> 792 793 </div> 794</div> 795 796<hr> 797<div class="newsItem hentry"> 798 <div class="newsImage"></div> 799 <h1 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2009-03-27-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2009.php#id2009-03-27-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">Google Summer of Code 2009</a></h1> 800 <div class="entry-content description"> 801 <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2009-03-27T15:34:48-07:00">[27-Mar-2009]</abbr> 802 <div> 803 <p> 804 Once again we are happy to announce our involvement with the Google Summer of Code project. 805 Be sure to check <a href="http://socghop.appspot.com/org/show/google/gsoc2009/php">our program</a> 806 at this years GSoC. 807 </p> 808 <p> 809 We invite everyone to look at the <a href="http://wiki.php.net/gsoc/2009">list of ideas</a> for 810 this years GSoC, and get involved. Students are welcome to propose their own ideas, and we 811 will consider all applications that are received before the April 3rd deadline. So, thanks to 812 everyone involved and we look forward to seeing many students join us on this great adventure! 813 </p> 814 </div> 815 816 </div> 817</div> 818 819<hr> 820<div class="newsItem hentry"> 821 <div class="newsImage"></div> 822 <h1 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2009-03-24-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2009.php#id2009-03-24-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP 5.3.0RC1 Release Announcement</a></h1> 823 <div class="entry-content description"> 824 <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2009-03-24T21:16:11+01:00">[24-Mar-2009]</abbr> 825 <div> 826 <p>The PHP development team is proud to announce the availability of the first release candidate of PHP 5.3.0 (PHP 5.3.0RC1). This release marks the final phase in a major improvement in the 5.X series, which includes a large number of new features, bug fixes and security enhancements.</p> 827 <p>The key features of the PHP 5.3 branch include:</p> 828 <ul> 829 <li>Support for <a href="http://php.net/namespaces">namespaces</a></li> 830 <li>Under the hood performance improvements</li> 831 <li><a href="http://php.net/lsb">Late static binding</a></li> 832 <li><a href="http://docs.php.net/functions.anonymous">Lambda functions and closures</a></li> 833 <li> 834 Syntax additions: 835 <a href="http://php.net/manual/language.types.string.php#language.types.string.syntax.nowdoc">NOWDOC</a>, limited GOTO, 836 <a href="http://php.net/ternary#language.operators.comparison.ternary">ternary short cut "?:"</a> and 837 <a href="http://php.net/__callstatic">__callStatic()</a> 838 </li> 839 <li>Optional <a href="http://php.net/gc_enable">garbage collection</a> for cyclic references</li> 840 <li>Optional <a href="http://php.net/mysqli.mysqlnd">mysqlnd</a> PHP native replacement for libmysql</li> 841 <li>Improved <a href="http://windows.php.net">windows</a> support including VC6 and VC9 binaries</li> 842 <li>More consistent float rounding</li> 843 <li>Deprecation notices are now handle via E_DEPRECATED (part of E_ALL) instead of the E_STRICT error level</li> 844 <li>Several enhancements to enable more <a href="http://php.net/ini.sections">flexiblity in php.ini</a> (and ini parsing in general)</li> 845 <li>New bundled extensions: 846 <a href="http://php.net/phar">ext/phar</a>, 847 <a href="http://php.net/intl">ext/intl</a>, 848 <a href="http://php.net/fileinfo">ext/fileinfo</a>, 849 <a href="http://php.net/sqlite3">ext/sqlite3</a>, 850 <a href="http://php.net/enchant">ext/enchant</a> 851 </li> 852 <li>Countless bug fixes and improvements to existing extensions in particular to: 853 <a href="http://php.net/openssl">ext/openssl</a>, 854 <a href="http://php.net/spl">ext/spl</a> and 855 <a href="http://php.net/datetime">ext/date</a> 856 </li> 857 </ul> 858 <p>This release also drops several extensions and unifies usage of internal APIs. Users should be aware of the following known backwards compatibility breaks:</p> 859 <ul> 860 <li>Parameter parsing API unification will cause some functions to behave more or less strict when it comes to type juggling</li> 861 <li>Removed the following extensions: 862 <a href="http://php.net/mhash">ext/mhash</a> (see <a href="http://php.net/hash">ext/hash</a>), 863 <a href="http://php.net/msql">ext/msql</a>, 864 <a href="http://php.net/pspell">ext/pspell</a> (see <a href="http://php.net/enchant">ext/enchant</a>), 865 <a href="http://php.net/sybase">ext/sybase</a> (see <a href="http://php.net/sybase">ext/sybase_ct</a>) 866 </li> 867 <li>Moved the following extensions to PECL: 868 <a href="http://php.net/ming">ext/ming</a>, 869 <a href="http://php.net/fbsql">ext/fbsql</a>, 870 <a href="http://php.net/ncurses">ext/ncurses</a>, 871 <a href="http://php.net/fdf">ext/fdf</a> 872 </li> 873 <li>Removed <a href="http://php.net/manual/ini.core.php#ini.zend.ze1-compatibility-mode">zend.ze1_compatibility_mode</a></li> 874 <li>See the <a href="http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/UPGRADING?view=markup&pathrev=PHP_5_3">upgrading guide</a> for other minor changes</li> 875 </ul> 876 <p>All users of PHP, especially those using earlier PHP 5 releases are advised to test this release as the final release of PHP 5.3.0 will eventually obsolete the 5.2 branch of PHP.</p> 877 <p>For users upgrading from previous PHP 5 releases there is an upgrading guide available <a href="http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/UPGRADING?view=markup&pathrev=PHP_5_3">here</a>, detailing the changes between those releases and PHP 5.3.0.</p> 878 <p>Please also note that we are aware of issues surrounding float/integer handling in some edge cases (some of which have been introduced in PHP 5.2.0), as well as a crash bug in NSAPI, that will be fixed in PHP 5.3.0RC2. These issues however do not prevent wide spread testing of PHP 5.3.0RC1 as users can now rely on the feature set and implementation decisions no longer being changed.</p> 879 <p>For a full list of changes in PHP 5.3.0, see the CVS <a href="http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/NEWS?view=markup&pathrev=PHP_5_3">NEWS</a> file.</p> 880 </div> 881 882 </div> 883</div> 884 885<hr> 886<div class="newsItem hentry"> 887 <div class="newsImage"></div> 888 <h1 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2009-03-10-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2009.php#id2009-03-10-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">5.2.9-1 (for Windows) released</a></h1> 889 <div class="entry-content description"> 890 <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2009-03-10T23:16:11+01:00">[10-Mar-2009]</abbr> 891 <div> 892 <p>The PHP Development Team would like to announce the availability of a new Windows build of PHP - PHP 5.2.9-1</p> 893 <p>This release focuses on fixing a security flaw introduced by the cURL library (CVE-2009-0037). Please see the following for a full description: <a href="http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20090303.html">http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20090303.html</a></p> 894 <p>Please note that the cURL related function is disabled when open_basedir or safe_mode enabled.</p> 895 <p>Note: Only the Windows packages are affected.</p> 896 </div> 897 898 </div> 899</div> 900 901<hr> 902<div class="newsItem hentry"> 903 <div class="newsImage"></div> 904 <h1 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2009-02-26-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2009.php#id2009-02-26-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP 5.2.9 Released!</a></h1> 905 <div class="entry-content description"> 906 <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2009-02-26T18:24:50-05:00">[26-Feb-2009]</abbr> 907 <div> 908 <p>The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate availability of PHP 5.2.9. This release focuses on improving the stability of the PHP 5.2.x branch with over 50 bug fixes, several of which are security related. All users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to this release.</p> 909 <p> 910 <b>Security Enhancements and Fixes in PHP 5.2.9:</b> 911 </p> 912 <ul> <li>Fixed security issue in imagerotate(), background colour isn't validated correctly with a non truecolour image. Reported by Hamid Ebadi, APA Laboratory (Fixes CVE-2008-5498). (Scott)</li> <li>Fixed a crash on extract in zip when files or directories entry names contain a relative path. (Pierre)</li> <li>Fixed explode() behavior with empty string to respect negative limit. (Shire)</li> <li>Fixed a segfault when malformed string is passed to json_decode(). (Scott)</li></ul> 913 <p>Further details about the PHP 5.2.9 can be found in the release announcement for <a href="http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_9.php">5.2.9</a> the full list of changes is available in the <a href="http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.9">ChangeLog for PHP 5</a>.</p> 914 </div> 915 916 </div> 917</div> 918 919<hr> 920<div class="newsItem hentry vevent"> 921 <div class="newsImage"></div> 922 <h1 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2009-02-20-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2009.php#id2009-02-20-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">php|tek 2009</a></h1> 923 <div class="entry-content description"> 924 <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2009-02-20T18:59:30+01:00">[20-Feb-2009]</abbr> 925 <div> 926 <p>We are happy to invite you to this year's php|tek conference, to be held <abbr title="2009-05-19" class="dtstart">May 19</abbr>-<abbr title="2009-05-23" class="dtend">22, 2009</abbr> in <span class="location">Chicago, Illinois</span>, and hosted (as always) by the folks at php|architect.</p> 927 <p>Join us to hear talks and tutorials on a variety of PHP subjects from PHP experts such as Ed Finkler, Sara Golemon, Chris Shiflett, Sebastian Bergmann, Derick Rethans, Stefan Priebsch, Christian Wenz and our mid-conference keynote by Andrei Zmievski on PHP6. You can see the full schedule at <a href="http://tek.mtacon.com/c/schedule">http://tek.mtacon.com/c/schedule</a> - we guarantee you won't be disappointed.</p> 928 <p>This year we are also happy to invite you to our Unconference and Hack-a-thon which will be held in the early evenings, separate from the main schedule. You'll have a great time and won't miss a thing! This, coupled with our entertaining evening events and multiple networking opportunities will prove to make your trip to the conference an educational and memorable one!</p> 929 <p>Early bird pricing is in effect until February 28, 2009 so hurry to take advantage of this offer before it's too late!</p> 930 <p>For details on the conference, including registration and hotel information, please visit us at <a href="http://tek.mtacon.com/" class="url">http://tek.mtacon.com/</a>.</p> 931 </div> 932 933 </div> 934</div> 935 936<hr> 937<div class="newsItem hentry vevent"> 938 <div class="newsImage"></div> 939 <h1 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2009-02-18-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2009.php#id2009-02-18-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">2009 PHP Quebec Conference</a></h1> 940 <div class="entry-content description"> 941 <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2009-02-18T02:10:11-08:00">[18-Feb-2009]</abbr> 942 <div> 943 <p> 944 The seventh edition of the PHP Quebec Conference will take place in a few days, 945 between March 4th and 6th, 2009. It will be held in Montreal, Canada. 946 </p> 947 <p> 948 Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to learn more on latest development 949 techniques with PHP, RIA, Frameworks and project management. Meet with PHP 950 Community leaders such as: Zeev Suraski, Chris Shiflett, Andrei Zmievski, 951 Sara Golemon, John Coggeshall and many more. 952 </p> 953 <p> 954 With over 55 technical talks, 35 international speakers and multiple networking 955 activities you are guaranteed to take your career one step ahead in a friendly 956 environment. 957 </p> 958 <p> 959 Space is limited, register online before February 28th and secure your presence. 960 <a href="http://conf.phpquebec.com/">http://conf.phpquebec.com</a> 961 </p> 962 </div> 963 964 </div> 965</div> 966 967 968<?php site_footer(['elephpants' => true, 'sidebar' => $SIDEBAR_DATA]); 969
