PHP

Dec 22, 2008

What’s New in PHP v5.3

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IBM delves into what’s new in PHP 5.3: Part-1 shows you the changes to the object-orientated capabilities, and Part-2 shows you the exciting new possibilities with real closures and lambda functions. ["Read more" for Kroc's personal commentary]
PHP is a language I dislike, but am good at. It is a language that, as long as you [...]


Dec 20, 2008

phpPgAdmin 4.2.2 Security Release

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The phpPgAdmin team announces our latest release, phpPgAdmin 4.2.2.
This version fixes several bugs and also includes and important security fix.
All users are strongly encouraged to upgrade as soon as possible.
You can download the new version at:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=37132
Regards,
The phpPgAdmin Team
http://phppgadmin.sf.net/


Dec 9, 2008

PHP 5.2.8 Released!

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The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate availability of PHP 5.2.8. This release addresses a regression introduced by 5.2.7 inregard to the magic_quotes functionality, that was broken by an incorrect fix to the filter extension. All users who have upgraded to 5.2.7 are encouraged to upgrade to this release, alternatively you can [...]


Dec 9, 2008

PHP 5.2.7 has been removed from distribution

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Due to a security bug found in the PHP 5.2.7 release, it has been removed from distribution. The bug affects configurations where magic_quotes_gpc is enabled, because it remains off even when set to on. [...]


Dec 6, 2008

PHP 5.2.7 Released

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The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate availability of PHP 5.2.7. This release focuses on improving the stability of the PHP 5.2.x branch with over 170 bug fixes, several of which are security related. All users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to this release.
Security Enhancements and Fixes in PHP 5.2.7:
* Upgraded [...]


Sep 17, 2008

Zend to Link its PHP Tools With Adobe Flex, Dojo

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Zend Technologies today is set to announce a series of alliances intended to allow its PHP framework and development environment to work with other widely deployed RIA technologies from Adobe, Dojo and IBM. In a keynote speech at ZendCon, the company’s annual PHP developer conference in Cupertino, Calif., Zend CEO Harold Goldberg reportedly was to [...]


Aug 11, 2008

PHP 4.4.9 released!

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The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate availability of PHP 4.4.9. It continues to improve the security and the stability of the 4.4 branch and all users are strongly encouraged to [...]


Aug 9, 2008

phpPgAdmin 4.2.1 released

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A new point release of phpPgAdmin is now available that includes bugfixes for
problems reported since the release of 4.2; all users of phpPgAdmin are
encouraged to upgrade.
You can download the new version at:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=37132
Regards,
The phpPgAdmin Team
http://phppgadmin.sf.net/


Aug 9, 2008

Final removal of php-4*

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Heya,
it’s August 8th, which is the date of official discontinuation of any work on php-4 (even security-related) on upstream-side [1] [2].
On gentoo, =dev-lang/php-4* has already been masked for security reasons since Oct 19th 2007, along with everything which depends on it. Removal from our tree was initially announced for Jan 1st 2008, [...]


Aug 4, 2008

BitNami LAPPStack released: a free, easy to install distribution of Apache, PostgreSQL, PHP

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BitNami LAPPStack 1.0 is licensed under the terms of the Apache License 2.0, and is free for download and use from http://www.bitnami.org/lampstack . It allows users to take advantage of the stability, low cost and high performance of the APP web development platform (Linux/Windows/OS X, Apache, PostgreSQL, and PHP) without the hassle of integrating, configuring, [...]


Aug 2, 2008

Symfony Plugins have a new home

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The symfony plugin system is the easiest way to contribute to the symfony project. Plugins are easy to write, easy to package, ease to install, and they can override everything in the framework.
But how do you answer questions like these: Is there a plugin to add the “foobar” feature to my project? Does my favorite [...]


Jul 13, 2008

phpBB 3.0.2 released

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Hello,
We are very pleased to announce the availability of the phpBB 3.0.2
package. This version has seen numerous stability fixes, performance tweaks
and general bugs fixed. Additionally one minor security-related bug was
fixed.
With this release, we also re-introduced the code changes tutorial. Due to
the different codebase in phpBB3, these are a lot bigger and a lot more
complicated than [...]


May 2, 2008

PHP 5.2.6 Released

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The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate availability of PHP 5.2.6. This release focuses on improving the stability of the PHP 5.2.x branch with over 120 bug fixes, several of which are security related. All users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to this release.
Security Enhancements and Fixes in PHP 5.2.6:
* Fixed [...]


Apr 11, 2008

phpBB 3.0.1 released

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Hello,
We are very pleased to announce the availability of the phpBB 3.0.1
package. This version has seen numerous stability fixes, performance
tweaks and general bugs fixed. Additionally two minor security-related
bugs were fixs.
Please note that we urge you to update. The versions we currently
support here are phpBB 2.0.23 and phpBB 3.0.1.
3.0.1 has seen some some critical bugs fixed, [...]


Apr 8, 2008

The new WordPress

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How do I like WordPress 2.5? In a word, “wow.”

Its developers promised that WordPress 2.5, released last month, was more than just “a fresh coat of paint.” Instead, they said, 2.5 was a “from the ground up” redesign. The goal was to create a new WordPress that would be powerful but easy to administer. After [...]


Apr 6, 2008

phpPgAdmin 4.2 Released

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phpPgAdmin 4.2 Released
———————–
April 5th, 2008
The phpPgAdmin Team is proud to announce a new major release of
phpPgAdmin. Version 4.2 adds many new features, bug fixes and
updated translations over the previous version, and includes support for
PostgreSQL 8.3.
Download
——–
To download right now, visit:
http://phppgadmin.sourceforge.net/?page=download
(RPMs available soon)


Mar 31, 2008

WordPress 2.5 Review

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I have been blogging for many years. During that time I have used many other platforms including hosted software from BlogCity. TypePad, and Blogger. I also used Moveable Type briefly and a highly customized version of Joomla! (before that MamboCMS). Last fall I switched to WordPress as my primary blog platform. Though I haven’t been [...]


Mar 24, 2008

Joomla! 1.5.2 Released

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The Joomla! community is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla! 1.5.2 [Woi]. This is a normal maintenance update. It has been eight weeks since Joomla! 1.5.1 was released. The goal is to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla! end user community containing the latest bug fixes and minor enhancements.
Read more at Joomla


Mar 21, 2008

Drupal 6 keeps getting better

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Drupal is a modular content management system. It allows a user or group of users to construct Web sites, blogs, or forums by providing the framework for users with little or no PHP or database experience. It grows more popular with each new release because it becomes easier to use each new release. Drupal 6.0 [...]


Mar 18, 2008

2.5 Sneak Peek

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A customizable dashboard, multi-file upload, built-in galleries, one-click plugin upgrades, tag management, built-in Gravatars, full text feeds, and faster load times sound interesting? Then WordPress 2.5 might be the release for you. It’s been in the oven for a while, and we’re finally ready to open the doors a bit to give you a taste.
For [...]