PHP 4.4.2 Released
[13-Jan-2006]
The PHP development team is proud to announce the release of PHP 4.4.2.
This release address a few small security issues, and also corrects some
regressions that occurred in PHP 4.4.1. All PHP 4 users are encouraged to
upgrade to this release. Some of the key changes of PHP 4.4.2 include:
- HTTP Response Splitting has been addressed in the header() function.
- An XSS problem inside the error reporting functionality has been removed.
- Apache 2 regression with sub-request handling on non-Linux systems has been fixed.
- A regression with the key() and current() functions have been fixed.
- Over 30 various bug fixes.
Further details about this release can be found in the release announcement
and the full list of changes is available in the PHP 4 ChangeLog.
PHP 5.1.2 Released
[12-Jan-2006]
The PHP development team is proud to announce the release of PHP 5.1.2.
This release combines small feature enhancements with a fair number of
bug fixes and addresses three security issues. All PHP 5 users are encouraged to
upgrade to this release. Some of the key changes of PHP 5.1.2 include:
- HTTP Response Splitting has been addressed in ext/session and in the header() function.
- Fixed format string vulnerability in ext/mysqli.
- Fixed possible cross-site scripting problems in certain error conditions.
- Hash & XMLWriter extensions added and enabled by default.
- Upgraded OCI8 extension.
- Over 85 various bug fixes.
Further details about this release can be found in the release announcement
and the full list of changes is available in the PHP 5 ChangeLog.
php|tek 2006 - Call for Papers
[01-Dec-2005]
php|architect magazine is proud to announce
php|tek 2006, an exclusive three-day
conference (plus one day of exclusive in-depth seminars) dedicated to the
world of PHP-driven software development. This year's conference will take
place from April 26-28, 2006, in Orlando, Florida, with April 25th set aside
for a set of in-depth seminars.
Do you have unique insight into PHP? Have you written extensions, or
contributed to the core? Have you deployed PHP in a tough environment, or
scaled it to handle millions of hits per minute? Have you solved a unique
problem, and want to share your discovery? Perhaps you've become an expert
in a specific field? This year, our theme is
"$build->deploy->scale();", and if you're an expert on any of
these, php|architect wants you to speak at php|tek.
For more information, please visit the
Call for Papers page,
and submit your ideas. The deadline is December 21, 2005.
PHP 5.1.1 Released
[28-Nov-2005]
The PHP Development Team would like to announce the immediate release of PHP 5.1.1.
This is a regression correction release aimed at addressing several issues introduced by PHP 5.1.0, the core changes as follows:
- Native date class is withdrawn to prevent namespace conflict with PEAR's date package.
- Fixed fatal parse error when the last line of the script is a PHP comment.
- eval() hangs when the code being evaluated ends with a comment.
- Usage of \{$var} in PHP 5.1.0 resulted in the output of {$var} instead of the $var variable's value enclosed in {}.
- Fixed inconsistency in the format of PHP_AUTH_DIGEST between Apache 1 and 2 sapis.
- Improved safe_mode/open_basedir checks inside the cURL extension.
The complete details about all of the changes can be found in the
PHP 5 ChangeLog.
PHP 5.1.0 Released
[24-Nov-2005]
The PHP development team is proud to announce the release of PHP 5.1.0.
Some of the key features of PHP 5.1.0 include:
- A complete rewrite of date handling code, with improved timezone support.
- Significant performance improvements compared to PHP 5.0.X.
- PDO extension is now enabled by default.
- Over 30 new functions in various extensions and built-in functionality.
- Bundled libraries, PCRE and SQLite upgraded to latest versions.
- Over 400 various bug fixes.
- PEAR upgraded to version 1.4.5
In addition to new features, this release includes a number of important
security fixes and we recommend that all users of PHP 5.0 and early
adopters of PHP 5.1 betas upgrade to this release as soon as possible.
The complete details about all of the changes can be found in the
PHP 5 ChangeLog and an
upgrading guide is available as well.
PHP 4.4.1 Released
[31-Oct-2005]
PHP 4.4.1 is now available for download.
This version is a maintenance release, that contains numerous bug fixes,
including a number of security fixes related to the overwriting of the GLOBALS
array. All users of PHP 4.3 and 4.4 are encouraged to upgrade to this version.
The full list of changes in PHP 4.4.1 is available in the
PHP 4 ChangeLog.
PHP Québec 2006: call for speakers
[18-Oct-2005]
PHP Québec is pleased to
announce the 2006 PHP Québec conference, which will be held between March, 29th
and 31th 2006. We are looking for the best speakers, willing to share their
experience and skills with professional PHP developers from eastern Canada
and USA. PHP Québec 2006 features 3 distinct tracks:
- Technical PHP, covering in deep details of PHP techniques.
- Professional Development, featuring tools and development methodologies to
increase productivity.
- Databases, covers different databases that can be used with PHP.
Sessions will be held in French or English. For more information, see the PHP Québec website.
Forum PHP in Paris, November 9 & 10th, 2005
[05-Oct-2005]
The French AFUP association
is proud to announce the fourth annual PHP meeting in Paris,
on November 9th and 10th, 2005. Developers and managers will
gather to meet Rasmus Lerdorf, Wez Furlong and other prominent community experts
for two days of sessions, packed with
enterprise solutions and advanced techniques
(in French).
 Zend/PHP Conference & Expo 2005 Program Announced
[20-Sep-2005]
The final program for the Zend / PHP Conference (October 18-21, 2005 in
San Francisco)
is now available.
The conference theme is "Power Your
Business With PHP" and features keynote addresses from Marc Andreessen,
Google VP Adam Bosworth, and executives from IBM, Oracle & Intel.
Featured speakers include Michael Radwin of Yahoo!, Adam Trachtenberg
of eBay, Joyce Park of Renkoo.com, George Schlossnagle & Wez Furlong
of OmniTI, and, of course, Zeev Suraski & Andi Gutmans.
In addition to keynotes and sessions, the conference also features tutorials,
certification, a party continuing the celebration of the 10th Anniversary of
PHP, and an exhibit hall including companies like Zend, IBM, Oracle,
Intel, MySQL, Microsoft, eBay/PayPal, Emic Networks, ActiveGrid, ActiveState
and SpikeSource. Registration discounts are still available.
Get Your Pocket PHP Reference and Help Hurricane Relief
[08-Sep-2005]
php|architect has announced the publication of
php|architect's Pocket
PHP Reference, a handy guide to every function in PHP, inclusive
of syntax, extension and description. It's a perfect companion
for all your coding work, perfect for looking up function syntax
in a pinch—and its convenient pocket size (5x8") makes it
unobtrusive and easy to transport.
What's more, however, buying this book will help those affected
by the recent hurricane disaster: all profits from the sale of
the Pocket Guide will be donated entirely to the Canadian Red
Cross' Katrina Relief Fund.
PHP 5.0.5 Released
[06-Sep-2005]
PHP 5.0.5 is now available for download.
This version is a maintenance release, that contains numerous bug fixes, including
security fixes to vulnerabilities found in the XMLRPC package. All users of PHP
5.0 are encouraged to upgrade to this version.
The full list of changes in PHP 5.0.5 is available in the
PHP 5 ChangeLog.
 International PHP Conference 2005 - Program available
[12-Aug-2005]
The program for the International PHP
Conference is now available. The conference that was one of the first
events on PHP will take place again in Frankfurt from November 6-9, 2005
and offers two days with pre conference tutorials as well as two days
packed with sessions from well known speakers such as Derick Rethans,
Zak Greant, Ilia Alshanetsky and many more.
A new feature has been added to this year's conference: the Management Day
where project managers and consultants shine the light on using PHP in
enterprise-level projects. Conference attendees, including software
architects, PHP developers, project leaders, and programmers can gain
strategic information on how to realize their IT projects on-time,
in-budget. The Management Day is free of charge for attendees
registering prior to September 30, 2005.
Early Bird Special discounts are available as well until this date, and
special discounts for students and private persons.
 web|works and php|works 2005 Program Online
[16-Jul-2005]
The full program of
php/web|works 2005, a three-day
conference on PHP and web technologies is available. The event will take
place in Toronto, Canada, the birthplace of PHP, between September 14 and
September 16. This year's speakers include Rasmus Lerdorf, Derick
Rethans, Wez Furlong, Ilia Alshanetsky and many more.
An early-bird special
discount is in effect until August 1st, and special pricing is
available for students, member of academia and non-profit organizations.
PHP 4.4.0 Released
[11-Jul-2005]
The PHP Development Team would like to announce the immediate release of
PHP 4.4.0.
This is a maintenance release that addresses a serious memory corruption
problem within PHP concerning references. If references were used in a wrong
way, PHP could create memory corruptions which would not always surface or
be visible. The increased middle digit was required because the fix that
corrected the problem with references changed PHP's internal API, breaking
binary compatibility with the PHP 4.3.* series. PHP 4.4.0 does not have
any new features, and is solely a bugfix release; however, it is strongly
recommended that you read the more detailed release announcement
available here prior to upgrading your
PHP 4 installation.
For changes in PHP 4.4.0 since PHP 4.3.11, please consult the
PHP 4 ChangeLog.
PEAR XML_RPC Vulnerability and PHP 4.4.0RC2 release
[01-Jul-2005]
An easily exploitable security issue was discovered in PEAR XML_RPC <=
1.3.0. We recommend that users of this PEAR class immediately upgrade to the
latest version with:
pear upgrade XML_RPC
The same security problem exists in many other XML RPC implementations,
please check if the installed applications that you use might have a
similar problem.
The new PEAR XML_RPC package is also bundled with the second release
candidation of PHP 4.4.0RC2. Besides this new PEAR package there are two
minor issues fixed since PHP 4.4.0RC1. As the improved reference support
in PHP 4.4 might show as notices and warnings in your existing
applications - in cases where PHP formerly just silently ignored this
and often causing memory corruptions - we also recommend to test PHP
4.4.0RC2 with your applications. The final release is planned for July
11th. PHP 4.4.0RC2 can be found here.
Zend/PHP Conference 2005
[23-Jun-2005]
The Zend/PHP Conference
is taking place at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco
Airport on October 18-21, 2005. The theme of the conference will be
"Power Your Business With PHP" and will feature sessions in the
following four tracks: The Business Case for PHP; Developing,
Deploying and Managing Large-Scale PHP Applications; Integrating PHP
with the Enterprise (including Web Services and XML); and PHP
Resources: Tools, Libraries and Techniquies. Early registration
discounts are available until August 15, 2005.
 10 years since PHP 1.0 was released!
[08-Jun-2005]
It
has been 10 years since Rasmus released the first version of PHP.
To everyone that has helped to shape PHP into what it is today; from the
people developing the core and extensions, documentors, script developers, bug
reporters, beta testers, PHP application developers and even just people that
are using PHP—Thank you!
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