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HTTP QUERY Method Support in API Platform 5.0
API Platform 5.0 adds HTTP QUERY support from RFC 10008, OpenAPI 3.2, and a rebuilt Doctrine filter set. Symfony 6.4 support is dropped.
Eric L. Barnes
The PHP Blog
PHP News is the daily source for developers building with PHP — a PHP blog covering practical tutorials, release notes, package discoveries, and the community reporting that helps you ship better applications.
PHP Core
PHP array_str_contains() RFC Proposes Substring Filtering
PHP's array_str_contains() RFC would replace a substring-filtering callback with one function call. See the before-and-after code and its PHP 8.7 status.
Eric L. Barnes
Developer Tools
Database Seeding and Reset in DDEV v1.25.4
DDEV v1.25.4 seeds new databases from a snapshot, adds a --reset-database flag, supports MySQL 9.7 LTS, and moves image and env config to the global level.
Eric L. Barnes
Developer Tools
PHP on ESP32: The Zend Engine on a Microcontroller
PHP Baremetal cross-compiles the official Zend engine for ESP32 chips, running unmodified PHP 8.3 to 8.5 on hardware with no operating system.
Eric L. Barnes
PHP Core
Is PHP finally breaking up with PEAR?
A new PHP RFC would end php.net's endorsement of PEAR, unbundle the installer from PHP 8.7, and freeze pear.php.net as a static archive.
Eric L. Barnes
PHP Core
PHP 8.5.10 Fixes Stack Overflows on Deeply Nested Arrays
PHP 8.5.10 turns seven stack overflow crashes into catchable errors, forbids \C in UTF-8 regex patterns, and fixes PDO_PGSQL lazy fetching and four JIT bugs.
Eric L. Barnes
Developer Tools
TypePHP: Compile PHP to Native Binaries
TypePHP is an AOT compiler from Swoole that turns PHP source into native executables, PHP extensions, or shared libraries, with no interpreter at runtime.
Eric L. Barnes
PHP Core
PHP 8.6 Deprecates SplFileObject fgetcsv and fputcsv
PHP 8.6 deprecates four SplFileObject CSV methods. The standalone fgetcsv() and fputcsv() functions and the READ_CSV flag are not affected.
Eric L. Barnes
Developer Tools
Socket Adds PHP and Composer Security Scanning
Socket now scans PHP and Composer dependencies for CVEs, malicious packages, and reachable vulnerabilities through its Packagist support.
Eric L. Barnes
Packages
PHP 8.6 Support and TLS Session Sharing in Guzzle 8.1
Guzzle 8.1 adds PHP 8.6 support, TLS session sharing for the stream handler, and automatic resends of seekable uploads mid-transfer.
Eric L. Barnes
Packages
Doctrine DBAL for DuckDB Queries CSV, JSON, and Parquet
Doctrine DBAL for DuckDB brings DuckDB queries to PHP apps, including direct access to CSV, JSON, and Parquet files through Doctrine.
Eric L. Barnes
Packages
Loupe: Full-Text Search for PHP With SQLite
Loupe adds full-text search to PHP apps with SQLite, including typo tolerance, filters, facets, and geo search without a separate server.
Eric L. Barnes
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