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8<h1>News Archive - 2012</h1>
9
10<p>
11 Here are the most important news items we have published in 2012 on PHP.net.
12</p>
13
14<hr>
15<div class="newsItem hentry">
16    <div class="newsImage"></div>
17    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-12-21-1" href="http://php.net/archive/2012.php#id2012-12-21-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP 5.5.0 Alpha2 released</a></h2>
18    <div class="entry-content description">
19        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-12-21T16:19:14+00:00">21-Dec-2012</abbr>
20        <div>
21    <p>
22        The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of
23        PHP 5.5.0alpha2. This release adds new features and fix some bugs from alpha1.
24        All users of PHP are encouraged to test this version carefully,
25        and report any bugs in <a href="https://bugs.php.net">the bug tracking system</a>.
26     </p>
27
28     <strong>THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT PREVIEW - DO NOT USE IT IN PRODUCTION!</strong>
29
30     <p>
31      PHP 5.5.0 Alpha 2 comes with new features and improvements such as (incomplete list) :
32     </p>
33     <ul>
34        <li>Support for using empty() on the result of function calls and
35            other expressions,
36        </li>
37        <li>Systemtap support by enabling systemtap compatible dtrace probes on
38            linux,
39        </li>
40        <li>Optimized access to temporary and compiled VM variables.
41            8% less memory reads.
42        </li>
43     </ul>
44     <p>
45      Please, note that this alpha version also introduces the ext/mysql depreciation.
46     </p>
47
48     <p>You can read the full list of changes in the
49      <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-5.5.0alpha2/NEWS">NEWS file</a> contained
50      in the release archive.
51     </p>
52
53     <p>
54      For source downloads of PHP 5.5.0 Alpha 2 please visit
55      the <a href="http://downloads.php.net/dsp">download page</a>, Windows binaries
56      can be found on <a href="http://windows.php.net/qa/">windows.php.net/qa/</a>.
57     </p>
58
59     <p>
60        Thank you for helping us making PHP better.
61     </p>
62    </div>
63
64    </div>
65</div>
66<div class="newsItem hentry vevent">
67    <div class="newsImage"><a href="http://conference.phpbenelux.eu/2013/"><img src="/images/news/phpbenelux_conference_logo-01-e1344277762627.png" alt="PHPBenelux Conference 2013" width="450" height="118" style="float: right;"></a></div>
68    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-12-20-2" href="http://conference.phpbenelux.eu/2013/" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHPBenelux Conference 2013</a></h2>
69    <div class="entry-content description">
70        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-12-20T12:16:46-08:00">20-Dec-2012</abbr>
71        <div>
72     <p>
73     After a very successful 2012 edition, we are proud to announce PHPBenelux
74     Conference 2013. This event will take place on Friday January 25th and
75     Saturday January 26th 2013 in Antwerp, Belgium. We organize a community
76     oriented conference that is built around an excellent lineup and awesome
77     socials. Our schedule has been announced and tickets are available. Go to
78     <a href="http://conference.phpbenelux.eu/2013/">http://conference.phpbenelux.eu/2013/</a> for more information.
79     </p>
80    </div>
81
82    </div>
83</div>
84<div class="newsItem hentry">
85    <div class="newsImage"></div>
86    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-12-20-1" href="http://php.net/archive/2012.php#id2012-12-20-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP 5.4.10 and PHP 5.3.20 released!</a></h2>
87    <div class="entry-content description">
88        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-12-20T11:38:49+00:00">20-Dec-2012</abbr>
89        <div>
90     <div>
91       <p>The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 5.4.10 and PHP 5.3.20. These releases fix about 15 bugs. Please note that the PHP 5.3 series will enter an end of life cycle and receive only critical fixes as of March 2013. All users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to PHP 5.4.</p>
92       <p>For source downloads of PHP 5.4.10 and PHP 5.3.20 please visit our <a href="/downloads.php">downloads page</a>, Windows binaries can be found on <a href="http://windows.php.net/download/">windows.php.net/download/</a>.</p>
93       <p>The list of changes are recorded in the <a href="/ChangeLog-5.php">ChangeLog</a>.</p>
94     </div>
95    </div>
96
97    </div>
98</div>
99<div class="newsItem hentry vevent">
100    <div class="newsImage"><a href="http://tek13.phparch.com/"><img src="/images/news/tek13_badge.png" alt="php[tek] 2013" width="300" height="140" style="float: right;" ></a></div>
101    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-12-19-1" href="http://tek13.phparch.com/" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">php[tek] 2013 Conference</a></h2>
102    <div class="entry-content description">
103        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-12-19T14:57:57-08:00">19-Dec-2012</abbr>
104        <div>
105     <p>We are pleased to announce that <a href="http://tek13.phparch.com/">tek13</a> will be taking place this
106     year again at it's traditional location in Chicago, IL.  This year's
107     dates are from May 14th - 17th, 2013.  It will again be a 3-track
108     conference with a focus on the community.</p>
109
110     <p>The <a href="http://tek13.phparch.com/call-for-papers/">Call for
111     Papers</a> has been announced and will be running until January 15th,
112     2013.   Conference registration will open on January 1st.  We look
113     forward to seeing many of you there this year!</p>
114    </div>
115
116    </div>
117</div>
118<div class="newsItem hentry">
119    <div class="newsImage"></div>
120    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-11-22-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2012.php#id2012-11-22-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP 5.4.9 and PHP 5.3.19 released!</a></h2>
121    <div class="entry-content description">
122        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-11-22T17:54:29+01:00">22-Nov-2012</abbr>
123        <div>
124     <p>The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 5.4.9 and PHP 5.3.19. These releases fix over 15 bugs. All users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to PHP 5.4.9, or at least 5.3.19.</p>
125     <p>For source downloads of PHP 5.4.9 and PHP 5.3.19 please visit our <a href="/downloads.php">downloads page</a>, Windows binaries can be found on <a href="http://windows.php.net/download/">windows.php.net/download/</a>.</p>
126     <p>The list of changes are recorded in the <a href="/ChangeLog-5.php">ChangeLog</a>.</p>
127    </div>
128
129    </div>
130</div>
131<div class="newsItem hentry">
132    <div class="newsImage"></div>
133    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-11-15-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2012.php#id2012-11-15-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP 5.5.0 Alpha1 released</a></h2>
134    <div class="entry-content description">
135        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-11-15T14:10:06+00:00">15-Nov-2012</abbr>
136        <div>
137      <p>
138        The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of
139        PHP 5.5.0alpha1. This release marks the beginning of the PHP 5.5.0 release cycle.
140        All users of PHP are encouraged to test this version carefully,
141        and report any bugs in <a href="https://bugs.php.net">the bug tracking system</a>.
142     </p>
143
144     <strong>THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT PREVIEW - DO NOT USE IT IN PRODUCTION!</strong>
145
146     <p>
147      PHP 5.5.0 Alpha 1 comes with new features such as (incomplete list) :
148     </p>
149     <ul>
150        <li>support for Generators,</li>
151        <li>a new password hashing API,</li>
152        <li>support for finally in try/catch blocks</li>
153        <li>support for list() in foreach,</li>
154        <li>constant array/string dereferencing,</li>
155        <li>ext/intl improvement.</li>
156     </ul>
157     <p>We also dropped support for Windows XP and 2003.</p>
158
159     <p>You can read the full list of changes in the
160      <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-5.5.0alpha1/NEWS">NEWS file</a> contained
161      in the release archive.
162     </p>
163
164     <p>
165      For source downloads of PHP 5.5.0 Alpha 1 please visit
166      the <a href="http://downloads.php.net/dsp">download page</a>, Windows binaries
167      can be found on <a href="http://windows.php.net/qa/">windows.php.net/qa/</a>.
168     </p>
169
170     <p>
171        Thank you for helping us making PHP better.
172     </p>
173
174    </div>
175
176    </div>
177</div>
178<div class="newsItem hentry vevent">
179    <div class="newsImage"><a href="http://sunshinephp.com/"><img src="/images/news/sunshine2013.png" alt="SunshinePHP Developer Conference" width="180" height="180" style="float: right;"></a></div>
180    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-11-03-1" href="http://sunshinephp.com/" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">SunshinePHP Developer Conference</a></h2>
181    <div class="entry-content description">
182        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-11-03T13:04:07-07:00">03-Nov-2012</abbr>
183        <div>
184     <p>
185         <a href="http://soflophp.org/">SoFloPHP</a> is excited to present the inaugural <a href="http://sunshinephp.com/">SunshinePHP Developer Conference</a> in Miami, Florida
186         from February 8th - 9th, 2013.  This 2 day event will feature 3 awesome tracks, with one track
187         dedicated to Symfony.  We are also planning an Uncon, as well as a hack event, and many
188         opportunities to socialize with the PHP community.  Please register soon to take advantage of
189         our early bird discounted rate before it ends.
190     </p>
191     <p>
192         In February when the rest of the world is cold and snowy, it is sunny and beautiful in
193         Florida. Come join us for some sun and learning.
194     </p>
195     <p>
196         Our call for papers runs until December 1st, 2012, so please get those talks in!  We will
197         be announcing the sessions and speakers around mid-December after our board has a chance to
198         consider each submission.
199     </p>
200    </div>
201
202    </div>
203</div>
204<div class="newsItem hentry vevent">
205    <div class="newsImage"><a href="http://phpconference.co.uk/"><img src="/images/news/phpuk2013.jpeg" alt="PHP UK 2013" width="161" height="107" style="float: right;"></a></div>
206    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-11-02-1" href="http://phpconference.co.uk/" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP UK Conference</a></h2>
207    <div class="entry-content description">
208        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-11-02T09:39:14-07:00">02-Nov-2012</abbr>
209        <div>
210     <p>
211         <a href="http://phplondon.org">PHP London</a> are pleased to announce the 8th Annual PHP UK conference;
212         a 2-day event with 4 great tracks held at at The Brewery in the heart of the City of London on February 22nd- 23rd 2013.
213     </p>
214     <p>
215         With over 600 delegates, speakers, and sponsors, PHP UK conference aims to deliver fantastic up to date content about
216         PHP and related web technologies in a comfortable and professional setting. There are countless networking opportunities
217         to engage with international speakers and delegates, which makes the event one you won't want to miss.
218     </p>
219     <p>
220         Our call for papers is open until November the 22nd and we would love to hear from you!
221     </p>
222    </div>
223
224    </div>
225</div>
226<div class="newsItem hentry">
227    <div class="newsImage"></div>
228    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-10-18-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2012.php#id2012-10-18-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP 5.4.8 and PHP 5.3.18 released!</a></h2>
229    <div class="entry-content description">
230        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-10-18T17:35:45+00:00">18-Oct-2012</abbr>
231        <div>
232     <p>
233      The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of
234      PHP 5.4.8 and PHP 5.3.18. These releases fix over 20 bugs.
235      All users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to PHP 5.4.8,
236      or at least 5.3.18.
237     </p>
238
239     <p>
240      Key enhancements in these releases include:
241     </p>
242
243     <ul>
244         <li>Fixed bug #63111 (is_callable() lies for abstract static method)</li>
245       <li>Fixed bug #61442 (exception threw in __autoload can not be catched)</li>
246     </ul>
247
248     <p>
249      For source downloads of PHP 5.4.8 and PHP 5.3.18 please visit
250      our <a href="/downloads.php">downloads page</a>, Windows binaries
251      can be found on <a href="http://windows.php.net/download/">windows.php.net/download/</a>.
252     </p>
253
254     <p>
255      The list of changes are recorded in the <a href="/ChangeLog-5.php">ChangeLog</a>.
256     </p>
257
258    </div>
259
260    </div>
261</div>
262<div class="newsItem hentry vevent">
263    <div class="newsImage"><a href="http://truenorthphp.ca/"><img src="/images/news/truenorth2012.jpg" alt="True North 2012" width="363" height="173" style="float: right;"></a></div>
264    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-10-13-2" href="http://truenorthphp.ca/" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">True North PHP</a></h2>
265    <div class="entry-content description">
266        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-10-13T17:00:14-07:00">13-Oct-2012</abbr>
267        <div>
268     <p>
269     <a href="http://truenorthphp.ca/">True North PHP</a> is a 2 day, multi-track, community-driven PHP conference.
270     We believe that the PHP community is second to none, and also believe
271     that Toronto has an awesome PHP community and deserves an equally
272     awesome conference.
273     </p>
274
275     <p>
276     Come out November 2-3, 2012 and hear both local talent and
277     internationally known members of the PHP community share their thoughts
278     and tools they use to build the web.
279     </p>
280    </div>
281
282    </div>
283</div>
284<div class="newsItem hentry vevent">
285    <div class="newsImage"><a href="http://www.web-developer-conference.de/"><img src="/images/news/Logo_WDC_2013.jpg" alt="WDC2013" width="400" height="97" style="float: right;"></a></div>
286    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-10-13-1" href="http://www.web-developer-conference.de/" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">Web Developer Conference (WDC) 2013</a></h2>
287    <div class="entry-content description">
288        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-10-13T16:17:20-07:00">13-Oct-2012</abbr>
289        <div>
290     <p>
291     The Web Developer Conference (WDC) is the conference for web developers from the 24th – 27th
292     June 2013 in Nuremberg (Germany). The conference is addressed to developers of web applications,
293     content and online managers, agencies and webmasters. The WDC will be presented by the German
294     trade magazine "web &amp; mobile developer". More information about the conference can be found on
295     the website via <a href="http://www.web-developer-conference.de">www.web-developer-conference.de</a>.
296     </p>
297    </div>
298
299    </div>
300</div>
301<div class="newsItem hentry vevent">
302    <div class="newsImage"><a href="http://www.midwestphp.com/"><img src="/images/news/rsz_midwestphpconference_customlogodesign_rl3.jpg" alt="Midwest PHP Conference" width="180" height="180" style="float: right;"></a></div>
303    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-10-05-1" href="http://www.midwestphp.com/" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">Midwest PHP Conference</a></h2>
304    <div class="entry-content description">
305        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-10-05T15:43:04-07:00">05-Oct-2012</abbr>
306        <div>
307     <p>
308         <a href="http://www.midwestphp.com/">MidwestPHP</a> (March 2 and 3rd, 2013 - St. Paul, MN, USA)
309         is a two-day conference in the heart of Minnesota featuring 40+ sessions covering a
310         wide range of topics ranging from PHP basics for newbies to advanced PHP concepts,
311         frameworks, databases, third party tools and components, and web development.
312     </p>
313    </div>
314
315    </div>
316</div>
317<div class="newsItem hentry">
318    <div class="newsImage"></div>
319    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-09-13-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2012.php#id2012-09-13-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP 5.4.7 and PHP 5.3.17 released!</a></h2>
320    <div class="entry-content description">
321        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-09-13T15:29:37+00:00">13-Sep-2012</abbr>
322        <div>
323     <p>
324      The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of
325      PHP 5.4.7 and PHP 5.3.17. These releases fix over 20 bugs.
326      All users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to PHP 5.4.7,
327      or at least 5.3.17.
328     </p>
329
330     <p>
331      Key enhancements in these releases include:
332     </p>
333
334     <ul>
335       <li>Fixed bug #62955 (Only one directive is loaded from "Per Directory Values" Windows registry).</li>
336       <li>Fixed bug #62460 (php binaries installed as binary.dSYM).</li>
337     </ul>
338
339     <p>
340      For source downloads of PHP 5.4.7 and PHP 5.3.17 please visit
341      our <a href="/downloads.php">downloads page</a>, Windows binaries
342      can be found on <a href="http://windows.php.net/download/">windows.php.net/download/</a>.
343     </p>
344
345     <p>
346      The list of changes are recorded in the <a href="/ChangeLog-5.php">ChangeLog</a>.
347     </p>
348    </div>
349
350    </div>
351</div>
352<div class="newsItem hentry vevent">
353    <div class="newsImage"><a href="http://codeconnexx.com/"><img src="/images/news/codeconnexx.com-1.jpg" alt="CodeConnexx" width="472" height="144" style="float: right;"></a></div>
354    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-09-11-1" href="http://codeconnexx.com/" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">CodeConnexx</a></h2>
355    <div class="entry-content description">
356        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-09-11T12:33:16-05:00">11-Sep-2012</abbr>
357        <div>
358     <p>
359     <a href="http://codeconnexx.com/" target="_blank">CodeConnexx</a> (8-9 November, 2012, Indianapolis, IN, USA)
360     is a two-day, one track conference that aims to bring together men and women of all ages, races, backgrounds,
361     and skillsets interested in talking about code. The first day is focused on technical talks, centered around
362     PHP and related topics. The second day is dedicated to all the other things that we encounter as developers:
363     mentoring, working together on a diverse team, getting started in open source, and other topics. Free onsite
364     childcare will be available for those who need it. We hope you can join us!
365     </p>
366    </div>
367
368    </div>
369</div>
370<div class="newsItem hentry vevent">
371    <div class="newsImage"><a href="http://phpconference.com/"><img src="/images/news/icp2012.jpg" alt="IPC 2012" width="396" height="254" style="float: right;"></a></div>
372    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-09-05-1" href="http://phpconference.com/" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">International PHP Conference 2012</a></h2>
373    <div class="entry-content description">
374        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-09-05T18:41:44+01:00">05-Sep-2012</abbr>
375        <div>
376     <p>
377     The <a href="http://phpconference.com/">International PHP Conference</a> (October 14-17th - Mainz, Germany)
378     is a globally recognized event for PHP developers,
379     web workers, IT managers and everyone interested in web technologies.
380     </p>
381     <p>
382     Once again the conference will explore key topics and core technologies for developers and decision makers.
383     It will be demonstrated how to scale your applications, explain the details of Continuous Integration or
384     evaluate different approaches to NoSQL.
385     </p>
386     <p>
387     Attendees will have the opportunity to meet with speakers, core developers and consultants, and there are often opportunities to evaluate your code.
388     Community and enterprise projects profit from its international reputation and impulses given from the developer community.
389     </p>
390    </div>
391
392    </div>
393</div>
394<div class="newsItem hentry vevent">
395    <div class="newsImage"><a href="http://confoo.ca/en"><img src="/images/news/confoo-2013-php.jpg" alt="ConFoo Web Techno Conference. February 25 - March  1, 2013 | Montreal, Canada" width="180" height="250" style="float: right;"></a></div>
396    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-08-29-1" href="http://confoo.ca/en" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">ConFoo 2013 - Call for Papers is Now Open!</a></h2>
397    <div class="entry-content description">
398        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-08-29T14:50:10+00:00">29-Aug-2012</abbr>
399        <div>
400     <p>ConFoo is one of the most important developer-oriented conferences loaded with PHP content. ConFoo 2013 will be held on February 25 through March 1 in Montreal, Canada.</p>
401
402     <p>The team just opened its call for papers. Candidates can submit proposals <b>until September 23</b>. Consult the <a href="http://confoo.ca/en/call-for-papers">call for papers</a> page for details and to start submitting. That page also explains what expenses ConFoo can cover for speakers. You can even get <a href="http://confoo.ca/en/call-for-papers/guidelines">advice</a> on how to write proposals.</p>
403
404     <p>The call for papers is public, meaning that all proposals get published on the website for others to vote and comment on. This approach allows the organizers to pick subjects that have most interest in the community. The comments are only visible to speakers and organizers to avoid influencing the votes.</p>
405
406     <p>To stay in touch via Twitter, follow <a href="http://twitter.com/confooca">@confooca</a> and use the <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23confoo">#confoo</a> tag. You can also help promote the event with these cool <a href="http://confoo.ca/en/propaganda">badges</a> for your site.</p>
407
408    </div>
409
410    </div>
411</div>
412<div class="newsItem hentry vevent">
413    <div class="newsImage"><a href="http://conference.phpnw.org.uk/phpnw12"><img src="/images/news/phpnw12_details_200x1441.png" alt="PHPNW12" width="200" height="144" style="float: right;"></a></div>
414    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-08-21-1" href="http://conference.phpnw.org.uk/phpnw12" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHPNW12 - PHP North West 2012</a></h2>
415    <div class="entry-content description">
416        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-08-21T19:59:32+02:00">21-Aug-2012</abbr>
417        <div>
418     <p>
419      Organised by developers for developers,
420      <a href="http://conference.phpnw.org.uk/phpnw12">PHPNW12</a>
421      is the perfect opportunity to learn, network and mix with peers and
422      industry leaders, as well as discover the latest tricks, techniques
423      and innovations in PHP and internet development.
424     </p>
425     <p>
426      Come to Manchester and join in this year's fabulous
427      <a href="http://conference.phpnw.org.uk/phpnw12">PHPNW conference</a>.
428      Building on the success of previous years, we have a bigger schedule,
429      more venues, more great content and hopefully more fun than ever!
430      With speakers from across the PHP sphere and its allied technologies,
431      there is something for everyone at this event, and always someone to
432      talk tech to if you want to.
433     </p>
434     <p>
435      Starting on the Friday with our
436      <a href="http://conference.phpnw.org.uk/phpnw12/tutorial-day/">Tutorial Day</a>
437      which is a fantastic opportunity for individuals and teams of PHP
438      developers to come together for a full day of hands on teaching tailored
439      just for you. Whether you want to know more about Building a Zend
440      Framework 2 Application, Tools of the PHP Trade, Hands on debugging with
441      Xdebug, Test your code like a pro – PHPUnit in practice, Create your own
442      PHP Extension step by step or Scaling Your Team Using HubFlow – A Git
443      Workflow For Git Hub, this will be the experience for which you have
444      been waiting.
445     </p>
446    </div>
447
448    </div>
449</div>
450<div class="newsItem hentry vevent">
451    <div class="newsImage"><a href="http://www.zendcon.com/"><img src="/images/news/zendCon12.jpeg" alt="ZendCon 2012" width="247" height="104" style="float: right;"></a></div>
452    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-08-16-2" href="http://www.zendcon.com/" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">ZendCon 2012</a></h2>
453    <div class="entry-content description">
454        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-08-16T23:31:43+01:00">16-Aug-2012</abbr>
455        <div>
456     <p>
457         <a href="http://www.zendcon.com">The PHP 2012 conference (ZendCon)</a> offers you the chance to learn from a huge variety of technical sessions and in-depth tutorials. International industry experts, renowned thought-leaders and experienced PHP practitioners are on-hand to discuss PHP best practices and explore future technological developments.
458     </p>
459     <p>
460     This year promises to be the best ZendCon ever! We are planning a fun new exhibit hall, some great parties including a hackathon and, of course, oodles of excellent PHP content!
461     </p>
462     <p>
463     <ul>
464     <li>Learn PHP best practices for architecture, design and development</li>
465     <li>Discover new advances in the PHP language and how to best harness them</li>
466     <li>Learn how to effectively leverage Zend Framework and get hands on with coding in Zend Framework 2.0</li>
467     <li>Gain insights from peers, PHP luminaries, community members and thought-leaders</li>
468     <li>Discover how to deploy and scale large PHP applications</li>
469     <li>Explore new technologies like NoSQL and Cloud Computing</li>
470     </ul>
471     </p>
472     <p>
473     <ul>
474     <li>What: PHP 2012 (ZendCon)
475     </li>
476     <li>When: Mon Oct 22- Thurs Oct 25
477     </li>
478     <li>Where: Santa Clara, CA
479     </li>
480     <li>Tickets: Early reg discount until Sept 8
481     </li>
482     </ul>
483     </p>
484    </div>
485
486    </div>
487</div>
488<div class="newsItem hentry">
489    <div class="newsImage"></div>
490    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-08-16-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2012.php#id2012-08-16-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP 5.4.6 and PHP 5.3.16 released!</a></h2>
491    <div class="entry-content description">
492        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-08-16T19:30:09+00:00">16-Aug-2012</abbr>
493        <div>
494	    <p>The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 5.4.6 and PHP 5.3.16. These releases fix over 20 bugs. All users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to PHP 5.4.6, or at least 5.3.16.</p>
495
496     <p>For source downloads of PHP 5.4.6 and PHP 5.3.16 please visit our <a href="http://www.php.net/downloads.php">downloads page</a>,
497          Windows binaries can be found on <a href="http://windows.php.net/download/">windows.php.net/download/</a>.
498          The list of changes are recorded in the <a href="http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php">ChangeLog</a>.</p>
499    </div>
500
501    </div>
502</div>
503<div class="newsItem hentry vevent">
504    <div class="newsImage"><a href="http://london2012.live.symfony.com/"><img src="/images/news/sfl_london.png" alt="Sf Live London" width="212" height="214" style="float: right;"></a></div>
505    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-08-15-1" href="http://london2012.live.symfony.com/" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">Symfony Live London</a></h2>
506    <div class="entry-content description">
507        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-08-15T15:01:17+01:00">15-Aug-2012</abbr>
508        <div>
509     <p>This event, in the heart of London's vibrant technical scene, brings
510     together the best minds from open source enterprise software development.
511     The newly-formed Sensio Labs UK is delighted to serve up a UK edition of
512     the wildly successful Symfony Live events, with two days (September 13th &amp; 14th)
513     of excellent technical content for you to enjoy.</p>
514 <p>Day one is <a href="http://london2012.live.symfony.com/training">workshop day</a>,
515     we'll spend the day absorbing knowledge from
516     industry leaders in a choice of two in-depth workshops. On workshop day
517     we're also offering the opportunity to take the Symfony Certified Developer
518     Exam - be sure to book your slot if you think you have what it takes!</p>
519 <p>For the <a href="http://london2012.live.symfony.com/schedule">main conference day</a>
520     on Friday we're pulling out all the stops to
521     make this a festival of technology and inspiration that you'll remember.
522     Whether you're new to Symfony, already using Symfony 1, or an experienced
523     developer looking to find out more, this event will have something to make
524     you glad you came along.</p>
525    </div>
526
527    </div>
528</div>
529<div class="newsItem hentry vevent">
530    <div class="newsImage"><a href="http://www.web-developer-conference.de"><img src="/images/news/wdc-2012.jpg" alt="The Web Developer Conference" width="216" height="59" style="float: right;"></a></div>
531    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-07-27-1" href="http://www.web-developer-conference.de" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">The Web Developer Conference</a></h2>
532    <div class="entry-content description">
533        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-07-27T17:15:23+01:00">27-Jul-2012</abbr>
534        <div>
535     <p>
536          <a href="http://www.web-developer-conference.de">The Web Developer Conference (WDC)</a>
537          for web developers from the 17th - 18th of September, 2012 in Hamburg, Germany.
538          The conference is geared towards developers of web applications,
539          content and online managers, agencies and web-masters.
540          </p>
541          <p>
542          The WDC will be represented by the German trade magazine web &amp; mobile developer.
543          More information about the conference can be found on
544          <a href="http://www.web-developer-conference.de">the conference website</a>.
545          </p>
546    </div>
547
548    </div>
549</div>
550<div class="newsItem hentry">
551    <div class="newsImage"></div>
552    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-07-19-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2012.php#id2012-07-19-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP 5.4.5 and PHP 5.3.15 released!</a></h2>
553    <div class="entry-content description">
554        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-07-19T23:50:47+02:00">19-Jul-2012</abbr>
555        <div>
556     <p>The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate
557     availability of PHP 5.4.5 and PHP 5.3.15. This release fixes over 30
558     bugs and includes a fix for a security related overflow issue in the
559     stream implementation. All users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to
560     PHP 5.4.5 or PHP 5.3.15.</p>
561
562     <p>For source downloads of PHP 5.4.5 and PHP 5.3.15 please visit our <a href="http://www.php.net/downloads.php">downloads page</a>,
563     Windows binaries can be found on <a href="http://windows.php.net/download/">windows.php.net/download/</a>.
564     The list of changes are recorded in the <a href="http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php">ChangeLog</a>.</p>
565
566    </div>
567
568    </div>
569</div>
570<div class="newsItem hentry vevent">
571    <div class="newsImage"><a href="http://www.northeastphp.org/"><img src="/images/news/NENA_logo.png" alt="Northeast PHP Conference" width="352" height="191" style="float: right;"></a></div>
572    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-06-27-1" href="http://www.northeastphp.org/" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">Northeast PHP Conference</a></h2>
573    <div class="entry-content description">
574        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-06-27T16:20:12+01:00">27-Jun-2012</abbr>
575        <div>
576     <p>
577         The Northeast PHP conference is a two day event coordinated by three PHP user groups in the northeast region:
578         Boston PHP, Atlantic Canada PHP, and Vermont PHP. The entire event is being organized organized by community
579         volunteers and members just like you. We are completely non profit, and open source.
580     </p>
581     <p>
582         There will be nothing quite like it. With two fun-filled days full of great topics from over 40 experts, it's like three years of Meetups jam packed into two days!
583     </p>
584     <p>
585         Check out the <a href="http://www.northeastphp.org/">Northeast PHP website</a> for a listing of the talks and speakers lined up.
586     </p>
587     <p>
588         <ul>
589             <li><strong>What:</strong> Northeast PHP Conference</li>
590             <li><strong>When:</strong> Sat-Sun August 11-12, 2012 8am-5pm</li>
591             <li><strong>*Where:</strong> Microsoft NERD</li>
592             <li><strong>*Tickets:</strong> Tickets go on sale June 28th!</li>
593         </ul>
594     </p>
595    </div>
596
597    </div>
598</div>
599<div class="newsItem hentry">
600    <div class="newsImage"></div>
601    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-06-14-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2012.php#id2012-06-14-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP 5.4.4 and PHP 5.3.14 released!</a></h2>
602    <div class="entry-content description">
603        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-06-14T14:36:29+02:00">14-Jun-2012</abbr>
604        <div>
605     <p>The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate
606      availability of PHP 5.4.4 and PHP 5.3.14. All users of PHP are
607      encouraged to upgrade to PHP 5.4.4 or PHP 5.3.14.</p>
608
609      <p>The release fixes multiple security issues: A weakness in the DES
610      implementation of <a href="http://docs.php.net/crypt">crypt</a> and a
611      heap overflow issue in the phar extension</p>
612
613     <p>PHP 5.4.4 and PHP 5.3.14 fixes over 30 bugs. Please note that the
614     use of <i>php://fd</i> streams is now restricted to the CLI SAPI</p>
615
616      <p>For source downloads of PHP 5.4.4 and PHP 5.3.14 please visit our <a href="http://www.php.net/downloads.php">downloads page</a>,
617      Windows binaries can be found on <a href="http://windows.php.net/download/">windows.php.net/download/</a>.
618      The list of changes are recorded in the <a href="http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php">ChangeLog</a>.</p>
619    </div>
620
621    </div>
622</div>
623<div class="newsItem hentry">
624    <div class="newsImage"></div>
625    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-05-08-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2012.php#id2012-05-08-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP 5.4.3 and PHP 5.3.13 Released!</a></h2>
626    <div class="entry-content description">
627        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-05-08T19:44:07+02:00">08-May-2012</abbr>
628        <div>
629     <p>The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate
630     availability of PHP 5.4.3 and PHP 5.3.13. All users are encouraged
631     to upgrade to PHP 5.4.3 or PHP 5.3.13</p>
632
633     <p>The releases complete a fix for a <a href="http://www.php.net/archive/2012.php#id2012-05-03-1">vulnerability</a>
634     in CGI-based setups (CVE-2012-2311). <i>Note: mod_php and php-fpm are not vulnerable to this attack.</i></p>
635
636     <p>PHP 5.4.3 fixes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the
637     <a href="http://php.net/manual/function.apache-request-headers.php">apache_request_headers()</a> (CVE-2012-2329).
638     The PHP 5.3 series is not vulnerable to this issue.</p>
639
640     <p>For source downloads of PHP 5.4.3 and PHP 5.3.13 please visit our <a href="http://www.php.net/downloads.php">downloads page</a>,
641     Windows binaries can be found on <a href="http://windows.php.net/download/">windows.php.net/download/</a>.
642     The list of changes are recorded in the <a href="http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php">ChangeLog</a>.</p>
643    </div>
644
645    </div>
646</div>
647<div class="newsItem hentry">
648    <div class="newsImage"></div>
649    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-05-06-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2012.php#id2012-05-06-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP 5.3.12 and 5.4.2 and the CGI flaw (CVE-2012-1823)</a></h2>
650    <div class="entry-content description">
651        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-05-06T23:00:36+02:00">06-May-2012</abbr>
652        <div>
653    <p>PHP 5.3.12/5.4.2 do not fix all variations of the CGI issues described
654    in CVE-2012-1823. It has also come to our attention that some sites use
655    an insecure cgiwrapper script to run PHP. These scripts will use <strong>$*</strong>
656    instead of <strong>"$@"</strong> to pass parameters to php-cgi which causes a number of
657    issues. Again, people using mod_php or php-fpm are not affected.</p>
658
659    <p>
660    One way to address these CGI issues is to reject the request if the query string
661    contains a '-' and no '='. It can be done using Apache's mod_rewrite like this:
662
663    <pre>
664    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^[^=]*$
665    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} %2d|\- [NC]
666    RewriteRule .? - [F,L]
667    </pre>
668
669    Note that this will block otherwise safe requests like ?top-40 so if you
670    have query parameters that look like that, adjust your regex accordingly.</p>
671
672    <p>Another set of releases are planned for Tuesday, May, 8th. These
673    releases will fix the CGI flaw and another CGI-related issue in
674    apache_request_header (5.4 only).</p>
675
676    <p>We apologize for the inconvenience created with these releases and the
677    (lack of) communication around them.</p>
678    </div>
679
680    </div>
681</div>
682<div class="newsItem hentry">
683    <div class="newsImage"></div>
684    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-05-03-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2012.php#id2012-05-03-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP 5.3.12 and PHP 5.4.2 Released!</a></h2>
685    <div class="entry-content description">
686        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-05-03T18:00:36+02:00">03-May-2012</abbr>
687        <div>
688
689     <p>There is a vulnerability in certain CGI-based setups <b>(Apache+mod_php and nginx+php-fpm are not affected)</b>
690     that has gone unnoticed for at least 8 years. <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-robinson-www-interface-00#section-7">Section
691     7 of the CGI spec</a> states:</p>
692
693     <cite>
694        Some systems support a method for supplying a [sic] array of strings to the
695        CGI script. This is only used in the case of an `indexed' query. This
696        is identified by a "GET" or "HEAD" HTTP request with a URL search
697        string not containing any unencoded "=" characters.
698     </cite>
699
700     <p>So, requests that do not have a "=" in the query string are treated
701     differently from those who do in some CGI implementations. For PHP this
702     means that a request containing ?-s may dump the PHP source code for the
703     page, but a request that has ?-s&amp;=1 is fine.</p>
704
705     <p>A large number of sites run PHP as either an Apache module through
706     mod_php or using php-fpm under nginx. Neither of these setups are
707     vulnerable to this. Straight shebang-style CGI also does not appear to
708     be vulnerable.</p>
709
710     <p>If you are using Apache mod_cgi to run PHP you may be vulnerable. To see
711     if you are, just add ?-s to the end of any of your URLs. If you see your
712     source code, you are vulnerable. If your site renders normally, you are not.</p>
713
714     <p>To fix this, update to PHP 5.3.12 or PHP 5.4.2. </p>
715
716     <p>We recognize that since CGI is a rather outdated way to run PHP, it may not be feasible to
717     upgrade these sites to a modern version of PHP. An alternative is to
718     configure your web server to not let these types of requests with query
719     strings starting with a "-" and not containing a "=" through. Adding a
720     rule like this should not break any sites. For Apache using mod_rewrite
721     it would look like this:</p>
722
723     <pre>
724         RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(%2d|-)[^=]+$ [NC]
725         RewriteRule ^(.*) $1? [L]
726     </pre>
727
728     <p>If you are writing your own rule, be sure to take the urlencoded ?%2ds
729     version into account.</p>
730
731     <p>Making a bad week worse, we had a bug in our bug system that toggled the
732     private flag of a bug report to public on a comment to the bug report
733     causing this issue to go public before we had time to test solutions to
734     the level we would like. Please report any issues via <a href="https://bugs.php.net/">bugs.php.net</a>.</p>
735
736     <p>For source downloads of PHP 5.3.12 and PHP 5.4.2 please visit
737     our <a href="/downloads.php">downloads page</a>, Windows binaries can be found
738     on <a href="http://windows.php.net/download/">windows.php.net/download/</a>. A
739     <a href="/ChangeLog-5.php#5.4.2">ChangeLog</a> exists.</p>
740
741
742    </div>
743
744    </div>
745</div>
746<div class="newsItem hentry vevent">
747    <div class="newsImage"><a href="http://devconf.ru"><img src="/images/news/devconfru2012.png" alt="DevConf 2012" width="373" height="86" style="float: right;"></a></div>
748    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-04-27-1" href="http://devconf.ru" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">DevConf 2012</a></h2>
749    <div class="entry-content description">
750        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-04-27T05:20:52+00:00">27-Apr-2012</abbr>
751        <div>
752     <p>
753      DevConf 2012 in Moscow, Russia on Jun 9 - Jun 10
754     </p>
755	 <p>
756      DevConf is the ultimate meeting place for russian-speaking web-developers,
757      combining several language-specific conferences under one roof.
758     </p>
759	 <p>
760      This year DevConf will include the following sections:
761     </p>
762     <ul>
763      <li>DevConf::PHP();</li>
764      <li>DevConf::Perl();</li>
765      <li>DevConf::RoR();</li>
766      <li>DevConf::Python();</li>
767      <li>DevConf::Javascript();</li>
768     </ul>
769     <p>
770       Each section will feature several talks from the active contributors/authors of the language.
771       Among the invited speakers are Derick Rethans (<a href="http://xdebug.org">XDebug</a> creator),
772	   David Soria Parra (active PHP contributor), Andrey Aksyonov (author of <a href="http://sphinxsearch.com">Sphinx</a>),
773	   Alexander Makarov (one of the main contributors to <a href="http://www.yiiframework.com">Yii</a>),
774	   Sergey Petrunya (of <a href="http://mariadb.org">MariaDB</a> fame), Ilya Alekseev (<a href="http://openstack.org">OpenStack</a> Nova contributor)
775	   and many others, see more details on <a href="http://devconf.ru">the official website</a>.
776     </p>
777    </div>
778
779    </div>
780</div>
781<div class="newsItem hentry">
782    <div class="newsImage"></div>
783    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-04-26-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2012.php#id2012-04-26-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP 5.3.11 And PHP 5.4.1 Released!</a></h2>
784    <div class="entry-content description">
785        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-04-26T10:50:38+00:00">26-Apr-2012</abbr>
786        <div>
787     <p>The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 5.3.11 and PHP 5.4.1. These releases focuses on improving the stability of the current PHP branches with over 60 bug fixes, some of which are security related.</p>
788
789     <p>Security Enhancements for both PHP 5.3.11 and PHP 5.4.1:</p>
790
791     <ul>
792     <li>Fixed bug #54374 (Insufficient validating of upload name leading to corrupted $_FILES indices). (CVE-2012-1172).</li>
793     <li>Add open_basedir checks to readline_write_history and readline_read_history.</li>
794     </ul>
795
796     <p>Security Enhancement affecting PHP 5.3.11 only:</p>
797
798     <ul>
799     <li>Fixed bug #61043 (Regression in magic_quotes_gpc fix for CVE-2012-0831).</li>
800     </ul>
801
802     <p>Key enhancements in these releases include:</p>
803
804     <ul>
805     <li>Added debug info handler to DOM objects.</li>
806     <li>Fixed bug #61172 (Add Apache 2.4 support).</li>
807     </ul>
808
809     <p>For a full list of changes in PHP 5.3.11 and PHP 5.4.1, see the <a href="/ChangeLog-5.php">ChangeLog</a>. For source downloads please visit
810     our <a href="/downloads.php">downloads page</a>, Windows binaries can be found
811     on <a href="http://windows.php.net/download/">windows.php.net/download/</a>.</p>
812
813     <p>All users of PHP are strongly encouraged to upgrade to PHP 5.3.11 or PHP 5.4.1.</p>
814    </div>
815
816    </div>
817</div>
818<div class="newsItem hentry">
819    <div class="newsImage"></div>
820    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-04-13-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2012.php#id2012-04-13-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP 5.4.1RC2 Released for Testing</a></h2>
821    <div class="entry-content description">
822        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-04-13T13:37:44+02:00">13-Apr-2012</abbr>
823        <div>
824      <p>
825        The PHP development team would like to announce the 2nd
826        <a href="http://qa.php.net">release candidate</a> of PHP 5.4.1.
827         Windows binaries can be downloaded from the
828        <a href="http://windows.php.net/qa/">Windows QA site</a>.
829      </p>
830      <p>
831        <strong>
832          THIS IS A RELEASE CANDIDATE - DO NOT USE IT IN PRODUCTION!
833        </strong>
834      </p>
835      <p>
836        This is the 2nd release candidate. The release candidate phase is
837        intended as a period of bug fixing prior to the stable release.
838        The release candidate fixes a critical issue when using the internal
839        classes in multiple threads.
840      </p>
841      <p>
842        A complete list of changes since the last release candidate can be
843        found in the
844        <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/raw/fa1437b144683eae4d253473c35e375f7b743811/NEWS">NEWS</a>
845        file.
846      </p>
847      <p>
848        Please help us to identify
849        bugs in order to ensure that the release is solid and all things behave
850        as expected by taking the time to test this release candidate against
851        your code base and reporting any problems that you encounter to
852        the <a href="mailto:php-qa@lists.php.net">QA mailing list</a> and/or
853        the <a href="https://bugs.php.net/">PHP bug tracker</a>.
854      </p>
855      <p>
856        PHP 5.4.1 final will be released on April 26.
857      </p>
858    </div>
859
860    </div>
861</div>
862<div class="newsItem hentry">
863    <div class="newsImage"></div>
864    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-03-20-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2012.php#id2012-03-20-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP migrates to Git</a></h2>
865    <div class="entry-content description">
866        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-03-20T10:25:52+08:00">20-Mar-2012</abbr>
867        <div>
868    <p>
869     The migration of the PHP source code from Subversion to Git is complete.
870     You can clone or fork the source from our
871     <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src">GitHub</a>, and we also
872     now support pull requests made via GitHub, and full instructions
873     on cloning the php-src tree can be found at
874     <a href="http://php.net/git">php.net/git</a>.
875    </p>
876
877    <p>
878     One immediate benefit is that future PHP release tags will be signed by
879     the PHP development team. We will be releasing GPG keys for verification
880     purposes in the next few days.
881    </p>
882
883    <p>
884     More information on the migration and the new workflow can be found at the
885     <a href="https://wiki.php.net/vcs/gitfaq">Moving to Git FAQ</a> on the PHP
886     Wiki.
887    </p>
888
889    <p>
890     Please note that the PHP manual, including translations, continues to be
891     hosted in Subversion for the time being and will be migrated to Git at a
892     later date.
893    </p>
894
895    <p>
896     Many thanks to David Soria Parra for his hard work on making the conversion
897     to Git a reality, and to Alexander Moskaliov, Florian Anderiasch and
898     Johannes Schlüter for their work on the scripts required to support
899     the conversion. Let the forking begin!
900    </p>
901   </div>
902
903    </div>
904</div>
905<div class="newsItem hentry">
906    <div class="newsImage"></div>
907    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-03-01-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2012.php#id2012-03-01-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP 5.4.0 released!</a></h2>
908    <div class="entry-content description">
909        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-03-01T19:40:35+01:00">01-Mar-2012</abbr>
910        <div>
911     <p>
912      The PHP development team is proud to announce the immediate availability of PHP
913      <a href="http://php.net/downloads.php#v5.4.0">5.4.0</a>.
914      This release is a major leap forward in the 5.x series, which includes a
915      large number of new features and bug fixes.
916     </p>
917
918     <p>
919      Some of the key new features include:
920      <a href="http://php.net/traits">traits</a>,
921      <a href="http://docs.php.net/manual/en/language.types.array.php">a shortened array syntax</a>,
922      <a href="http://php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.webserver.php">
923      a built-in webserver for testing purposes</a>
924      and more. PHP 5.4.0 significantly improves performance, memory footprint and fixes over
925      100 bugs.
926     </p>
927
928     <p>
929      For users upgrading from PHP 5.3 there is a
930      <a href="http://php.net/migration54">migration guide</a>
931      available here, detailing the changes between those
932      releases and <a href="http://php.net/downloads.php#v5.4.0">PHP 5.4.0</a>.
933     </p>
934
935     <p>
936      Further details about the
937      <a href="http://php.net/downloads.php#v5.4.0">PHP 5.4.0</a> release
938      can be found in the
939      <a href="http://php.net/releases/5_4_0.php">release announcement</a>,
940      and the full list of changes are available in the
941      <a href="http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php">ChangeLog</a>.
942     </p>
943     <p>
944     Please note that it may take a while until the release is available
945     on all mirrors.
946     </p>
947    </div>
948
949    </div>
950</div>
951<div class="newsItem hentry">
952    <div class="newsImage"></div>
953    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-02-02-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2012.php#id2012-02-02-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP 5.3.10 Released!</a></h2>
954    <div class="entry-content description">
955        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-02-02T20:32:47+01:00">02-Feb-2012</abbr>
956        <div>
957     <p>The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate
958     availability of PHP 5.3.10. This release delivers a critical security
959     fix.</p>
960
961     <p>Security Fixes in PHP 5.3.10:</p>
962
963     <ul>
964       <li>Fixed arbitrary remote code execution vulnerability reported by Stefan
965         Esser, CVE-2012-0830.</li>
966     </ul>
967
968     <p>All users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to PHP 5.3.10.</p>
969
970     <p>For source downloads please visit
971            our <a href="/downloads.php">downloads page</a>, Windows binaries can be found
972            on <a href="http://windows.php.net/download/">windows.php.net/download/</a>.</p>
973    </div>
974
975    </div>
976</div>
977<div class="newsItem hentry vevent">
978    <div class="newsImage"></div>
979    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-01-20-1" href="http://confoo.ca/" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">ConFoo 2012</a></h2>
980    <div class="entry-content description">
981        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-01-20T05:20:52+00:00">20-Jan-2012</abbr>
982        <div>
983     <p>
984      ConFoo 2012 in Montreal, Canada on Feb 29 - Mar 02
985     </p>
986     <p>
987      ConFoo is the unique web conference in Canada gathering different
988      tech communities in one place.
989     </p>
990     <ul>
991      <li>find working solutions for your day to day challenges;</li>
992      <li>discover new tools that increase your productivity;</li>
993      <li>network with people from some of the world’s biggest companies;</li>
994      <li>160 presentations focusing on core competencies improvement;</li>
995     </ul>
996     <p>
997      Don't miss this great opportunity and <a href="http://confoo.ca/en/register">register today</a>!
998      Also check out our two <a href="http://confoo.ca/en/2012/training">training days</a>
999      around PHP, HTML5, Symfony2 and security topics right before the
1000      conference.
1001     </p>
1002    </div>
1003
1004    </div>
1005</div>
1006<div class="newsItem hentry">
1007    <div class="newsImage"></div>
1008    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-01-10-1" href="http://www.php.net/archive/2012.php#id2012-01-11-1" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHP 5.3.9 Released!</a></h2>
1009    <div class="entry-content description">
1010        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-01-10T22:29:58+01:00">10-Jan-2012</abbr>
1011        <div>
1012     <p>The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate
1013     availability of PHP 5.3.9. This release focuses on improving the
1014     stability of the PHP 5.3.x branch with over 90 bug fixes, some of
1015     which are security related.</p>
1016
1017     <p>Security Enhancements and Fixes in PHP 5.3.9:</p>
1018
1019     <ul>
1020       <li>Added max_input_vars directive to prevent attacks based on hash collisions. (CVE-2011-4885)</li>
1021       <li>Fixed bug #60150 (Integer overflow during the parsing of invalid exif
1022         header). (CVE-2011-4566)</li>
1023     </ul>
1024
1025     <p>Key enhancements in PHP 5.3.9 include:</p>
1026
1027     <ul>
1028       <li>Fixed bug #55475 (is_a() triggers autoloader, new optional 3rd argument to
1029         is_a and is_subclass_of).</li>
1030       <li>Fixed bug #55609 (mysqlnd cannot be built shared)</li>
1031       <li>Many changes to the FPM SAPI module</li>
1032     </ul>
1033
1034     <p>For a full list of changes in PHP 5.3.9, see the <a href="/ChangeLog-5.php#5.3.9">ChangeLog</a>. For source downloads please visit
1035       our <a href="/downloads.php">downloads page</a>, Windows binaries can be found
1036       on <a href="http://windows.php.net/download/">windows.php.net/download/</a>.</p>
1037
1038     <p>All users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to PHP 5.3.9.</p>
1039
1040    </div>
1041
1042    </div>
1043</div>
1044<div class="newsItem hentry vevent">
1045    <div class="newsImage"><a href="http://conference.phpbenelux.eu/2012"><img src="/images/news/phpbnl2012.png" alt="PHPBenelux 2012" width="347" height="68" style="float: right;"></a></div>
1046    <h2 class="summary entry-title"><a id="id2012-01-07-1" href="http://conference.phpbenelux.eu/2012" rel="bookmark" class="bookmark">PHPBenelux 2012</a></h2>
1047    <div class="entry-content description">
1048        <abbr class="published newsdate" title="2012-01-07T14:47:25+01:00">07-Jan-2012</abbr>
1049        <div>
1050     <p>
1051     The PHPBenelux Conference is ready for its third edition and takes place
1052     January 27th &amp; 28th in Antwerp (Belgium).
1053     </p>
1054     <p>We're very proud to have a great
1055     lineup this year and some awesome social events. All information about the
1056     conference  can be found on our conference website
1057     <a href="http://conference.phpbenelux.eu/2012">http://conference.phpbenelux.eu/2012</a>.
1058     </p>
1059     <p>
1060     There are some tickets still available, get them at <a href="http://shop.phpbenelux.eu">http://shop.phpbenelux.eu</a>.
1061     </p>
1062    </div>
1063
1064    </div>
1065</div>
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